The nonsense with regional transport associations - in which suddenly Deutsche Bahn tariffs no longer apply, but only regional tariffs, even if they are regional trains operated by Deutsche Bahn itself and not by a private competitor. Which means that BahnCards no longer work on the Münster-Nordwalde route, since the RVM doesn't accept the BahnCard. In Schleswig-Holstein it seems only the BahnCard 50 was affected, but that's already annoying.

Long-distance trains seem to be the only thing Deutsche Bahn is still interested in - and those were quickly upgraded from Interregio to IC and now to ICE, making them more expensive accordingly. For me, BahnCard tariffs still apply since I usually travel between Münster and Hamburg, but it's also gotten more expensive when I take one of the ICEs. Not that they get to the destination significantly faster than the ICs on the same route...

I had actually hoped Deutsche Bahn learned something from the last fiasco, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

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