VBB subscription ticket for apprentices

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

The ticket is only available by subscription for 12 months.

If the installments are debited monthly, the ticket costs 384 euros per year.

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)

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.