Taking the train, bus or bike instead of your car makes your journey much more environmentally friendly. We at Deutsche Bahn are creating attractive options for our customers to travel with their bikes on our trains and buses.
Train and bike - doing more for the climate
The environmentally friendly combination of bike and train is more popular than ever. To meet rising demand, we are constantly expanding our options for traveling with a bike: the new ICE 3neo, for example, offers eight bicycle spaces per train. Traveling with a bike will be even more comfortable on the ICE L. This new ICE model will provide passengers step-free access to the train after its market launch later this year.
Booking has also become easier. Until now, the bike ticket required for taking bikes on long distance trains could be purchased on bahn.de and in DB Navigator only in combination with the corresponding passenger ticket. It is now possible to book a separate bike ticket, including a bicycle space reservation, without a passenger ticket at next.bahn.de. This allows passengers to book bike transport at short notice before their journey begins.
Einfach umsteigen – mit dem Faltrad-Abo
Gemeinsam mit dem Londoner Faltradspezialisten Brompton bietet die Deutsche Bahn ein entsprechendes Abo-Modell an. Interessierte können ein hochwertiges Faltrad mieten und als Handgepäck kostenlos in Bus und Bahn mitnehmen. Denn zusammengefaltet zählen die Räder als Gepäckstück – damit können Pendler:innen sie unabhängig von Fahrradkarten und Sperrzeiten in Bus und Bahn mitnehmen. Die Falträder lassen sich zu einem tragbaren Paket zusammenklappen und sind so besonders platzsparend. Insbesondere für den Weg vom und zum Bahnhof sind die Falträder eine flexible und umweltfreundliche Lösung – ganz ohne Parkplatzsuche.
Cycle there – catch a ride back
If the bus is full, cyclists often can't get on. No more! DB Regio Bus is offering practical solutions for this problem by attaching bike trailers and carriers to buses for added bike space. This makes it even easier for passengers to take their bikes with them on local transport.
DB Regio operates bicycle buses on selected routes from southern to northern Germany. This means that your bike can catch a ride on the trailer behind the bus. Such service is available in the Eifel National Park in North Rhine-Westphalia and in the Southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. Extra large trailers allow passengers to transport bikes comfortably and are the ideal complement for bike tours. In the Franconian Forest in Upper Bavaria, the buses of the High Franconian Forest line are also equipped with bicycle trailers. This enables our customers to cycle for part of their trip and take a relaxed bus ride for the rest.
