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Children / school students

Children under 6 always travel free of charge on hvv services. For children older than 6, there are  reduced-price single/day tickets or school passes. These can already be used if children have not yet started school.

The hvv offers various types of  ticket for all school students in regular primary or secondary education at a public school. The price and the rules on ticket use depend on where you live. 

Free hvv Deutschlandticket for school students

School students living in Hamburg can travel on the entire hvv region as well as all over Germany free of charge on local and regional public transport. 

  • This ticket can only be ordered online.
  • From 16 years of age and upwards you will need an entitlement form, which you can get from your school. Please have this ready to upload as a jpg or png when you order the ticket.
  • School students 16 and over can order the ticket themselves without their parents.  
  • The ticket will be sent by post to your home address as a chipcard.
  • Until you receive that, the PDF ticket in your confirmation email entitles you to travel.

Questions? We have the answers (in German).

In the Lower Saxony districts of Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg, the grade level is the deciding factor:

Tickets financed by the school authorities/the district council up to 10th Grade

In Lower Saxony, these tickets will be paid for by the district council (Kreis) and the school authorities in the administrative districts of Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg provided that there is a certain minimum distance (stipulated by the district council concerned) between your school and where you live. They can be ordered online according to where you live from:

The ticket will be issued via the school. 

From 15 years of age and upwards you will need a currently valid entitlement form from your school to buy reduced-price tickets for school students. You can get this in our service centres and often in the secretariat at your school.

  • You can get monthly season tickets for school students in our  service centres.
  • All-year season tickets for school students can be ordered online – from 16 years of age and upwards you can do this yourself.  

Monthly tickets and all-year tickets

Area of validitymonthly ticket 
(price per month)		All-year ticket
(price per month)
1 fare zone
(only C-H)		 48.70 € 39.90 €
2 fare zones
(only cross-district
and only C-H)		 63.70 € 52.20 €
Hamburg AB 63.70 € 52.20 €
rural/urban districts 63.70 € 52.20 €

For a journey outside the area for which your school pass is valid you will need an additional Upgrade Ticket:

  • 1 journey 3.50 € (15 years and older)
  • 1 journey for a child  1.50 € (6 - 14 Years)
  • 1 month (school students of all ages). The Upgrade Ticket can only be purchased in our service centres and if you show your valid school pass.  
    • 1 fare zone to 2 fare zones / Hamburg AB / your administrative district 15.00 €
    • 1 fare zone to entire network  34.30 €
    • 2 fare zones / Hamburg AB /  your administrative district to entire network  19.30 €

For school students and for apprentices/trainees doing a full-time course at a college we have summarized here the basic information about school passes in the administrative districts of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Steinburg and Stormarn:

If certain criteria are met, school passes can be paid for either partly or in full by the school authorities or the district council concerned*. This ruling applies at least up to 10th Grade. In Kreis Pinneberg it applies up to 13th Grade.

In Kreis Steinburg you can order the ticket via your school secretariat.  

In all other administrative districts you can order the ticket via the central “school pass portal Olav”. The details you enter will be used to automatically calculate your personal financial contribution if your ticket is not being fully paid for. The distance between your home address and the school as well as the individual subsidy from your school authorities or district council will be taken into account for this.

In Steinburg, the ticket will be issued via the school. In all other administrative districts it will be sent to you by post. 

If you have questions about ordering a new ticket, please get in touch directly with the team at the school pass portal (in German). 

* The ticket will be paid for partly or in full above a certain minimum distance (stipulated by your local district council). You can get information on the details of this from your local district council.

If you are attending certain school types*, live in in one of the administrative districts of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Steinburg or Stormarn and do not receive a ticket partly or fully paid for by your local district council, you can benefit from a reduced-price “Deutschlandticket Schüler” Ticket, which is valid all over Germany.  

You can order the ticket via the central “school pass portal Olav”. The details you enter will be used to automatically calculate your personal financial contribution if your ticket is only partly subsidized. The distance between your home address and the school as well as the individual subsidy from your school authorities or district council will be taken into account for this. When you order the ticket, please have a digital photo ready to upload.  

The ticket will be sent to you by post in all administrative districts.  

* Students at public schools (primary and secondary public schools (including sixth form/senior grades),  special needs schools, officially recognized private schools, in full-time education at a vocational training college (without an employer) and apprentices/trainees doing a full-time course at a college of vocational training. 

Our tip: You can find the most frequently asked FAQ about the Deutschlandticket Schüler (in German) here. If you have any further questions, just send us an email. 

If you don’t need a "Deutschlandticket Schüler" valid all over Germany, we also have tickets to suit your needs for shorter distances, e.g.  school passes as a monthly ticket or as a subscription.

From 15 years of age and upwards you will need a currently valid entitlement form from your school to buy reduced-price tickets for school students. You can get this in our service centres and often in the secretariat at your school.

  • You can get monthly season tickets for school students in our service centres.
  • Monthly tickets for school students as a subscription can be ordered online - from 16 years of age and upwards you can do this yourself. 

Monthly tickets and subscription tickets

Area of validitymonthly ticket 
(price per month)		as a subscription
(price per month)
1 fare zone
(only C-H)		 48.70 € 39.90 €
2 fare zones
(only cross-district
and only C-H)		 63.70 € 52.20 €
Hamburg AB 63.70 € 52.20 €
rural/urban districts 63.70 € 52.20 €

For a journey outside the area for which your school pass is valid you will need an additional Upgrade Ticket:

  • 1 journey 3.50 € (15 years and older)
  • 1 journey for a child  1.50 € (6 - 14 Years)
  • 1 month (school students of all ages). The Upgrade Ticket can only be purchased in our service centres and if you show your valid school pass.  
    • 1 fare zone to 2 fare zones / Hamburg AB / your administrative district 15.00 €
    • 1 fare zone to entire network  34.30 €
    • 2 fare zones / Hamburg AB /  your administrative district to entire network  19.30 €

Good to know

  • 1 journey: Upgrade 1st class for regional trains RB/RE per journey  3.70 € (valid in fare rings A-F).
  • 1 day: Upgrade 1st class for regional trains RB/RE per day 6.30 € (valid in fare rings A-F).
  • 1 month: Upgrade 1st class for regional trains RB/RE for a whole month 54.30 € (valid on the entire hvv network)

Season tickets are not transferable.