Each ticket type has its own supplement regulations. These include PuT transport system distance supplements and fixed supplements, whereas for the latter a transport system rank can also be set. Furthermore, you can define a minimum fare for each transport system.
Supplements are imposed for each application independently. This also applies if the same ticket type is purchased several times on one connection.
You can define supplements for all PuT transport systems of the network in each ticket type. Of course, only the settings for those transport systems, whose lines are connected with the fare system of the ticket type are effective, which means for passengers are able to use the ticket type in the first place.
Minimum fare
The minimum fare for each transport system is charged instead of the calculated total fare for the ticket type, in case
- the transport system appears on the path legs covered by the ticket and
- the total fare is less than the minimum fare.
The minimum fare is thus not a component you can add, but a minimum value for the total fare to be charged. As the regulation applies to all transport systems, the most expensive minimum fare of all transport systems used, is the lower limit for the total fare of the ticket type.
Below you will find a simple example on minimum fares (Example: Calculation of fixed supplements).
Fixed supplements
Fixed supplements are constant additional charges which are added to the base fare of the ticket type. Each PuT transport system has its own fixed supplement. For which of the path legs covered by the ticket type, a fixed supplement can be imposed, is a central feature of the ticket type. Select one of the following options:
- Raise supplement once per transport system,
- Raise supplement only for the top-ranking transport system,
- Raise supplement per path leg.
In the first case, exactly one fixed supplement is incurred for each occurring transport system - independent of how many path legs are being used with lines of the transport system.
In the second case, the ranks of the transport systems from the supplement regulations of the ticket type, play a role. Using the ranks, you can express that a certain transport system (e.g. ICE) discharges the passenger from paying fixed supplements for other transport systems (e.g. IC). If several transport systems have the same rank, on the path legs covered by the ticket type, the maximum fixed supplement of the top-ranking transport system applies. Ranks do not influence distance-based supplements.
In the third case, a fixed supplement is imposed for each path leg anew, for the transport system used.
The difference between the three options for imposing fixed supplements can be made clearer with the following example:
|
Transport system |
Fixed supplement [CU] |
Minimum fare [CU] |
Rank |
Distance-based supplement |
|
IC |
4.00 |
0.00 |
2 |
No |
|
ICE |
0.00 |
7.00 |
1 |
Yes |
|
RE |
0.00 |
0.00 |
3 |
No |
These are the distance-dependent supplements for the ICE:
|
Number of fare points |
Fare [CU] |
|
50 |
0.50 |
|
100 |
1.00 |
|
200 |
2.00 |
|
300 |
3.00 |
|
400 |
4.00 |
|
500 |
5.00 |
|
600 |
6.00 |
|
> 600 |
7.00 |
The considered calculation contains four path legs: IC, RE, IC and ICE. The following tables show the calculation of the fare for the three different options for imposing fixed supplements:
1. Supplement once per transport system:
|
Path legs of the connection |
Fare points |
Base fare [CU] |
Fixed supplement [CU] |
Distance supplement [CU] |
Minimum fare [CU] |
|
IC |
50 |
|
4.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
RE |
200 |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
IC |
100 |
|
(*) 0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
ICE |
50 |
|
0.00 |
(**) 0.50 |
(***) 7.00 |
|
Sum |
400 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
0.50 |
|
|
Fare total |
8.50 |
||||
(*) 0.00 CU, because the IC supplement was already imposed on the first path leg.
(**) 0.50 CU both for additive and proportional calculation of the distance supplement (Distance-based supplements).
(***) The minimum fare of 7.00 CU no longer has an effect, because the regular fare of 8.50 CU is higher.
2. Supplement only for the top-ranking transport system:
|
Path legs of the connection |
Fare points |
Base fare [CU] |
Fixed supplement [CU] |
Distance supplement [CU] |
Minimum fare [CU] |
|
IC |
50 |
|
(*) 0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
RE |
200 |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
IC |
100 |
|
(*) 0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
ICE |
50 |
|
0.00 |
0.50 |
7.00 |
|
Sum |
400 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
0.50 |
|
|
Fare total |
|
(**) 7.00 |
|||
(*) Only the fixed supplement of the top-ranking transport system (ICE) is obtained, even if in this case it is 0.
(**) The ICE minimum fare is imposed, because the ICE is used and the regular fare of 4.50 CU is lower than the ICE minimum fare.
3. Supplement per path leg:
|
Path legs of the connection |
Fare points |
Base fare [CU] |
Fixed supplement [CU] |
Distance supplement [CU] |
Minimum fare [CU] |
|
IC |
50 |
|
4.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
RE |
200 |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
IC |
100 |
|
(*) 4.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
ICE |
50 |
|
0.00 |
0.50 |
(**) 7.00 |
|
Sum |
400 |
4.00 |
8.00 |
0.50 |
|
|
Fare total |
12.50 |
||||
(*) Different than in the first case, reimposition of fixed IC supplement.
(**) The minimum fare of 7.00 CU no longer has an effect, because the regular fare of 12.50 CU is higher.
Distance-based supplements
Each PuT transport system has its own fare stage for distance-based supplements. They are calculated exactly like distance-based base fares, therefore based on the number of fare points. The number of fare points for each transport system, is only summed up across those path legs which belong to lines of the transport system. Distance-based supplements are also added to the base fare of the ticket type.
There are two variants, on how distance-based supplements can be read from the fare table of the distance stages:
- proportional calculation
- additive calculation
This setting is a ticket type property. For proportional calculation, the distance supplement valid for the sum of fare points of all path legs is adopted from the fare table and then multiplied by the relative proportion of fare points of this transport system. The additive calculation is easier - the distance supplements for the number of fare points of the transport system are directly imposed for each transport system.
The following calculation example compares the two options:
- Example: Calculation of distance-based supplements
On a connection, 100 fare points are traversed using ICE and 50 using IC. The distance-based supplements are as follows:
|
Number of fare points (FP) |
ICE supplement [CU] |
IC supplement [CU] |
|
3.00 |
2.00 |
|
|
<= 100 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
|
<= 150 |
5.00 |
3.50 |
Distance supplement for proportional calculation:
Distance supplement for additive calculation:
