Fehmarnbelt Ticket

Fehmarnbelt ticket aims to achieve through an affordable cross-border ticket an easy crossing of the strait. Achieving this objective will enhance the sense of belonging to an integrated region among the population on both sides. It will allow citizens in regions Zealand and Holstein to get to know each other and the other country, which should increase the cross-border traffic. Moreover, it also contributes to the direct reduction of CO2 emissions in a region where most people cross the strait with their car. Indeed the ticket proposes an alternative way to cross the strait through public transportation. The change of behaviour of local population in the way they plan their travel leads to the reduction of CO2 emissions. Finally, it is also a step integrated into a global approach to construct a fixed link between Germany and Denmark. Before 2030 a tunnel will connect Region Zealand with Holstein over Fehmarn Belt. Both the sense of belonging and the change in behaviour are needed to increase journeys between the two countries but with limited CO2 impacts.
The stakeholders involved in the creation of the ticket are County of Ostholstein (Germany), Region Zealand and the municipalities Guldborgsund and Lolland (Denmark); a university the Northern Institute of Technology Management; and traffic companies NAH.SH from Schleswig Holstein, Movia from Denmark and the Ferry company Scandlines.
The ticket is designed to benefit local citizens of the cross-border Fehmarnbelt region.