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Tickets for school children (Schülerkarten)
Tickets for school children attending local state primary or secondary schools, ie a Grund-, Haupt-, Real-, Gesamtschule or Gymnasium. For all other schools please contact the school secretary or our HVV Infoline on Tel. 040/19 449 to check whether your school is included in the HVV official schools register.
TIP: You can obtain a supplementary sibling ticket (Nebenkarte für Geschwister) for any brothers or sisters in the family if one of you already has a Schüler-Hauptkarte, the primary ticket for school children. With the supplementary sibling ticket you make a saving of around 25%.
When you purchase any Schülerkarte season ticket for school children please present a completed certificate of authorization which has been confirmed by your school. The form required is available at any HVV service centre, often from your school secretary, or via the HVV Infoline on Tel. 040- 19 449.
No problem at all – the few steps to your monthly season ticket
An HVV season ticket always consists of a customer photocard and a corresponding coupon indicating the period of validity.
- First select the ticket type you require and the area of validity as shown in the HVV Fare Zone Plan. Or enter the mask for our HVV Timetable Information service and let the assistant guide you to the right HVV season ticket just for you.
- If you do not yet have a customer photocard we will be glad to issue one to you at any of our HVV service centres. Just bring along a passport photo you’d like us all to see.
- Once we have issued your customer photocard and the corresponding coupon indicating the period of validity you are free to travel on HVV services.
That’s all you have to do. The easiest and most convenient way to buy your voucher week for week or month for month is at our HVV Online Shop (available only in German language) or in person at any HVV customer service centre.
Schüler Hauptkarte (primary season ticket for school children)
| Area of validity | Monthly season ticket (Price per month in €) |
Abo-Karte al year travel pass (Price per month in €) |
Abo-Karte saving per year * |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 fare zone only outside Greater Hamburg Area (Großbereich) |
33.00 | 27.10 | 70.80 |
| Greater Hamburg Area (Großbereich), County or 2 fare zones (only for inter-county travel) |
41.50 | 34.00 | 90.00 |
| Total HVV Network (Gesamtbereich) | 59.00 | 48.40 | 127.20 |
| Upgrade ticket for SchnellBus limited stop/ 1. class services |
40.00 | 33.20 | 81.60 |
Fares information correct in 01/01/2010
Schüler Nebenkarte Geschwister (supplementary sibling ticket for brother or sister)
| Area of validity | Monthly season Ticket (Price per month in €) |
Abo-Karte all year travel pass (Price per month in €) |
Abo-Karte saving per year * |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 fare zone only outside Greater Hamburg Area (Großbereich) |
24.50 | 20.00 | 54.00 |
| Greater Hamburg Area (Großbereich), County or 2 fare zones (only for inter-county travel) |
33.00 | 26.80 | 74.40 |
| Total HVV Network (Gesamtbereich) | 47.00 | 38.50 | 102.00 |
| Upgrade ticket for SchnellBus limited stop / 1. class services |
40.00 | 33.20 | 81.60 |
Fares information correct in 01/01/2010
* as compared with the purchase of 12 monthly season tickets (normal price)
Upgrade ticket for SchnellBus limited stop/1.class services per trip € 1,50 (valid in the Gesamtbereich, ie HVV Total Network)
| Supplementary tickets for 1 trip outside of the local area of validity | € |
|---|---|
| Greater Hamburg Area (Großbereich) or 1–2 rings | 1.70 |
| 3 rings | 3.40 |
| Total HVV Network (Gesamtbereich) | 5.10 |
Fares information correct in 01/01/2010
Period of validity for season tickets:
Monthly season tickets are valid during the month specified on the ticket from midnight on the first of the month until services officially terminate on the first workday of the following month (ie 0600 the following day). If this workday is a Saturday these tickets are valid until services officially terminate on the next following workday.
Familienpass (Family Pass)/ Sozialkarte (Welfare Ticket):
Hamburg citizens with a Familienpass (Family Pass) / Sozialkarte (Welfare Pass) are entitled to a price concession of 5 Euros / 18 Euros respectively per month and person paid by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on HVV monthly season tickets, the Abo-Karte (all-year travel pass) and ProfiCard (Job Ticket). For further details on the Familienpass please visit www.familienpass.hamburg.de (new window). Information on the Sozialkarte is available on the web pages of hamburg.de (new window).
Advance purchase:
All season or period tickets can be purchased up to 2 months in advance at any HVV service centre. If you already have a customer photocard the corresponding coupon indicating the period of validity can conveniently be purchased from our season-ticket vending machines.
Transferability:
Unless otherwise specified these travel passes are not transferable to other persons.
Subject to the conditions of the HVV Integrated Fares System.
Tickets for school children up to 10th Grade attending schools in the regional states of Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) and located within the HVV service area
If a pupil up to 10th Grade has to travel a determined minimum distance** between school and his or her home address the Schülerkarte season ticket for school children is paid for by the local county and education authorities. This applies in the counties of Pinneberg, Segeberg, Stormarn, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg.
For relatively short distances a 1-zone Schülerkarte season ticket is usually issued (only outside the Großbereich Greater Hamburg Area). If more than one zone is required a Schülerkarte season ticket valid in the entire county is issued to school children.
In the counties Pinneberg and Segeberg the ticket holder is obliged to contribute to the cost of his or her ticket.
Please contact the relevant county for detailed information.
As with all HVV season tickets a Schülerkarte ticket for school children consists of a customer photocard issued for unlimited use (with photo) and a corresponding coupon valid for one school year.
Please order and collect these tickets from your respective school secretary.
If a wider area of validity is required there are two options.
1.) For single trips simply buy an extension ticket from any ticket vending machine.
2.) For more frequent trips you can buy an add-on SchülerPlusTicket at any HVV service centre. To do so please present the Schülerfahrtkarte, your concessionary season ticket. The add-on SchülerPlusTicket is available as a monthly or direct-debit AboKarte travel pass and is only valid in conjunction with your Schülerfahrkarte concessionary season ticket.
** as determined by the respective county
Freizeitpass for leisure-time travel
Is your school just around the corner and a monthly ticket not worth buying? But you’d really like to take a bus or train and visit friends in the afternoon or travel around flexibly at the weekend? Remain independent and still save money – both possible with a leisure-time Freizeitpass: for persons over 15 years of age and only € 6.50 a month. This pass entitles you to buy single or Tageskarte day tickets at the child fare.
The leisure-time Freizeitpass is valid after 1400, at the weekend, on public holidays and all day during school holidays.
Please bring along a certificate of authorization confirmed by your school together with a passport photo.
Your ticket is only valid in conjunction with the certificate of authorization.
