See Berlin’s City Centre by public transport if you don’t want to
spend a whole day looking for a parking space.
Underground, buses and trams belong to BVG, Berlin’s public
transport company. The City Railway (S-Bahn) is run by the railway
company Bahn AG. Both companies have come to a ticketing
agreement. Tickets are valid on all of their public service vehicles.
There
are three price zones (AB, BC and ABC). Most tourists confine themselves
to the city centre (AB). A ticket costs € 2,20 (valid for two hours;
interrupting your journey is allowed, but no transfers and rides back).
A Kurzstrecke (for a short period) costs € 1,20 , a day pass
€ 5,80 (for all three price zones € 6 ). Starting at three rides
this ticket is already beneficial. For people travelling with family or
in a group, the cheapest ticket is the Kleingruppenkarte (a
maximum of 5 persons): € 14,80 (AB), 14,30 (BC) or15 (ABC).
The
CityTourCard is new and is valid for just one person for 48 (€ 14,50) or
72 (€ 18,90)hours in the fare zone AB. With this ticket you also get a
few additional discounts.
Bus route 100 follows the following route: Zoo Station,
Tiergarten, Brandenburger Tor, Unter den Linden, Alexanderplatz and on
to Prenzlauer Berg.
Bus
route 200
goes from the Zoo to the Potsdamer Platz and further through Unter den
Linden to the Alexanderplatz. On the most important routes there are
several buses and trams, like MetroLinie (M). They go rather
frequently and circulate from approx. 4am until midnight.
During the weekend (Friday and Saturday night) a few of the S-Bahn lines have continuous night service (every
hour) as do underground lines U9 and U12. Night buses after closing time
of underground (at around half past midnight) every half hour.The "Welcome Card" gives in exchange
for € 22 a free pass (for 72 hours valid for one adult and a
maximum of three children) on all bus routes, S-Bahn lines and
underground lines of the Berlin Brandenburg collective public transport
company VBB.
It will also get you a discount on city coach tours, museum and
theatre visits as well as other attractions. For sale at tourist
information bureaus, hotels and VBB-sales points.
Car Rental
Europcar
Bookings : tel. 01 80-5 22 11 22
Hertz
Bookings: tel. 01 80-5-33 35 35
Sixt Budget
Bookings: tel.
212
98 80
Berlin has countless taxis, but a taxi ride may be costly due
to the many traffic jams. A short taxi ride (up to 2 kilometres) has a
fixed price of € 3 Euro.
Taxicentrales
City-Funk
✆
21 02 02
Taxi-Funk Berlin
✆
44 33 22
Funk Taxi Berlin
✆
26 10 26
Würfelfunk
✆
21 01 01
Taxi Spree Funk
✆
44 33 22
Citynetz Mitfahrzentrale Berlin
Joachimstaler Straße 17, 10719 Berlin
✆
194 44
www.citynetz-mitfahrzentrale.de
Velotaxi
Modern bicycle rickshas ride through the city on fixed routes:
Kurfürstendamm, Tiergarten, Potsdamer Platz and Unter den Linden.
Individual rides after appointment.
Starting at € 2,50 per person (short bicycle ride), € 7,50 per person
for a longer ride (30 minutes, individual ride). Reservations:
✆
0172/328 88 88.
