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I'm going to be traveling to Cologne in September, partially to visit Photokina and partially for fun. I noticed a quite extensive tram network in the area, stretching from Cologne to Bonn. Is there a ticket available for tourists to allow usage for a number of days?

If not, is there a system like the public transport cards in use in the Netherlands/London so that you can take any tram/bus, or do I need to buy single tickets for every trip?

I do see the carnaval tickets available right now, but I doubt those will still be available or valid in September. But something like that is exactly what I'm looking for.

JoErNanO
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The VRS Pocket Guide (PDF) has all the info you need in a very accessible format. I've copied the fare segment here:

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The weekly ticket (which always starts on Monday!) can be very cost effective if your travel matches it.

To figure out which type of ticket you need (1-7) you can input your trip in this journey planner: http://auskunft.kvb-koeln.de/kvb/cgi?lang=UK

It will show the required ticket for each proposed route (e.g. "Preisestuff 4"). For example, travel within Cologne requires a 1b ticket, travel between Cologne and Bonn requires a 4 ticket and travel between Cologne and Dusseldorf requires a 5 ticket.

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you can get day-passes (called "TagesTicket") if you know you need to take the trains regulary on that day. They cost 8.50 for 1 person or 12.90 for 5 persons in the area of cologne, for the other variants check out their site (https://www.vrsinfo.de/tickets/preisliste.html)

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