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Place of residence Schleswig-Holstein

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 special tickets, for instance the hvv Deutschlandticket, for all school students  in regular primary or secondary education at a public school. The type of ticket offered, the price and the rules on its use depend on where you live. 

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

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. 

As of Autumn 2024

If you are a school student living in Schleswig-Holstein and attending certain types of school*  and you do not get a free ticket from your local district council (Kreis), you can benefit from the new product “Deutschland-Schulticket” as of autumn 2024. 

This is a Deutschlandticket with a discount of € 20 on the normal full price of € 49 €. The exact amount of the discount is fixed by your  local district council (Kreis), which subsidizes the Deutschland-Schulticket.

Important: Your home address must be in Schleswig-Holstein and you are not entitled to a ticket which is fully paid for by the school authorities of your school. You can find here how this works in your administrative district (Kreis):

Eligible school students with their main home address in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg can purchase a hvv Deutschlandticket for € 49 a month* for the transitional period from September 2024 till December 2024 inclusive and can get part of the costs reimbursed. 

Tips on reimbursement:

  • You can get a pro rata refund of € 20 per month from the Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg district council. 
  • This reimbursement will only be available if you apply for it and will be paid out retroactively by the Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg district council, probably from January 2025. 
  • The Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg district council will provide information about this via schools, media and its website in autumn 2024.

*You can also purchase the hvv Deutschlandticke in one of our hvv service centres and in the hvv switch App (for all those 16 years and older).

From January 2025 you will need to order a new ticket.  

From January 2025 on, your monthly subsidy of € 20 will be directly set off against the price of your Deutschland-Schulticket. That means you no longer need to apply to your local district council for partial reimbursement  and you do not need to pay it up front yourself. 

This means that you need to cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket subscription in good time and place a new order for your discounted Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) already in autumn. If you want your new subscription to start punctually from 1. January 2025, the order must be placed at the latest by the middle of November 2024. 

And this is how you do it: 

  1. Cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket with us in plenty of time, but at the latest on 10.12.2024. That will make sure that the subscription expires at the end of  December 2024.  Tips on cancelling your ticket (in German)

  2. Your new discounted Deutschland-Schulticket  can only be ordered online (in German) starting on 14.10.2024 via the school pass portal "Olav". The earliest start date of this ticket is 01.01.2025.

If you have any questions about ordering your new ticket, please get in touch directly with the school pass team at the school pass portal"Olav" (in German). 

Eligible school students with their main home address in Kreis Pinneberg can purchase a hvv Deutschlandticket for € 49 a month* for the transitional period from September 2024 till December 2024 inclusive and can get part of the costs reimbursed. 

Tips on reimbursement:

  • You can get a pro rata refund of € 20 per month from the Kreis Pinneberg district council
  • This reimbursement will only be available if you apply for it and will be paid out retroactively from the Kreis Pinneberg district council, probably from January 2025. 
  • The Kreis Pinneberg district council will provide information about this via schools, media and its website (in German).

*You can also purchase the hvv Deutschlandticke in one of our hvv service centres and in the hvv switch App (for all those 16 years and older).

From January 2025 you will need to order a new ticket

From January 2025 on, your monthly subsidy of € 20 will be directly set off against the price of your Deutschland-Schulticket. That means you no longer need to apply to your local district council for partial reimbursement  and you do not need to pay it up front yourself.  

This means that you need to cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket subscription in good time and place a new order for  your discounted Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) already in autumn. If you want your new subscription to start punctually from 1. January 2025, the order must be placed at the latest by the middle of November 2024. 

And this is how you do it: 

  1. Cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket with us in plenty of time, but at the latest on 10.12.2024. That will make sure that the subscription expires at the end of  December 2024.  Tips on cancelling your ticket (in German)

  2. Your new discounted Deutschland-Schulticket  can only be ordered online (in German) starting on 14.10.2024 via the school pass portal "Olav". The earliest start date of this ticket is 01.01.2025.

If you have any questions about ordering your new ticket, please get in touch directly with the school pass team at the school pass portal"Olav" (in German). 

Eligible school students with their main home address in Kreis Segeberg can purchase a hvv Deutschlandticket for € 49 a month* for the transitional period from September 2024 till December 2024 inclusive and can get part of the costs reimbursed. 

