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Dresden City Guide
General Information
Validating or date stamping your tickets
Any ticket purchased outside of the tram/bus (except the yearly ticket) must be date stamped as
soon as you first get on. If the ticket is not validated with the date stamp it is not considered a valid
ticket. Each tram and bus is equipped with little orange boxes. These are the ticket validation
machines. Simply put the ticket in the machine and it will stamp it.
Ticket Inspectors
You do not have to show a ticket every time you use a bus or tram. But ticket inspectors make spot
checks quite frequently. If someone comes up to you on the tram and displays a DVB ID card,
he/she is a ticket inspector and would like to check your ticket. If you happen to be caught with an
invalid ticket or no ticket at all, you will be fined (around 40 Euros). You will then be asked for an ID
or passport and can pay for the ticket at a DVB office.
Children, bikes and dogs also need a ticket. They all fall under the same category, so a child monthly
ticket is interchangeable with a monthly ticket for a dog or a bike. Children under 6 years ride free.
Busses
Busses don't have a ticket machine, so if you get on a bus without a valid ticket you need to ask
the bus driver for a ticket.
Old Trams vs. New Trams
The older trams are divided into two or more separate cars. If you need to buy at ticket on one of
these, make sure that you get on the first car; that is the one with the ticket machine.
Getting on a Tram with Bikes or Strollers
When getting on the newer trams, look for the doors that have a picture of a bike and stroller. These
doors enter to a wide area appropriately large enough for bikes and strollers. For the older trams,
get on through the last door in any of the cars. The back of the older tram cars are big enough to
hold bikes and strollers. A note about strollers: Do not be afraid to go on the tram with a stroller
because it is too big and heavy for you to lift onto the tram. People are always willing to help lift up
your stroller onto the tram.
Maps and directions
Paper maps can be found at any DVB office. To make sure that you are going where you want to
be going, check the DVB web site before going anywhere that you have not been to in a while. If
that is not possible, make sure that you check the tram line schedule/route at the “Haltestelle” to
make sure your tram or bus is going where you want to go.
If you want to get from one address to another and do not know how to get there using public
transport, the DVB “Verbindungsauskunft” page can help. Type in your starting point and end
destination (you can either choose to type in the address or the “Haltestelle”). Then click on
"Fahrplan anfordern”. This should result for one or more travel options complete with time of
departure and arrival.
If you simply need to know the times or stops for a particular tram or bus use the DVB “Fahrplan”
page. Just find the bus or tram you are interested in and then click on "anzeigen”. Then choose the
“Haltestelle” and direction to get the time schedule.