Monthly ticket

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Tip: You can get the Abo version of the monthly pass if you are a frequent traveller. 

Do you use bus and rail almost every day in the VVO area? If so, a monthly pass is the best option.

A monthly pass is valid from the time of first use until the same day in the following month.

You are free to choose the first day of use.

The reduced monthly pass may be used by schoolchildren, trainees, students, and anyone participating in a voluntary, social or ecological year, the Federal Volunteer Service, or a similar social service. The reduced monthly pass may only be used by one person, and is only valid when accompanied by a customer pass that has been completely filled in.
Customer passes are available, free of charge, from any service centre.

Monthly passes at the normal price are transferable.

Monthly pass prices and validity

  Validity Reduced Normal

Monthly ticket
until same day
of following month
from validation

 1 fare zone1, 3 (outside Dresden) 48,80 €9 64,90 €13
fare zone Dresden 60,90 €9 81,00 €13
2 fare zones3 88,80 €9 118,30 €13
1 fare zone3 + all bordering zones 133,00 €9 177,40 €13
VVO region 175,80 €9 234,40 €13

As at: 1 April 2024

Note

Children up to school age travel free of charge. Pupils can only use discounted season tickets with a customer card. 

1 or borderzone only according to fare regulations
3 according to ticket imprint
9 only valid with customer card

Price levels for passes

The VVO season ticket range is available in several price categories. The price is determined by the number of tariff zones travelled.


1 tariff zone (outside the Dresden tariff Zone)

1 tariff zone (as printed on the ticket)


Price Level A
Boundary area
(as printed on the ticket)


Price Level A1
Dresden tariff Zone


Price Level B
2 tariff zones
(as printed on the ticket)


Price Level C
1 tariff zone (as printed on the ticket) and all the surrounding tariff zones

VVO Area
Applies to your journeys throughout the entire network area.

Period of Validity

Monthly passes are valid from the time of first use to the end of the same calendar day the following month. For example, a monthly pass which is first used on 12th April would be valid up to and including midnight on 12th May.

If the end of the validity period falls on a day that does not appear in the calendar, it will cease to be valid at the end of the last calendar day in the month.

What do I need to bear in mind with reduced rate monthly passes?

The monthly pass at the reduced price is non-transferable. In addition to the monthly/Abo-monthly pass, your children will need a valid customer pass.

Young passengers of school age, trainees and students, can benefit from the reduced fare. The reduction also applies to the following people:

Accompaniment at weekends and on bank holidays

At weekends monthly, Abo-monthly and annual passes that are normally priced become family day tickets.

This means that you can be accompanied by one other adult and up to four schoolchildren aged below 15 in the applicable tariff zone.

This offer applies from Friday at 6pm to Monday at 6am (and on bank holidays from the evening before to the morning after).

With 9am passes from Friday at 6pm to Monday at 4am.

This does not apply on the special tourist services (Dresden Bergbahns: Funicular, Suspension Railway, narrow gauge railways: Radebeul–Radeburg Railway, Weisseritz Valley Railway, Meissen City Tour, Kirnitzsch Valley Tramway, Bad Schandau elevator, and on-call shared taxis).

Validity on special tourist services

There is a special leisure option for monthly pass holders:

If this season ticket is valid in the tariff zone(s) where

  • the Bergbahns in Dresden (Funicular Railway, Suspension Railway),
  • the narrow gauge railways (Radebeul–Radeburg and Weisseritz Valley),
  • the Meissen city tour,
  • the Kirnitzsch Valley Tramway and
  • the Bad Schandau elevator

operate, you may also use those special tourist services.

Validity in 1st class

Monthly passes are only valid in 2nd class. Holders of normally priced monthly passes may buy an additional weekly pass or an additional monthly pass to use 1st class in local trains. 

  Validity normal

Weekly pass Upgrade
1st class

 VVO region 10,00 €

Monthly pass Upgrade
1st class

 VVO region 25,00 €

We also offer additional tickets for travel in 1st class on local trains for one-off journeys:

  Validity Reduced Normal
Day pass for using
1st class		 1 fare zone3
until [time] next day		 1,00 €2,4 2,00 €
Transport network region,
until [time] next day		 2,00 €2,4 4,00 €

Options for combining with other tickets

In the VVO region, you can easily combine all tickets. The only exception is the 4-ride ticket for short journeys, whose sections you cannot combine.

Note on validity and stamping of tickets:

Single tickets are valid for an hour longer if they are stamped in the tariff zone for which you already have a day ticket or season pass. If you are travelling on local trains, you should stamp all the tickets you need for your journey before getting on any train at the platform.

If your journey begins in a tram or bus, then stamp the tickets after entering the vehicle. If there is a ticket inspection, please show all your tickets in order to avoid any misunderstanding.

Examples of combination

Example: monthly pass + single trip

You use a monthly pass for the tariff zone Dresden and want to travel to Wehlen in one day? Then buy a single trip for a tariff zone for the onward journey in the tariff zone Pirna. Since you stamp the single ticket in the tariff zone Dresden itself, even though you still have a monthly pass there, it is valid for a longer duration. You then have two hours from the time of stamping to reach Wehlen.

Example: monthly pass + day ticket

You have a monthly pass for both the Radebeul and Dresden tariff zones and want to go hiking in Saxon Switzerland? Then you can additionally buy a day ticket for the Pirna and Bad Schandau tariff zones. Stamp these before boarding the suburban train and you can be mobile throughout the day.

Cycles, cycle trailers and dogs

Within the zones and times for which your pass is valid you may take a cycle, cycle trailer or dog free of charge.