Travelling in Munich for a week.

[Ivor]

I’ll be in Munich for a week third week of Feb, I’ve Googled their ticket system for their subway/train system re tickets to only find it a bit baffling.

I’ve read info on day tickets & three day but can you buy a weekly pass to travel on & off daily?

It mentions validating on the platform paper tickets but also read in Germany this isn’t done anymore?

Also read no Gateline as such, is this correct? Plus everything purchased at TVMs, no ticket offices?

Anyone with advice please as it all seems a bit vague on the web.

Many thanks.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

From the MVV site a 1-day ticket for Zone M (central) is €8.80, and a Zone M weekly ticket (Isarcard) is €18.70.
There are 7 zones (M and 1-6), but Zone M covers (eg) Pasing in the west to beyond Ostbf in the east. The airport is in zone 5.
You might have to validate (date/time stamp) first use of your ticket (some TVM tickets are pre-validated).
There's a table of zonal charges for day/weekly tickets on the MVV site.
https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/tickets-and-fares/tickets-daytickets/index.html

Looks like you can buy day/weekly tickets online as MVV-Mobile tickets to show on your device.
These are tied to the device you order on, and are not the more flexible PDF-based e-tickets.

 

[DelW]

IIRC (from four years ago, so can't guarantee unchanged), only single-trip tickets have to be validated, as day or multi day tickets were sold ready for use from time of purchase. I think singles could be bought in bulk in advance, hence the need to validate at the start of the journey.

AFAIR, no barriers (which are rare in Germany) or ticket offices. Ticket machines have an English option and are fairly straightforward to use as long as you're not in a rush.

On board ticket checks are rare but do happen. On my final journey to the airport, two RPIs came through, wearing paramilitary style black uniform. To my surprise, three of five passengers in my bay of 8 seats had no or incorrect tickets. I couldn't follow the rapid conversation, but on the spot payments were demanded and made. The three who were penalised were still grumbling to each other when we reached the airport, though I'm not sure on what basis.

 

[dutchflyer]

You should have been more clear if it is really only restricted to city itself. Its german logic: zone M covers exactly the urban city area what the council runs.
There is indeed a seemingly gross difference in price/day for the touristy for 1/2 days or the weekly for commuters.
The tickets that MUST be stamped is the Streifenkarte"a long thing with coupons-the further the trip, the more coupons you need. Singles mostly come already dated, but can also be bought (tobacco shops etc) undated to have a stack. Its rather obvious: if it does NOT have date+time=Zone nr on it, one has to stamp it.
Just by chance I was there and used a dayticket 1st week of jan-it is common to not seen anyone stamp anything during a whole trip.
BTW-if you intend a more normal touristy trip, like also visitng museums etc there is also a more expensive ticket that also allows such entries or at least discounts. Much more heavily promoted in airport etc

 

[CdBrux]

As someone who lives in Munich you should follow the advice above and get a weekly Isarcard ticket, zone M covers roughly inside the ring road. Valid on all transport: bus, tram, u-bahn and s-bahn.
Blue (MVV) ticket machines can switch to English (language options bottom right of touch screen). You choose the date of first validity when buying the ticket so no need to validate it yourself.
Enjoy your visit!

 

[D365]

As someone who lives in Munich you should follow the advice above and get a weekly Isarcard ticket, zone M covers roughly inside the ring road. Valid on all transport: bus, tram, u-bahn and s-bahn.
Blue (MVV) ticket machines can switch to English (language options bottom right of touch screen). You choose the date of first validity when buying the ticket so no need to validate it yourself.
Enjoy your visit!

Agree with this, just make sure you plan out which suburban zones (if any) you intend to visit before buying.