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Semester Ticket

For students at the Cologne and Wuppertal campuses, the university will no longer send paper tickets by post from the winter semester 2022/23 onwards. After successful re-registration, the semester tickets will only be available for download in the online ticket shop of Deutsche Bahn: https://www.ots-nrw.de/. Please note that when entering your first and last name in the online ticket shop, these must match the details on your student card (blue chip card) exactly so that a ticket can be issued. There are no additional costs and the tickets can be retrieved several times.

Students of the Aachen campus receive their semester tickets via ASEAG.

1. THE VRS, VRR AND AVV TICKET

  • The Semester ticket is only valid when used in connection with an official photo ID card – in each case valid for one semester and can be used 24/7 across the whole VRS area (Cologne site), VRR area (Wuppertal site) or AVV  area (Aachen site) including Sundays and public holidays and periods when there are no lectures.
  • Valid for use on all buses, trams and underground, and for 2nd class travel on local trains (S-Bahn), regional trains (RegionalBahn) and regional fast trains (RegionalExpress), across the VRS, VRR and AVV price zone.
  • Not valid on IC/EC, ICE or Thalys trains, or on car trains or night trains.
  • At the Weekends, between 7:00 pm and 3:00 am on the following day, you may take a bicycle with you free of Charge.
  • At the weekends, between 7:00 pm and 3:00 am on the following day, an additional person or up to three children may travel with you free of charge. This special offer is valid for the whole day at weekends and on public holidays.
  • Children under the age of 6 years may always travel with you free of charge.

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2. THE NRW TICKET

  • The NRW ticket also entitles you to travel on buses, trains, regional trains (RegionalBahn) and regional fast trains (RegionalExpress), across the whole state of North Rhine Westphalia.
  • Not valid on IC/EC, ICE or Thalys trains,  or on car trains or night trains. 
  • Outside of the VRS area, you may not take   bicycles or further persons with you on your NRW ticket.
  • Children under the age of 6 years may travel   with you free of charge.

If you forget your ticket, please speak to the train attendant. You can, for example, present your ticket in the passenger centre at the main station within a period of 14 days. In this case, you will not have to pay the usual fine of Euro 40 but instead just a processing fee of Euro 7.