Thanks for sharing!
The European nation introduced a rail pass on 1 August that allows passengers unlimited monthly train travel for €49.
For people curious.
thanks, monthly is missing on the title, kinda important to mention
Still a deal. It’s more than that for greater London for a month let alone the smaller cities in the uk
didn’t imply it was a bad deal, just that the payment period is important to mention on subscription services, otherwise is like saying i am traveling a speed of 5 meters and not mentioning if per hour, minute, second, etc. and since it only takes to add one word, i going to consider it as an attempt to clickbait
Not actually that great of a deal imo, since the availability has been decreasing over the years, plus the state owned train company is constantly having strikes leading to the service being unavailable/unstable for weeks.
Also, Portuguese wages…
Yeah, paying 49 euro for a pass is quite steep for most people for specially such a non reliable service.
2 EU countries with 49 € national rail tickets, 25 to go. Next step: recognize each others tickets.
PS: I know, that won’t happen :(
IIRC there were some talks between France and Germany a couple of weeks ago to make the national tickets for Germany and France also apply to the other country - if France were to adopt such a ticket, too. I think it might actually become true in our lifetime…
We already have a europe-wide ticket. That would be the Interrail pass. Unfortunately it’s not intended for commuting and so it isn’t truly unlimited in one’s country of residence. Also costs a lot more than €49/month for unlimited travel, but includes high speed trains too (sometimes with a mandatory reservation charge)
That’s were I got the idea for a real EU/continent wide ticket, but France has to adopt such a ticket in the first place.
And Germany has solve some issues with it’s own ticket: Since so many transportation companies are involved some have troubled to accept all the different tickets. Imagine this on European scale…
And our ministers of transport and finance try to kill the ticket silently by reducing funds.
I think “unlimited” is a way too big word considering all the limitations, I’m not even sure what’s left after these:
Unlike Germany’s identically priced travel pass, however, the Portuguese ticket is not available on buses or on intercity trains such as the Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, InterRegional and Internacional services.
It is also not valid for urban networks in Porto, Lisbon and Coimbra.
Where is Portugal’s €49 rail pass valid? The new national train pass can be used on most regional services around the country, but there are a couple of excluded areas.
Both the Alentejo Litoral and the Coimbra area are not participating in the scheme.
This means the pass is not valid on routes including Régua-Pocinho (Douro Line), Coimbra-Figueira da Foz (suburban Coimbra), Pinhal Novo-Évora and Pinhal Novo-Vila Nova da Baronia (Alentejo Line), and Pinhal Novo-Tunes (Southern Line).
Germany had something similar, but it was taken away and reintroduced at a higher price :/
The higher price being 49€
Which means it’s much cheaper than in Portugal, 49€ don’t weigh the same in both countries.
Also the price can be lower. In Berlin with “Jobticket” i pay 29€ out of my pocket for the thing.
I am cheap.
