ECRI NEWS • WIKI

A new, exciting semester started this week, and it is the first time in 2 years that students will finally have classes back at our European Campus in Pfarrkirchen!
Although this is great news, and we are all very happy to meet with our colleagues and friends back at our lovely ECRI, it can also create some logistical inconveniences for students who during the pandemic moved to other cities in or near Rottal-Inn, and need to commute to Pfarrkirchen on a daily or weekly basis.

If this is your case, don´t panic! There are tons of ways how you can get to PAN easily.
Of course, the easiest and most flexible way is to just come with the DB train.
DB runs many lines, and there is one (Passau – Mühldorf) that goes right through Pfarrkirchen. From Mühldorf you can connect with other trains to, for example, Munich, among many other destinations.

Train [Bearbeiten]

ABO • Suitable for: long distance, almost daily, fixed route, only valid on the route here
If you are planning on using the train regularly, perhaps it would be convenient to check some promotions DB has available, such as the “ABO” card, where you subscribe for a whole year and you pay a specific rate for travelling between two destinations as much as you want. Find more information and how to order it here.

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BahnCard, Trial BahnCard • Suitable for: long & short distance, flexible, spontaneous, valid throughout Germany

With a BahnCard 25/50/100, you can get during the duration of the card a discount of 25% / 50% or 100% on all DB journeys, as long as you travel with the card and your ID. You can check the conditions and fares here.

The Trial BahnCard 26/50/100 for 3 months is ideal if you are still unsure how often you want to use the train. Be aware! If you don´t cancel your Trial BahnCard; it will automatically be renovated for 12 months, and you will need to pay the full year-long fare. Be sure to cancel in time! You can find fares and conditions here.

Also, if you are 26 inclusive or below, you can get a discount on the BahnCard 25/50, with the so-called My BahnCard 25/50. Find everything about them and other special offers for travellers under 27 years old here and here.

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Bayern Ticket, Südostbayernticket • Suitable for: irregular, spontaneous, groups of people
Here you should be aware of the Bayern ticket, which allows you to travel all day from 9 am – 6 pm during weekdays, and all day through Saturday and Sunday for 25 Euros. Each extra person would add 8 extra Euros, and you can include up to five other people.

For travels among the region (for example, if you need to reach Munich or Passau) you can also check the Südostbayern Ticket, which costs 20 Euros for the first person and 8 Euros per extra person. All rules (when can you use it, which days) are the same as the Bayern ticket.

If you are travelling further away than Bayern, then you should check the offers for the whole trip.

Campusticket from the VG Rottal-Inn [Bearbeiten]

Combiticket Bus/Train • Suitable for: regularly and in the Rottal Inn region
If you are a student in the Rottal-Inn district, another great chance is to apply for the Campusticket at the VG Rottal-Inn, which will allow you to travel inside the Rottal-Inn area at really discounted prices.

The Campus ticket is a semester ticket with a duration of 6 months, and it needs to be ordered 2 months before the semester according to the VG Rottal-Inn starts.
Map of the area HERE.
More information about requirements, prices and conditions can be found HERE.

       

Carpooling, carsharing [Bearbeiten]

Carpooling and carsharing are also two great, environmental-friendly possibilities of coming to Pfarrkirchen.
There are many platforms in which you can search for this in the Rottal-Inn and Bavarian region, but our top searches are:
BlaBlaCar, an online platform that allows you to mark from point A to point B and see how many possibilities you have of getting a shared ride.
Flinc, an app that allows you to share vehicles with your co-workers.
Rottal-Inn´s “carsharing central” (Mitfahrzentrale), in which you can register and search for shared rides around the area.
Or Bessermitfahren and Mitfahren.de which, such as BlaBlaCar, allow you to enter where and when you want to travel and find travel buddies or shared rides.

Bike [Bearbeiten]

You can find a map of the cycle paths in the area at the Pfarrkirchen Tourist Info or online at: https://www.rottal-inn.de/wirtschaft-tourismus/tourismus/radeln-wandern-tourenportal/.
If you live in Eggenfelden, check our old post about bike tours around that area, which includes indications of how to get to PAN by bike. And for the ones living in Bad Birnbach, in our old article about the thermal spas in that area, we also included indications of how you can travel by bike between the two towns! Both articles can be found under this section, just scroll down to find them! 

Bus [Bearbeiten]

Another alternative to the traditional train is bus transportation, such as Regio and FlixBus. There is no FlixBus from Pfarrkirchen, but there´s from cities such as Mühldorf, Passau and Munich. So, depending on where you want to travel, FlixBus its combinations can provide you with a cheaper, more direct way to travel.

Travelling by bus tends to take longer than by train, but if your destination is far away and plane tickets are too expensive (for example Holland, France, Denmark, etc), then travelling all night in just one bus, no changes, could be more comfortable than making 5 changes during the whole night. And cheaper, of course.

Taxi [Bearbeiten]

And lastly, in case you need to move a lot of luggage out of your apartment, maybe a taxi would be the best option. In Pfarrkirchen there´re two taxi service options: Taxi Shala and Taxi Milles. Both companies also offer airport shuttle.
Both offer great choices, with good tariff rates according to the legislation in the city of Pfarrkirchen.

For more information on taxi services in Pfarrkirchen, or in Rottal-Inn in general, you can read all about them here. 

Apps [Bearbeiten]

If you want to find more info on how to travel throughout Germany in general, you can always visit the Deutsch Bahn webpage; or pages such as Omio or Rome2Rio to search for different alternatives.

Ayelen Toscano Juanes 18.03.2022