Baden Wuerttemburg BW Ticket v/s MT Metropol Tages Ticket, Stuttgart, BW, Germany

   BW Ticket v/s MT Ticket

MT Ticket : Metropol Ticket

BW Ticket: Baden Württemberg Ticket

Metropol Ticket:

More info: http://www.metropolticket.de/

http://www.vvs.de/tickets/sondertickets/neu-metropoltagesticket-stuttgart-2012/

Metropol Ticket covers entire 9 Transport association surrounding Stuttgart (including VVS). i.e, The Metropol day ticket Stuttgart cover following transport associations  VVS, Filsland Mobilitätsverbund, HNV, Kreisverkehr Schwäbisch Hall, naldo, VGC, VGF, VPE und Ostalb Mobil.  Ticket holder can travel in all busses and commuter trains (U-Bahn, S-Bahn , R, RE, IRE) between above mentioned transport associations.

BW Ticket:

More info: http://www.bahn.de/regional/view/regionen/bawue/freizeit/bawue_ticket.shtml

Baden Württemberg Ticket is valid within entire Baden Württemberg State

Also available:
Baden-Württemberg-Ticket Single 1st class and Baden-Württemberg-Ticket night.

Conditions for BW and MT tickets:

·        This ticket is valid from Monday to Sunday for one day of your choice from 9 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day.

·        Saturday and Sunday and bank holidays from 0 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day.

·        It can be used on all buses and local trains (Interregio-Express, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn, S-Bahn) and the entire transport system of the Verkehrsverbünde Baden-Württemberg, with some exceptions.

Price Comparison with BW (day) ticket with MT Ticket (Price ref  year 2012)

Person	Price BW Ticket	Price Per person effective	Price MT Ticket	Price Per person effective
1st Person	21€	21€	18,50€	18,50€
2nd  Person	+4€=25€	12,50€	+4€=22,50€	11,25€
3rd Person	+4€=29€	9,66€	+4€=26,50€	8,83€
4th  Person	+4€=33€	8,25€	+4€=30,50€	7,63€
5th  Person	+4€=37€	7,4€	+4€=34,50€	6,9€

max 5 persons

Where you can use MT ticket instead of BW ticket?

From Stuttgart to

·        Metzingen (if you have ticket plus, go for extension ticket)

·        Burg Hohenzollern

·        Reutlingen

·        Tübingen

·        Heilbronn

·        Etc…

See this interactive map for more details:

 http://www.metropolticket.de/die-metropolregion/

1.      If you are travelling only within these networks, then take MT ticket.

2.      If you are planning to go outside from these networks and within BW, go for BW ticket. (for Eg: Singen, Schaffhausen, Karlsruhe, Black forest etc..)