Students at the universities and colleges in Erlangen-Nürn­berg

Student IDs are generally issued only for internal use at the university or college, e.g. for using the library. Likewise, the security features of this ID are only designed for the institution's internal purposes and not for use as a se­mes­ter ticket on public transport.

No. No network pass is required for the se­mes­ter ticket. 
However, if an Additional ticket ("Zu­satz­kar­te") is bought from a ticket machine, the basic ticket ("Ba­sis­kar­te") must be downloaded from the VGN Online shop.

Because of the solidarity contribution the overall price can be kept very low. In return the entire network can be used during off-peak hours. To permit the use of the network also during peak hours the solidarity contribution would have to be much higher than permitted by law.

No exemption is possible for students on leave for a se­mes­ter, even though they might be staying abroad all the time!

Disabled students may be exempted on application, if they are entitled to free public transport under Social Code IX and submit the annex to the disability ID with a valid fee stamp.

Students enrolled in several universities or colleges may be exempted on request, when section 95(2) Bay­e­risches Hochschulgesetz applies to them regarding fees as defined in section 95 (2) and (3) of the Act.

The respective application must be filed with the educational institution before the fees become due.

We require last and first name and the date of birth to validate them with the educational institution.

The address is required for registration with the VGN Online shop. The fields for the address data are mandatory for technical reasons, however, it is possible to enter the address of the respective university or college as an al­ter­na­ti­ve. Only when purchasing the Additional ticket ("Zu­satz­kar­te") the buyer's real address must be added.

All per­sonal data are processed subject to the applicable provisions on data privacy and never disclosed to third parties.

Basic ticket ("Ba­sis­kar­te") and Additional ticket ("Zu­satz­kar­te") are combined into the same ticket when bought in the VGN Online shop, no matter whether the supplementary fee stamp is bought right away or later. Thus you will need to have only one ticket on you (plus a photo ID).

When bought from a ticket machine or an OVF bus both tickets must be carried at all times.

Forms of payment are SEPA debit or credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express).
SEPA debit is only available for per­sons aged 18 with full legal capacity. Credit card payments are possible for all users who registered with the VGN Online shop.
Unfortunately only these two forms of payment are available.

If you have a negative credit rating or are not known to Schufa you can pay for the Additional ticket only with your credit card – or al­ter­na­ti­vely buy from a machine or an OVF bus.

Yes. You can register and enter the bank details for direct debiting of your parents.

To prevent abuse. All other per­sonalized season tickets are combined with a network pass that includes a photograph clearly identifying the user as being the entitled ticket holder.

However, since there is no photograph on the se­mes­ter ticket theoretically someone else could be using it. The name alone does not establish that the student and the ticket match.

Passport, national ID or driver's licence are considered official photo IDs. Copies of these documents cannot replace the originals. Your student ID does not qualify as an official photo ID!

The same applies here as for all other per­sonalized season tickets that were valid at the time of the check, but had been forgotten: when proof is shown in the VGN Customer Service Center the penalty fee is reduced to € 7.

After the beginning of the se­mes­ter the solidarity contribution cannot be reimbursed.

But since the ticket has already been paid for you can continue to use it until the end of the current term, even though you are not enrolled anymore.

If the ticket was bought from the VGN Online shop you can log on with your login data and either print out the ticket again or have it displayed on your mobile.

Unfortunately a lost Additional ticket ("Zu­satz­kar­te") that was bought at a machine or an OVF bus cannot be replaced.

No. A separate ticket must be bought for bicycles or dogs for all hours and days.

You can find all the in­for­ma­ti­on about taking bicycles and dogs on public transport here.

The se­mes­ter ticket only entitles to travelling on the means of transport admitted for the entire network area (regional and suburban trains, metros, trams, city and regional buses, non-scheduled services) in the second class. Thus an additional train ticket must be purchased for travelling outside the VGN area.

• The VGN area tickets will be valid up to the last sta­ti­on within the VGN area at which the regional train stops on a route starting within the VGN area and continuing to sta­ti­ons outside the VGN area.
• The VGN area tickets will be valid starting from the first sta­ti­on within the VGN area at which the regional train stops on a route starting outside the VGN area and continuing to sta­ti­ons within.
• Example: Trip from Nürn­berg to Kulmbach: The train stops in Ramsenthal, therefore a DB ticket will only be required for the section Ramsenthal - Kulmbach. If the train's next stop after Bayreuth is not until Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, a DB train ticket for the section Bayreuth-Kulmbach is required.

Please buy a single ticket from the stop at which you board to the first stop the means of transport reaches after 7 p.m.

Example:
Suburban train (S-Bahn) from Nürn­berg to Erlangen
Departure Nürn­berg: 6.49 p.m.
Departure Unterfarrnbach: 7 p.m.
Arrival Erlangen: 7.13 p.m.

You need to buy a single ticket category A for the trip from Nürn­berg Main Sta­ti­on to Unterfarrnbach. The Basic ticket will be valid after Unterfarrnbach which is reached at 7 p.m..