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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

School students living in Hamburg can travel on the entire hvv region as well as all over Germany free of charge on local and regional public transport. 

  • This ticket can only be ordered online.
  • From 16 years of age and upwards you will need an entitlement form, which you can get from your school. Please have this ready to upload as a jpg or png when you order the ticket.
  • School students 16 and over can order the ticket themselves without their parents.  
  • The ticket will be sent by post to your home address as a chipcard.
  • Until you receive that, the PDF ticket in your confirmation email entitles you to travel.

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. 

From 15 years of age and upwards you will need a currently valid entitlement form from your school to buy reduced-price tickets for school students. You can get this in our service centres and often in the secretariat at your school.

  • You can get monthly season tickets for school students in our  service centres.
  • All-year season tickets for school students can be ordered online – from 16 years of age and upwards you can do this yourself.  

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 €

For a journey outside the area for which your season ticket is valid, you will need an additional ticket:

  • 1 journey  3.10 € (15 years and older)

  • 1 journey (child)  1.50 € (6 - 14 Years)

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 "Deutschlandticket Schüler" (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 product “Deutschlandticket Schüler”

Your discounted Deutschlandticket Schüler 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).

If you don’t need a "Deutschlandticket Schüler", we’ve got the right option for shorter journeys too – for example monthly tickets and all-year tickets for school students.

From 15 years of age and upwards you will need a currently valid entitlement form from your school to buy reduced-price tickets for school students. You can get this in our service centres and often in the secretariat at your school.

  • You can get monthly season tickets for school students in our  service centres.
  • All-year season tickets for school students can be ordered online – from 16 years of age and upwards you can do this yourself. 
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 €

For a journey outside the area for which your season ticket is valid, you will need an additional ticket:

  • 1 journey  3.10 € (15 years and older)

  • 1 journey (child)  1.50 € (6 - 14 Years)

Good to know

  • 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)

Season tickets are not transferable.