Refugees travel for free on buses and trains

In Bremen, people who have fled Ukraine are allowed to use public transport for free. Bremen thus joins several German federal states.

Refugees from the Ukraine can use regional trains and many buses in Lower Saxony free of charge. This was announced by several transport companies on Wednesday. Your passport or another Ukrainian identity document serves as a ticket substitute for regional and local transport, it said for the private Metronom, Erixx and Enno trains. The Northwest Railway also joined. The rule also applies to the transport association Bremen/Lower Saxony (VBN) with 29 bus and train companies in Bremen and the surrounding area.

Deutsche Bahn has already released its long-distance trains for people from Ukraine. All you have to do is pick up a free “helpukraine” ticket at train stations, which is also recognized in local transport. “Since the Russian attack on Ukraine, numerous people have fled. Many of them will also come to Germany and Lower Saxony,” said Transport Minister Bernd Althusmann (CDU) in Hanover. “It is a matter of humanity to help you as best we can.”

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