Public Transport in Hamburg: hvv Fares, Ferries, and Sozialrabatt

Hamburg AB and network tickets, weekend companion add-ons, HADAG harbour ferries on the normal tariff, and the city Sozialrabatt subsidy.

Updated on 3 August 2026

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You assume harbour ferries need a special ticket, or you buy a second Deutschlandticket for weekend guests when a cheap companion add-on would have covered them. Hamburg folds boats into everyday commuting, and the local monthly rules differ from Berlin or Frankfurt. For nationwide rules and the Deutschlandticket, see Public Transport in Germany.

Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (hvv) covers the city-state and stretches into Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. Day-to-day city riding centres on fare zone AB.

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