Tips on reimbursement:

  • You can get a pro rata refund of € 20 per month from the Kreis Segeberg district council.
  • This reimbursement will only be available if you apply for it and will be paid out retroactively from the Kreis Segeberg district council, probably from January 2025.  
  • The Kreis Segeberg district council will provide information about this via schools, media and its website (in German).

*You can also purchase the hvv Deutschlandticke in one of our hvv service centres and in the hvv switch App (for all those 16 years and older).

From January 2025 you will need to order a new ticket. 

From January 2025 on, your monthly subsidy of € 20 will be directly set off against the price of your Deutschland-Schulticket. That means you no longer need to apply to your local district council for partial reimbursement  and you do not need to pay it up front yourself.  

This means that you need to cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket subscription in good time and place a new order for  your discounted Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) already in autumn. If you want your new subscription to start punctually from 1. January 2025, the order must be placed at the latest by the middle of November 2024. 

And this is how you do it: 

  1. Cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket with us in plenty of time, but at the latest on 10.12.2024. That will make sure that the subscription expires at the end of  December 2024.  Tips on cancelling your ticket (in German)

  2. Your new discounted Deutschland-Schulticket  can only be ordered online (in German) starting on 14.10.2024 via the school pass portal "Olav". The earliest start date of this ticket is 01.01.2025.

If you have any questions about ordering your new ticket, please get in touch directly with the school pass team at the school pass portal"Olav" (in German). 

Eligible school students with their main home address in Kreis Steiburg can purchase a hvv Deutschlandticket for € 49 a month* for the transitional period from September 2024 till December 2024 inclusive and can get part of the costs reimbursed. 

Tips on reimbursement: 

  • You can get a pro rata refund of € 20 per month from the Kreis Steinburg  district council. 
  • This reimbursement will only be available if you apply for it and will be paid out retroactively from the Kreis Steinburg district council
  • The Kreis Steinburg district council will provide information about this via schools, media and its website (in German).

*You can also purchase the hvv Deutschlandticke in one of our hvv service centres and in the hvv switch App (for all those 16 years and older).

From January 2025 you will need to order a new ticket. 

From January 2025 on, your monthly subsidy of € 20 will be directly set off against the price of your Deutschland-Schulticket. That means you no longer need to apply to your local district council for partial reimbursement  and you do not need to pay it up front yourself.  

This means that you need to cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket subscription in good time and place a new order for  your discounted Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) already in autumn. If you want your new subscription to start punctually from 1. January 2025, the order must be placed at the latest by the middle of November 2024. 

And this is how you do it: 

  1. Cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket with us in plenty of time, but at the latest on 10.12.2024. That will make sure that the subscription expires at the end of  December 2024.  Tips on cancelling your ticket (in German)

  2. Your new discounted Deutschland-Schulticket  can only be ordered online (in German) starting on 14.10.2024 via the school pass portal "Olav". The earliest start date of this ticket is 01.01.2025.

If you have any questions about ordering your new ticket, please get in touch directly with the school pass team at the school pass portal"Olav" (in German). 

In Stormarn, school Grades 1-10 and 11-13 are treated separately. You can find information on  Grades 11-13 in the second part of this section. 

Grades 1-10

Do you live Kreis Stormarn and attend Grades 1-10 at a public or private school or a vocational college? Then you can purchase a hvv Deutschlandticket for € 49 a month* for the transitional period from September 2024 till December 2024 inclusive and can get part of the costs reimbursed later.

Tips on reimbursement: 

  • You can get a pro rata refund of € 20 per month from the Kreis Strmarn district council. 
  • This reimbursement will only be available if you apply for it and will be paid out retroactively from the Kreis Stormarn district council. 
  • The Kreis Sormarn district council will provide information about this via schools, media and its website (in German).

*You can also purchase the hvv Deutschlandticket in one of our hvv service centres and in the hvv switch App (for all those 16 years and older).

As of January 2025, Grades 1-10 will need to place a new order for their ticket

From January 2025 on, your monthly subsidy of € 20 will be directly set off against the price of your Deutschland-Schulticket. That means you no longer need to apply to your local district council for partial reimbursement  and you do not need to pay it up front yourself.  

