With the single tickets you get on, change lines, get off - and back on again! Anything goes as long as it is on the most direct route to your destination. Round trips and return journeys are not permitted, however.
You can get single, day and group tickets in the Online Shop, via the hvv App or with your hvv Card with a discount of 7%. Or you can simply purchase tickets at a ticket machine or on the bus.
The online timetable info will show you the right ticket to get where you want. Just click on the link “Tariff Overview” in the search results screen.
| Areas / Fare zones | Single Ticket | 9 am Day Ticket | All Day Ticket | 9 am Group Ticket |
1–2 fare rings | 3,50 € | 6,90 € | 8,20 € | 12,90 € |
3 fare rings | 5,60 € | 10,70 € | 12,50 € | |
4 fare rings | 7,60 € | 13,60 € | 16,40 € | 25,80 € |
5 fare rings | ||||
fare rings A-F | ||||
Hamburg AB | 3,50 € | 6,90 € | 8,20 € | 12,90 € |
9 am Day and 9 am Group tickets are valid Mon – Fri from 12 am to 6 am and from 9 am until 6 am the following morning, all day on Sat, Sun and public Holidays. With the day tickets 1 adult and up to 3 children aged 6-14 can travel all day on the same day. Up to 5 persons of any age can travel on the 9am group ticket for a favourable flat price.
Tip: It is often worth buying the 9am day ticket even if you only travel twice that day, the 9am group ticket is often the best bet even if there are only two of you!
Single tickets Hamburg AB only | Price |
Short journey | 1,80 € |
Local journey | 2,40 € |
Our tip: the easiest way to see if your destination counts as a "short journey" or a "local journey" is to check with the timetable information.
Single tickets only inside rings C-F (outside Hamburg AB) | Price |
| Citycard 1 | 1,80 € |
1 zone (rings C-F) | 2,40 € |
2 zones (rings C-F) | 3,10 € |
1 The Stadtkarte is valid in the municipal area of Buxtehude, Lüneburg and Stade as well as in Adendorf, Bad Bramstedt, Bad Oldesloe, Bad Segeberg, Elmshorn, Geesthacht, Glückstadt, Itzehoe, Kaltenkirchen, Mölln, Ratzeburg, Reinfeld, Schwarzenbek, Uetersen/Tornesch, Wahlstedt, Winsen (Luhe) and Wrist/Kellinghusen.
Other tickets | Validity | Price |
| Upgrade ticket 1st class trains RB/RE (rings A-F) | valid for 1 journey (single and season tickets) or for 1 day (day and group tickets) | 2,20 € |
| Bicycle ticket RB/RE (rings A-F) | valid for 1 day on regional trains RB/RE | 3,50 € |
| Platform Ticket | valid for 1 hour at the station where you bought it | 0,10 € |
