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Single Ticket

Fahrgäste an einem Fahrscheinautomaten

The Single Ticket is the best option for people who travel by public transport only occasionally.

Single Tickets entitle you to travel with any number of changes in the direction of the destination via the usual travel route or the route determined by the timetable situation. They are valid for a maximum of 2 hours.

You can use the buses, trams and S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains of all transport companies within the Berlin tariff area (zones A, B and C), including regional rail transport and ferries.

Please note:

Within the two-hour validity of the Single Ticket you may change trains/buses, etc. or interrupt your journey as often as you wish.
Return and round trips are not permitted. Return trips are journeys in the direction of the starting point on the same line as on the outward journey. Round trips are journeys in which a different route from the outward trip is used

  • to reach the starting point,
  • to a point near this,
  • to a destination which could have been reached with the outward journey,


Single Tickets requiring validation must be validated immediately on starting travel. These tickets are no longer transferable after the journey has been started.

Fare reduction:

The reduced fare is valid for children aged 6 to 14.

Accompanying persons, etc.:


Children under 6 years of age (a maximum of 3 children on ferries), prams/pushchairs and luggage travel with the ticket holder free of charge.

A reduced fare ticket is required for each dog travelling with the ticket holder.

You will need a bicycle tariff ticket to travel with a bicycle.

tariff informations


ticket scope price
Single Ticket Berlin AB 2,10
Single Ticket Berlin BC 2,50
Single Ticket Berlin ABC 2,80
reduced Berlin AB 1,40
reduced Berlin BC 1,70
reduced Berlin ABC 2,00

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