Re:Germany is offering a summer of cheap trains
by DocTomoe on Sunday May 29, 2022 @03:57PM
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My source is from an internal (FDP) party newsletter I've read when the idea first was announced. I seem to have since deleted it...
But to put that into context: with 2.5 billion Euros, you could finance 12.5 million such 200-euro-subsidies, or a ticket for three months for about 5% of the population, which I think is not too pessimistic - I'd wager that's about twice the number of people who have a net-wide ticket for their respective ÖPNV-Verbund today.
The Länder of course consider that money too little and are trying to get more cash assigned, though.
But to put that into context: with 2.5 billion Euros, you could finance 12.5 million such 200-euro-subsidies, or a ticket for three months for about 5% of the population, which I think is not too pessimistic - I'd wager that's about twice the number of people who have a net-wide ticket for their respective ÖPNV-Verbund today.
The Länder of course consider that money too little and are trying to get more cash assigned, though.