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Changes in the 2026/27 annual timetable

Changes in long-distance transport: advance sales for the new timetable start on 14 October.
The new long-distance timetable will apply from 13 December. Here you will find an overview of the most important changes.

Stable prices in long-distance travel

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The most important new feature: The DB Family Ticket is back

  • From 26 October: The DB Family Ticket (only in german) is back and will remain permanently available. 
  • With the DB Family Ticket, up to five people can travel for EUR 99.99 on DB long-distance trains throughout Germany and back – seat reservation included. 
  • At least one child must be travelling. A maximum of two travellers may be 15 years of age or older. 
  • You can book the ticket from 26 October 2026 for journeys starting 1 November.

New features for season tickets from 21 October 2026

  • The offers for commuters will become cheaper and clearer. 
  • The prices of monthly tickets and schoolchild's monthly season tickets will be reduced by 25 percent.
  •  The previous subscription tickets will no longer be offered. Instead, in future you will be able to buy your monthly ticket flexibly and according to your needs. Weekly tickets, schoolchild's monthly season tickets, schoolchild's weekly season tickets and multi-journey tickets will also continue to be available.
  • With these adjustments, you will benefit from the favourable price even without a subscription – nobody will pay more. You can also decide flexibly which commuter offer suits you at what time: for example, there will no longer be any costs during your holiday for an unused monthly ticket. If there is only a short period between the end of a monthly ticket and the start of your holiday, you can bridge this more cheaply with a weekly ticket or a multi-journey ticket.

Changes for groups of six passengers or more since 1 October 2026

New benefits with the group saver fare

  • Since 1 October, you can also reserve the group saver fare online free of charge or book it with a deposit. Immediate payment of the entire travel price is therefore no longer required in every case. 
    - Up to 60 days before the journey, you can reserve the offer free of charge and without obligation for 14 days. 
    - Up to 30 days before the journey, you can book with a deposit of EUR 6 per person and direction of travel. 
  • In the future, you will also be able to reduce the number of travellers yourself online. 
  • You can find further information on group saver fare.

Further offers

The following offers will also be extended until December 2026:

Timetable 2027: New Sprinter, more international, new direct connections

  • New Sprinter between Hamburg and Munich: 3x per day and direction in 5:20 hours with stops only in Hanover and Nuremberg
  • More Sprinter between Stuttgart and Berlin: in the future 3x per day and direction in 4:45 hours with stops only in Nuremberg
  • Direct once daily again Cologne-Hamm-Paderborn-Kassel-Würzburg-Munich in the ICE
  • In Hamburg from March 2027 new from 7 a.m. every two hours to Copenhagen, 7x year-round per day and direction, in high summer still up to 10x daily
  • Between Stuttgart and Paris daily one additional evening connection, making it 6x daily per direction in ICE/TGV
  • New Munich-Rome or Milan with the Frecciarossa gradually from summer 2027 after vehicle approval
  • Daily early train from Munich new 30 minutes faster in Paris, Saturdays and Sundays new twice directly for Munich, Augsburg and Ulm to/from Paris
  • Daily up to 4x direct between Hamburg and Amsterdam with stops also in e.g. Osnabrück, Rheine, Bad Bentheim