Train tickets?

[Chopperman]

Hi Guys,

These were in with some items that a ww2 vet brought home
from the war. I am guessing that they have something to do
with train tickets but I have no clue.

Please can someone help me identify what they are?

thanks,
Greg

[drmessimer]

Chopperman; They look similar to the tickets we bought to ride the East German controlled S-Bahn in Berlin in the mid-1950's. That isn't what they are, but they are similar. You paid the amount indicated by the zone numbers. There was a huge city map on the wall and the station where you were buying the ticket was the center of several concentric circles , each one representing a zone boundary. For example, when I bought a ticket in Steglitz to ride to Fronau, I went through six zones and I paid whatever the price was for six zones. The ticket guy punched the ticket so that anyone who questioned me, could see immediately that I was paid up for six zones. If I tried to cheat, and pay for a three zone ride when I was really going into the sixth zone, and I got caught, it was not a pleasant experience, especially if I got caught in the East Sector, and worse if I had actually entered the East Zone, which was under Soviet control. Anyway, those tickets are for something like that. Dwight

[HPL2008]

They are definitely post-war and from the FRG. Note the "DB" [Deutsche Bahn] logo and that the fares are in "DM" [Deutsche Mark].

The abbrevations are "E" = Einzelfahrt [single ride], "Rf" = Rückfahrt [return trip], "Halbpr" = Halbpreis [half price]. A Nachlösezuschlag is the additional price you have to pay when buying a ticket on a train.

Note that these tickets are perforated: Upon sale, the part above the indicated selling price/validity is ripped off. For example, the left ticket was sold for 4.80 DM and was valid for a full-price single fare or half-price return fare in tariff zone 5 and a full-price return fare in tariff zone 2.

Due to the system of zones and the low prices, I agree that they are probably S-Bahn tickets (S-Bahnen are short-distance city trains operating within large cities and their suburbs and adjoining municipalities).

[Adravor]

The "DB" Logo was introduced in 1955, so the Tickets where made after that year, already in the "BRD" Bundesrepublik Deutschland.