Tickets for school children

The HVV offers special tickets for all children in regular primary or secondary education at a public school. For all other schools, please ask in your child’s school secretariat or call the HVV Infoline on 040/19 449 to find out if the school is on the HVV list of verified eligible schools, meaning that it is possible for students to buy a season ticket for school children.
The ticket will be issued for school children who attend school in Hamburg via the HVV service centres. The arrangements for this may be different in some surrounding districts of Hamburg.

If you have any questions concerning your existing ticket, please get in touch with your Client contract partner. When you do this, please have your customer number ready. You will find this on your ticket.

The take-along bonus

Between 01.09.2020 and 31.12.2020 inclusive, season ticket holders can benefit from an extra bonus during the validity of their ticket: within the existing area of validity of their ticket, they can take along 1 other person and up to 3 children aged 6–14 at no extra charge from Mondays to Fridays starting at 11 am, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays all day. Supplementary tickets and upgrade tickets for Sprinter bus/regional trains RB/RE are then valid for all those you take along under this ruling. As always, children under 6 travel free of charge anyway.

Schoolchildren up to 14 years of age

For a child up to 14 years of age, a check of the child’s age is made the first time you apply (a pre-printed HVV entitlement form or some other official proof of age is sufficient for this).

To buy the schoolchildren’s ticket, present the entitlement form filled out and validated by the school and bring along a photo. You can obtain the entitlement form at HVV service centre and often in the secretariat at your child’s School.

Schoolchildren 15 and older

When buying a ticket for a child aged 15 or older a new entitlement form must be submitted.

Tickets for schoolchildren up to 10th grade in Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen travelling in the HVV area

Tickets for schoolchildren up to 10th grade are ordered and delivered via the school secretariats. The ticket consists either of a HVV Card or a personal travel pass (with a photo of the child) and sticker.

In Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen these tickets will be paid for by the district administration and the school boards in the administrative districts of Pinneberg, Segeberg, Stormarn, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg for schoolchildren who need to travel a Minimum distance¹between their home and school. In the administrative districts of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Pinneberg and Segeberg, holders of tickets will be required to pay a contribution towards the cost of the ticket themselves. Details can be obtained from the authorities in the individual administrative districts.

¹ This falls within the discretion of the individual country districts.

Supplementary tickets and the SchülerPlusTicket

Do you need a wider area of validity than the one that the district administration and the school boards are willing to pay for? Then you can simply buy a supplementary ticket for individual journeys or alternatively you can get the SchülerPlusTicket at any HVV Service centre (just present the regular schoolchildren’s ticket) as a top-up monthly or all-year season ticket.

Leisure pass for schoolchildren 15 and over

The leisure pass (you need to present your entitlement form and a photo when you buy it) for 8.20 € a month is aimed at school children 15 and over who don’t have an all-year season ticket, but would like to use HVV services in the afternoon and at weekends. It is valid from 2 pm and all day at weekends, on public holidays and in the school holidays. It allows you to buy single or day tickets at the child’s price.

You can get the entitlement form at any HVV service centre and often in the school secretariat. It needs to be filled out and then validated by the School.

Schoolchildren’s ticket for main cardholder

Area of validity	Main ticket (price per month)	All-year main season ticket (price per month)	Saving with all-year main season ticket per year² #calc#abobonus(1,2)
1 fare zone only C-H	39,10 €	32,10 €
2 fare zones (only cross-district)	51,10 €	41,90 €
Hamburg AB	51,10 €	41,90 €
rural/urban districts	51,10 €	41,90 €
5 fare rings	71,40 €	58,50 €
entire network	110,40 €	90,40 €
Upgrade ticket for SchnellBus limited stop/1. class services RB/RE	53,90 €	44,40 €

Additional ticket for siblings

The additional sibling ticket is available if 1 child in the family has already bought the primary season ticket for schoolchildren. The additional ticket is about 25 % cheaper.

Area of validity	Additional ticket for siblings (Price per month)	All year season ticket for siblings (Price per month)	Savings with all year season ticket for siblings per year² #calc#abobonus(1,2)
1 fare zone only C-H	29,50 €	24,20 €
2 fare zones (only cross-district)	41,50 €	34,00 €
Hamburg AB	41,50 €	34,00 €
rural/urban districts	41,50 €	34,00 €
5 fare rings	61,80 €	50,60 €
entire network	100,90 €	82,50 €
Upgrade ticket for SchnellBus limited stop/1. class services RB/RE	53,90 €	44,40 €

² as compared with the purchase of 12 monthly season tickets (normal price)

Upgrade fare for 1 journey

The upgrade fare for Sprinter bus/1st class services RB/RE for 1 journey is 2.10 € (valid in fare rings A-F).

Supplementary ticket

To travel outside the area of validity of your season ticket, you will need a supplementary ticket.

Period of validity

Monthly season tickets for schoolchildren are valid for the month printed on them from 0.00 on the first of the month till close of services on the last day of the month. Close of services is 6 am the following morning.

Purchase in advance

You can buy all season tickets up to 2 months in advance at our service centres, you can even buy the all-year season ticket from the comfort of your home online (in German).

Changing the area of validity

If you want to change the area of validity on your season ticket, please present it at one of our service centres.

Non-transferable

Season tickets are not transferable.

Social Ticket

As a citizen of Hamburg, you can get a subsidy of 22,20 € per person and month towards the cost of HVV monthly and all-year season tickets as well as on the ProfiTicket from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg with the Social Ticket.