{
  "id": 11866728,
  "title": "ICE-Ticket: Reisen für 99,99 Euro: Deutsche Bahn bietet Familienticket dauerhaft an",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/ice-ticket-reisen-fur-99-99-euro-deutsche-bahn-bietet-familienticket",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-04T06:48:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/deutsche-bahn-pauschalticket-fuer-familien-bleibt/100259551.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Deutsche Bahn will offer the Family Ticket permanently, announced Bahn chief Evelyn Palla in Bild am Sonntag. A round trip for a family costs 99.99 Euros, inclusive of ICE reservation. Palla said they decided to keep the Family Ticket in their lineup permanently, after temporarily introducing it for summer holidays. The offer helped bring 100,000 more families on board their trains during the summer holidays compared to the previous year. The Family Ticket will be offered permanently starting November 1. According to Palla, sales begin on October 26 at the same conditions and inclusive of reservation. During this year's summer holidays, the national railway company offered a package ticket for families. Palla dampened expectations regarding punctuality. The railway network had been neglected for many years. \"A large part of our infrastructure is too old, prone to breakdowns, and fails too often. We can only replace it piece by piece, not in one or two years, which many years were missed,\" said Palla. Hot summers exacerbated the problems. \"Many installations are not designed to withstand several days of temperatures above 35 degrees. For example, switches can fall off,\" said Palla. \"This should have been replaced long ago. That's not happened, and now we're seeing the consequences,\" said the Bahn chief. \"So, there will be no rapid improvement in punctuality,\" stressed Palla. Sanitation of the railway network will take at least ten years: \"Only when we have replaced a large part of the installations will there be noticeable improvements. And that doesn't happen overnight.\"",
  "summary": "Das zunächst zeitlich begrenzte Angebot soll ab November doch dauerhaft angeboten werden. Mit Blick auf die Pünktlichkeit der Bahn dämpft Bahn-Chef Palla unterdessen die Erwartungen.",
  "key_points": [
    "Deutsche Bahn will offer Family Ticket permanently starting November 1.",
    "Round trip for family costs 99.99 Euros, inclusive of ICE reservation.",
    "Offering helped bring 100,000 more families on board trains during summer holidays."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}