With the single tickets you get on, change lines, get off - and back on again! Anything goes as long as it is on the most direct route to your destination. Round trips and return journeys are not permitted, however.
Single / Day Tickets
Buying your ticket
You can get single, day and group tickets in the Online Shop or via the hvv Apps with a discount of 7%. Or you can simply buy tickets at a ticket machine or for cash or hvv prepaid card on the bus.
Validity
The online timetable info will show you the right ticket to get where you want. Just click on the link “Tariff Overview” in the search results screen.
| Areas / Fare zones | Single Ticket | 9 am Day Ticket | All Day Ticket | 9 am Group Ticket |
| 1–2 fare rings | 3.80 € | 7.50 € | 8.80 € | 14.10 € |
| 3 fare rings | 6.20 € | 11.80 € | 13.70 € | 21.90 € |
| 4 fare rings | 8.40 € | 15.00 € | 18.00 € | 28.00 € |
| 5 fare rings | 10.20 € | 18.90 € | 22.50 € | 29.00 € |
| fare rings A-F | 12.00 € | 21.90 € | 26.70 € | 30.00 € |
| Hamburg AB | 3.80 € | 7.50 € | 8.80 € | 14.10 € |
9 am Day and 9 am Group Tickets are valid Mon – Fri from 12 am to 6 am and from 9 am until 6 am the following morning, all day on Sat, Sun and public Holidays. With the day tickets 1 adult and up to 3 children aged 6-14 can travel all day on the same day. Up to 5 persons of any age can travel on the 9 am Group Ticket for a favourable flat price.
| Single tickets Hamburg AB only | Price |
| Short journey | 2.00 € |
| Local journey | 2.70 € |
Our tip: the easiest way to see if your destination counts as a "short journey" or a "local journey" is to check with the timetable information.
| Single tickets only inside rings C-F (outside Hamburg AB) | Price |
| Citycard 1 | 2.00 € |
| 1 zone (rings C-F) | 2.70 € |
| 2 zones (rings C-F) | 3.40 € |
1 The Stadtkarte is valid in the municipal area of Buxtehude, Lüneburg and Stade as well as in Adendorf, Bad Bramstedt, Bad Oldesloe, Bad Segeberg, Elmshorn, Geesthacht, Glückstadt, Itzehoe, Kaltenkirchen, Mölln, Ratzeburg, Reinfeld, Schwarzenbek, Uetersen/Tornesch, Wahlstedt, Winsen (Luhe) and Wrist/Kellinghusen.