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Wouter
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Posted 8 years ago

Hi!

I was researching the ticketing system in Denmark for my next trip. I have one cheap day where I will not be using Interrail but instead buy a ticket locally.
I already know about the zone system and found that I need 3 zones (Hjørring st - Fredrikshavn st 45DKK). Later on in this document I found that 4 zones is the minimum to buy..?
How and what do I need to buy on a local machine?

Hent brochure om Priser og rabatter (PDF)
[ux]http://www.dsb.dk/priser-og-zoner/priser-pa-rejser-i-danmark/[/ux]

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Flo
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replied 8 years ago

Maybe you can ask krasmussen?

Where did you find that paragraph about 4 zones minimum?

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ntrain
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replied 8 years ago

For THIS short route the national system does not apply-you stay whithin 1 Verkehrsverbund/Trafikselskabet and thus local fares apply. i DK if its also 45 DKK, but in any case it also includes local bus in the zones covered. There is ALSO a fairly cheap dayticket for the whole area of North-JYlland, which you need to order advance by www and then load on a fone as SMS after payment.
IF its part of a thru IR-trip, you get 50% discount on this trip-just show it to office or conductor onboard.
Google for nordjyllandstrafiken.
The MIN 4 may apply for national rail-this covers ONLY longer trips OVER borders of trafikselskaber. There is usually a kind of short-trip ticket for going just 1-2 zones over such borders. These are identical to those of the regions.

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krasmussen
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replied 8 years ago

The distance Hjørring-Frederikshavn is 5 zones, and will cost you 50 DKK.
Do not worry about zones for a single journey, you just entering the station name on the machine and it will give you the right ticket. On a few old machine you can choose the number if zones, but then there will be a map so you can easily see what to do. If you manage to find a real sales-person (good luck) any Dane will also tell by station and let the staff do the zone-math.

As a Dane I only know (and need to know) the number of zones on routes I travel often and therefor buy a multi-ride-ticket which is the only ticket where you as a customer see the number of zones - and this is also changing now with electronic travel-cards where you just tap at a reader at start station, via-station and destination and it will do the zone-math

So just order a ticket far Hjørring to Frederihshavn - it us 5 local zones and will cost you 50 DKK

Enjoy your travel

Kim

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krasmussen
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replied 8 years ago

... For LOCAL travel with bus and I Copenhagen with S-trains and Metro you do also need to know the number of zones. This IS a local (or more correct a regional) travel but with trains outside Copenhagen just ask for station names and it will works.

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Wouter
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replied 8 years ago

Thanks for your reply!
In the Netherlands we only use the electronic travel-cards (OV-chipkaart) as most common payment system. But I need only a normal ticket since this is way to short to buy such card for one day (or 2, since on my way back I will be visiting Copenhagen as well).
For years ago I was in Denmark, Esbjerg where I did make a train ride, but that's just way to long ago to know anything about this ride..