Obtaining a ticket for your next journey is no problem at all. Of course you can buy tickets the “conventional” way – at your nearest DB Travel Center or at a ticket-vending machine at the station.  DB travel agencies and DB Mobility Centres also provide information and tickets. In addition to these options, you can also check connections and book the tickets you need from the comfort of your own home, any time of the day or night.

For instance, by phone: call 11 8 61 from anywhere in Germany (call charges are stated on the “Contact” page) to obtain information about connections and fares. You can book the tickets and make seat reservations direct and either have them sent to you by post or collect them from a ticket-vending machine with touch screen whenever it suits you.

Internet bookings

Booking direct on the Internet is even simpler. If you wish to book your ticket online and print it yourself, you only have to register once for this process. You can then buy a ticket online for many routes up to just ten minutes before the train departs. If the tickets cost more than EUR 18, you can also have them sent to you by post, provided you book early enough.

Mobile phone ticket

Since 24 August 2006, people with a web-enabled mobile phone can also opt to have their ticket transmitted to their phone by MMS. Booking is completely simple: you choose the connection you need at home or, if out and about, on your mobile, select the means of payment – credit card or direct debit – and submit the booking request to the DB booking system no later than ten minutes before the train departs. The ticket data is transmitted to your phone by MMS within just a few minutes. Your mobile phone display then serves as the ticket which the train attendant checks with the scanner of his or her mobile terminal.