VBB subscription ticket for apprentices

The VBB subscription ticket for apprentices costs 365 euros a year.

The ticket is only available by subscription for 12 months.

The deduction of the installments takes place monthly.

Tickets are available from the following:
 

• Via an online subscription
• S-Bahn customer centres
• All sales points

To complete the subscription…

• … a completed application must be submitted (only in German). You will receive the application form directly on site or here for download.
• ... a completed and stamped credential of your training provider (not older than 30 days) has to be provided and marked with a hologram sticker.
• ... you need your ID card, your account information and a passport photo.

Where and how long the ticket is valid:

• For all public transport services (S-Bahn, U-Bahn, regional train, tram, ferry, bus)
• Valid within the entire VBB network
• Unlimited travel at any time
• Ticket is issued to a specific person and therefore non-transferable

Who is it for?

You can apply for a VBB subscription ticket for apprentices if your apprenticeship takes place in Berlin or Brandenburg and lasts at least 12 months with 20 hours a week. Additionally, your training provider needs to be listed in this document. That means, a VBB subscription ticket for apprentices is generally open to:

... all apprentices in the dual training system under BBiG or HwO, like

• commercial apprenticeships (e.g. salesperson, industrial management assistant)
• technical apprenticeships (e.g. industrial mechanic, electrical systems fitter)

... pupils in vocational training programmes (full-time) like

• Training in social professions (e.g. educator, social assistant)
• Training as an administrative or technical assistant (e.g. foreign language assistant, food technical assistant, technical design assistant)

... apprentices in healthcare professions with state acknowledgement like

• nurses and health care workers
• psychotherapist training

... civil servant trainees (low-level, mid-level - category 1)

... Participants in a voluntary social year (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr, FSJ), a voluntary ecological year (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr) or the Federal Volunteer Service (Bundesfreiwilligendienst, BFD)

Transitional arrangements:

At the start of the ticket introduction on August 1, 2019, apprentices whose training regularly ends before the end of 12 months can also receive a VBB subscription ticket for apprentices.

The following documents are necessary to subcribe:

• ID card
• passport photo
• completed and stamped credential of your training provider, marked with a hologram sticker (not older than 30 days)

Charges for ending your subscription early:

• If your apprenticeship ends before the end of the subscription and you submit a corresponding proof, the subscription can be terminated prematurely without you having to pay anything in addition.
• In case of an extraordinary termination of your subscription (without presenting a proof of the completion of your apprenticeship), there will be retroactive costs.

Renewing your subscription:

The VBB subscription ticket for apprentices ends automatically after 12 month. It can be renewed for a year each if the conditions are still in place and the needed documentes are shown at the ticket office or submitted online.

Important information about this subscription ticket:
 

Online subscription

You can manage your subscription via  www.abo-antrag.de.
Currently this service is only in German Language available.

Starter card

A subscription starts on the first day of a month. Anyone who wants to travel before the 1st can use the starter card.

Discounts for subscribers

All S-Bahn subscription holders get to benefit from a host of discounts.

VBB-fahrCard

People with this subscription receive a VBB-fahrCard. This card's chip stores the subscription's details.