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Children / school students

Children under 6 always travel free of charge on hvv services. For children older than 6, there are  reduced-price single/day tickets or school passes. These can already be used if children have not yet started school.

The hvv offers various types of  ticket for all school students  in regular primary or secondary education at a public school. The price and the rules on ticket use depend on where you live. 

Free hvv Deutschlandticket for school students

For school students living in Hamburg, the ticket is free. That means you can travel in the entire hvv area and all over Germany on local and regional trains for an unbeatable price of  € 0. This ticket can only be ordered online and will be sent as a chipcard by post. For the time until it arrives, you can use the PDF ticket from your confirmation email as your authority to travel.

And this is how it works: Tips on how to order the ticket (in German)

Order now

Free for all school students
living in Hamburg

Questions? We have the answers (in German).

In the Lower Saxony districts of Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg, the grade level is the deciding factor:

Tickets financed by the school authorities/the district council up to 10th Grade

In Lower Saxony, these tickets will be paid for by the district council (Kreis) and the school authorities in the administrative districts of Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg provided that there is a certain minimum distance (stipulated by the district council concerned) between your school and where you live. They can be ordered online according to where you live from:

The ticket will be issued via the school. 

Alternatives to tickets financed by the school authorities/the district council or tickets from 10th Grade upwards

When you buy a reduced-price school pass, please show a current entitlement form every time you buy a ticket from 10th Grade upwards. You can get this in the school secretariats. After the form has been filled out and validated by the school and with a passport photo you can use it to buy the reduced-price ticket. 

Monthly tickets and all-year tickets

Area of validitymonthly ticket 
(price per month)		All-year ticket
(price per month)
1 fare zone
(only C-H)		 46.20 € 37.90 €
2 fare zones
(only cross-district
and only C-H)		 60.40 € 49.50 €
Hamburg AB 60.40 € 49.50 €
rural/urban districts 60.40 € 49.50 €

Tipp:

  • Supplementary tickets: For a journey outside the area for which your season ticket is valid, you will need an additional ticket for 1 journey  3.10 € or 1 journey (child)  1.50 € . 
  • With the SchülerPlusTicket you can extend the area your existing monthly school pass is valid for individually. Just show your ticket at one of our service centres and book the area of validity you want on top for that month.

Also for trainees we have summarized the basic information about school student tickets in Schleswig-Holstein here:

Tickets financed by the school authorities/the district council up to 10th Grade or up to 13th Grade in Pinneberg and Steinburg

Herzogtum Lauenburg, Segeberg and Stormarn Order Online (in German)
Pinneberg (up to 13th grade)Order Online (in German)
Steinburg (up to 13th grade)Order via the school secretariats

N.B.: 

  • The ticket will be issued in all these administrative districts via your school.
  • In these administrative districts, these tickets will be paid for by the district council (Kreis) and the school authorities provided that there is a certain minimum distance (stipulated by the district council concerned) between your school and where you live. You can get information on the details of this from your local district council. 
  • For all those who live closer to their school than this minimum distance, there is alternatively the Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) or all-year and monthly season tickets with a smaller area of validity. 

Eligible school students with their main home address in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Kreis Pinneberg, Kreis Segeberg, Kreis Steinburg or Kreis Stormarn, attending certain types of school* and do not get a free ticket from their local district council (Kreis), can benefit from the new product “Deutschland-Schulticket”

Your new discounted Deutschland-Schulticket can only be ordered online (in German). Please have a digital photo ready when ordering. If you have any questions, please contact the team directly. 

Questions? We have the answers (in German).

*Allgemeinbildende Schulen (Grund- und weiterführende Schulen, einschließlich Oberstufe), Förderzentren, anerkannten Ersatzschulen, berufsbildende Schulen in Vollzeit (ohne Arbeitgeber) sowie Auszubildende in einer rein schulischen Ausbildung bzw. Vollzeitschülerinnen und -schülern an berufsbildenden Schulen (ohne Arbeitgeber).

Area of validitymonthly ticket 
(price per month)		All-year ticket
(price per month)
1 fare zone
(only C-H)		 46.20 € 37.90 €
2 fare zones
(only cross-district
and only C-H)		 60.40 € 49.50 €
Hamburg AB 60.40 € 49.50 €
rural/urban districts 60.40 € 49.50 €

​​​​​​​Tipp:

  • Supplementary tickets: For a journey outside the area for which your season ticket is valid, you will need an additional ticket for 1 journey  3.10 € or 1 journey (child)  1.50 € . 
  • With the SchülerPlusTicket you can extend the area your existing monthly school pass is valid for individually. Just show your ticket at one of our service centres and book the area of validity you want on top for that month.

  • 1 journey: Upgrade 1st class for regional trains RB/RE per journey  3.50 € (valid in fare rings A-F).
  • 1 day: Upgrade 1st class for regional trains RB/RE per day 6.00 € (valid in fare rings A-F).
  • 1 month: Upgrade 1st class for regional trains RB/RE for a whole month  51.50 €  (valid on the entire hvv network)

With this, you can take along 1 other person of any age and 3 children (6-14) on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays as well as on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve  free of charge all day on the entire hvv network up to 3 am the following morning. The additional ticket is valid for 1 calendar month and costs  15.00 € .

Season tickets are not transferable.