Wouter
Traveller
102 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hi!
I was researching the ticketing system in Denmark for my next trip. I have one cheap day where I will not be using Interrail but instead buy a ticket locally.
I already know about the zone system and found that I need 3 zones (Hjørring st - Fredrikshavn st 45DKK). Later on in this document I found that 4 zones is the minimum to buy..?
How and what do I need to buy on a local machine?
Hent brochure om Priser og rabatter (PDF)
[ux]http://www.dsb.dk/priser-og-zoner/priser-pa-rejser-i-danmark/[/ux]
Flo
Traveller
10725 comments
Maybe you can ask krasmussen?
Where did you find that paragraph about 4 zones minimum?
ntrain
Traveller
123 comments
For THIS short route the national system does not apply-you stay whithin 1 Verkehrsverbund/Trafikselskabet and thus local fares apply. i DK if its also 45 DKK, but in any case it also includes local bus in the zones covered. There is ALSO a fairly cheap dayticket for the whole area of North-JYlland, which you need to order advance by www and then load on a fone as SMS after payment.
IF its part of a thru IR-trip, you get 50% discount on this trip-just show it to office or conductor onboard.
Google for nordjyllandstrafiken.
The MIN 4 may apply for national rail-this covers ONLY longer trips OVER borders of trafikselskaber. There is usually a kind of short-trip ticket for going just 1-2 zones over such borders. These are identical to those of the regions.
krasmussen
Traveller
25 comments
The distance Hjørring-Frederikshavn is 5 zones, and will cost you 50 DKK.
Do not worry about zones for a single journey, you just entering the station name on the machine and it will give you the right ticket. On a few old machine you can choose the number if zones, but then there will be a map so you can easily see what to do. If you manage to find a real sales-person (good luck) any Dane will also tell by station and let the staff do the zone-math.
As a Dane I only know (and need to know) the number of zones on routes I travel often and therefor buy a multi-ride-ticket which is the only ticket where you as a customer see the number of zones - and this is also changing now with electronic travel-cards where you just tap at a reader at start station, via-station and destination and it will do the zone-math
So just order a ticket far Hjørring to Frederihshavn - it us 5 local zones and will cost you 50 DKK
Enjoy your travel
Kim
krasmussen
Traveller
25 comments
... For LOCAL travel with bus and I Copenhagen with S-trains and Metro you do also need to know the number of zones. This IS a local (or more correct a regional) travel but with trains outside Copenhagen just ask for station names and it will works.
Wouter
Traveller
102 comments
Thanks for your reply!
In the Netherlands we only use the electronic travel-cards (OV-chipkaart) as most common payment system. But I need only a normal ticket since this is way to short to buy such card for one day (or 2, since on my way back I will be visiting Copenhagen as well).
For years ago I was in Denmark, Esbjerg where I did make a train ride, but that's just way to long ago to know anything about this ride..