How much will the Deutschlandticket cost in 2027?

Based on the new Deutschlandticket price index, the WDR-Datenteam has forecast how much the monthly public transport ticket is likely to cost in 2027.

Deutschlandticket price rise for 2027

First it was the 9-euro ticket, then the 49-euro ticket, the 58-euro ticket, and now the 63-euro ticket. The monthly cost of the Deutschlandticket, which entitles holders to use unlimited public transport across Germany, has risen significantly and unpredictably since it launched in 2023.

But starting in 2027, the Deutschlandticket price index will apply, making price rises more predictable. The price index uses a formula that considers changes in employment costs, energy costs, and general costs to calculate whether the ticket price should increase, and by how much.

These three cost factors are differently weighted: employment costs are weighted at 55 percent, energy costs at 20 percent, and general costs at 25 percent. From 2028 onwards, the formula will also include a “dampening factor” (Dämpfungsfaktor), which takes Deutschlandticket sales figures into account.

So ahead of the scheduled price rise in January, the WDR-Datenteam has used the new formula to forecast the 2027 price rise. According to their estimations, a monthly Deutschlandticket subscription will increase from 63 euros to 66,80 euros — a price rise of 6,1 percent.

In early August, Environmental Action Germany (DUH) forecast a price increase of 66,40 euros. However, according to Berliner Zeitung, this analysis did not consider Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) figures on diesel price rises in July, which only became available at the end of August.

DUH criticises Deutschlandticket price rise

Responding to the price rise forecast, DUH transport representative Nanne Richardsen said the significant increase was down to rising fossil fuel prices.

Speaking to WDR, Richardsen said that, if a greater number of buses operating in Germany were e-buses, “the price rises would have been much lower”. According to PwC’s E-Bus Radar 2026, just 14 percent of the 35.000 buses in operation in Germany at the end of 2025 were e-buses. 

According to EU stipulations, from 2035 onwards all new buses registered must be zero-emissions vehicles. But according to the CDU/CSU-SPD government’s current draft budget, federal funding for electric buses will be cut by two-thirds. DUH called on the federal government to instead increase public transport funding.