This means that you need to cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket subscription in good time and place a new order for  your discounted Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) already in autumn. If you want your new subscription to start punctually from 1. January 2025, the order must be placed at the latest by the middle of November 2024. 

And this is how you do it: 

  1. Cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket with us in plenty of time, but at the latest on 10.12.2024. That will make sure that the subscription expires at the end of  December 2024.  Tips on cancelling your ticket (in German)

  2. Your new discounted Deutschland-Schulticket  can only be ordered online (in German) starting on 14.10.2024 via the school pass portal "Olav". The earliest start date of this ticket is 01.01.2025.

If you have any questions about ordering your new ticket, please get in touch directly with the school pass team at the school pass portal"Olav" (in German). 

Grades 11-13

Do you live in Kreis Stormarn and attend Grades 11-13 at a public or private school or a vocational college? Then you benefit from the Schools Special and get a discount on the hvv Deutschlandticket. 

Reduced-price subscriptions can be ordered online with your entitlement form which you have filled out and had confirmed by your school.

From January 2025 you will need to order a new ticket if you are in Grades 11-13. 

From January 2025 on, your monthly subsidy of € 20 will be directly set off against the price of your Deutschland-Schulticket. That means you no longer need to apply to your local district council for partial reimbursement  and you do not need to pay it up front yourself.  

This means that you need to cancel your existing hvv Deutschlandticket subscription in good time and place a new order for  your discounted Deutschland-Schulticket (valid all over Germany) already in autumn. If your new subscription is to be ready to start on 1 January 2025, you must order it between 14 October and 15 November 2024.

And this is how you do it:

  1. Your existing Schools Special subscription expires automatically at the end of the year. You don’t need to do anything.
  2. Ordering your new reduced-price Deutschland-Schulticket can only be done online (in German) via the school pass portal "Olav".

If you have any questions about ordering your new ticket, please get in touch directly with the school pass team at the school pass portal"Olav" (in German). 

Questions? We have the answers (in German).

* Students at public schools (primary and secondary public schools (including sixth form/senior grades),  special needs schools, officially recognized private schools, in full-time education at a vocational training  college (without an employer) and apprentices/trainees doing a full-time course at a vocational training  college (without an employer).

If you don’t need an all-year season ticket valid all over Germany, we also have a suitable ticket for shorter journeys for you:   

Monthly and all-year season tickets (Main ticket)

Area of validityMain school pass
(monthly ticket)
Main pass as all-year ticket
(price per month)
1 fare zone
(only C-H)
43.90 € 36.00 €
2 fare zones
(only cross-district
and only C-H)
57.40 € 47.10 €
Hamburg AB 57.40 € 47.10 €
rural/urban districts 57.40 € 47.10 €

​​​​​​​ Monthly and all-year season tickets (additional ticket for siblings)

Area of validityAdditional pass for siblings
(monthly ticket)
Additional pass for siblings as all-year ticket
(price per month)
1 fare zone
only C-H
33.30 € 27.40 €
2 fare zones
(only cross-district
and only C-H)
46.80 € 38.50 €
Hamburg AB 46.80 € 38.50 €
rural/urban districts 46.80 € 38.50 €

Our tip: If you want to travel all over Germany, the hvv Deutschlandticket as an all-year season ticket for 49.00 €  is just right for you.

Good to know

Do you want to take a trip to somewhere outside the area your ticket is valid for, or do you regularly go to training sessions somewhere further away? Then we have various solutions for you:

  • 1 journey: The upgrade fare for 1st class services RB/RE is 2.70 € (valid in fare rings A-F).
  • 1 month:  The upgrade fare for 1st class services RB/RE per month is  49.00 €  (valid on the entire hvv network)
  • 1 month: Additional Weekend-+ Ticket as top-up to a season ticket - with this, 1 other person of any age and 3 children (6-14) can accompany you on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays as well as on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve on the entire hvv network up to 3 am the next morning. The additional ticket is valid for 1 calendar month and costs 15.00 €
  • For 1 journey: The upgrade fare for 1st class services RB/RE is 2.70 € (valid in fare rings A-F).
  • 1 month:  The upgrade fare for 1st class services RB/RE per month is  49.00 €  (valid on the entire hvv network)

Season tickets are not transferable.