Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) Welcomes You Change

Important information Please pay only with coins or banknotes no bigger than € 10. If you can only pay with larger banknotes, you will not receive any change. Instead, you will be given a receipt over the sum of Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) welcomes you change. It can only be redeemed for cash at the respective service point of the transportation on the buses, tramways and trains company, which is an inconvenience. The VMS public transport association consists of several Our drivers and service staff (men and women alike) are responsible to enforce acceptable transportation companies. A one-zone or multi-zone ticket gives behaviour in their vehicles. Passengers may have to leave the vehicle if they have no ticket, you access to all buses, tramways and trains within the disturb others with noise, or otherwise behave in an unacceptable way. The drivers and staff can respective zone or zones. also call the police if necessary. How traveling with the VMS buses, trams and trains works Please be aware that many drivers do not speak English or other languages. Other passengers may be able to answer your questions, as well – most young people do speak English. Find the right station first Consult the schedule at the station or online at www.vms.de/fahrplan TRAMWAY About the VMS Leipzig Buy your ticket from a ticket machine before boarding. Inside the tramway, use a validator to validate the ticket. Do not validate any tickets bought from a ticket machine The Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) is Landkreis Dresden inside the tramway, that makes them unusable! the public transport association for the region of Mittelsachsen Central Saxony. See the area of service in the Chemnitz Landkreis TRAINS graphic below. Zwickau

Buy your ticket from a ticket machine and use a validator on the platform to validate it Erzgebirgskreis before boarding the train. Do not validate any tickets bought from a ticket machine aboard the train, that makes them unusable! Attention – ticket machines are not available aboard all trains. Fare zones within the VMS BUSES Buy your ticket from the driver. The tickets are valid immediately, do not validate them. The VMS network is divided into numbered fare zones. Board through the front door of the bus and tell the driver your destination The zones correspond to the cities, like Chemnitz, or the number of persons traveling together if you need a return ticket certain areas. Consult the fare zone map to find the zones and the towns within them. Your ticket needs to Please be aware that many drivers do not speak English or other languages. You can fill in the indicate how many zones you pass through, including request notes provided and present them to the driver. Other passengers may be able to answer the zone of departure. your questions, as well – most young people do speak English. Keep your ticket with you throughout the journey and the return journey! It is a criminal offence to use public transport without a ticket. This is what a typical VMS ticket looks like (similar versions possible): Price level 5/whole VMS Available 1 zone 2 zones 3 zones 4 zones Type of ticket network The ticket below is already validated The ticket below must be validated tickets: SINGLE TICKET 2,00 3,30 4,90 6,50 8,20 (can be bought from a bus driver): before the first trip (at the platform, Price in Euros Einzelfahrt (1 hour) (2 hours) (2,5 hours) (3 hours) (4 hours) or in the vehicle when you board): (length of validity) SINGLE TICKET child 1,30 2,20 3,30 4,30 5,50 1 Einzelfahrt Kind (1 hour) (2 hours) (2,5 hours) (3 hours) (4 hours) 2 1 Weekly and 4-WAY TICKET 7,60 12,80 18,40 24,40 30,80 3 2 monthly tickets 4-Fahrten-Karte (4x1 hour) (4x2 hours) (4x2,5 hours) (4x3 hours) (4x4 hours) are also available. 4 DAY TICKET 1 person 4,20 6,90 10,30 13,70 16,00 3 Tageskarte 1 Person (day of validation) (day of validation) (day of validation) (day of validation) (day of validation) 5 7,20 10,10 13,80 17,40 20,00 4 2 persons | 2 Personen 6 5 10,20 13,30 17,30 21,10 24,00 3 persons | 3 Personen 1 ticket type (this is a single ticket) 2 number 13,20 16,50 20,80 24,80 28,00 4 persons | 4 Personen of persons that can use the ticket (this is a ticket 1 ticket type (this is a day ticket) 2 number for 3 persons) 3 number of zones that can be of persons that can use the ticket (this is a 16,20 19,70 24,30 28,50 32,00 3 5 persons | 5 Personen passed through with the ticket (this ticket is for ticket for 3 persons) number of zones that 2 zones) 4 zone of departure (zone 21 on this can be passed through with the ticket 4 help DAY TICKET child 2,70 4,60 6,90 9,00 10,70 ticket) 5 valid until (date and time) 6 price (this for validating the ticket on the correct side (see (day of validation) (day of validation) (day of validation) Tageskarte Kind (day of validation) (day of validation) ticket is 3 x € 3,30) direction of the arrow) 5 price (this ticket is € 10,20)