Who can get

Non European permanent residents from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey (for more than six months) are eligible to purchase or use a German Rail Pass.

How to use

Validation

• Passes must be validated within 6 months of issuing date by a railway official in Germany (station’s desk) who also fills in the passport number (outside promotion periods)
• Passes must be validated prior to boarding the first train/ship
• An Inspector on international trains to Germany may also validate a pass when the holder of the German Rail Pass arrives in Germany. In that case, the starting date for validity to be shown on the pass is the date on which it is inspected
• The date of travel has to be entered in the correct way before boarding the first train/ship, by the traveller, in the corresponding box of the calendar

7:00pm rule

This simple rule will allow you to benefit from a free travel day. Make sure that the following points are respected:

• Your pass should be activated
• You should not have travelled by train prior to your boarding on the departure day
• Board a night train after 7:00 pm
• Arrive at your destination after 4:00 am on the next day
• The arrival date should be within the validity of the pass

If the conditions are respected, then you only have to write the arrival date on your pass.
If the conditions are not respected, then you have to enter the departure and arrival dates on your pass.