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=**Public Transport in Stuttgart**=

Introduction
The content of this case study is the public transport system of Stuttgart. The area is devided into several zones. The three inner zones includes the airport and the inner city therefore only these zones are relevant for this study. Furthermore only day tickets are included, that is the reason why no special prices for school children, students and seniors are available.

The public transport system in Stuttgart
The VVS Transit and Tariff Association Stuttgart (Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart, VVS), together with its partners, is contributing significantly to maintaining and improving mobility in the metropolitan Stuttgart area. The region served comprises not only the state capital of Stuttgart, but also its four neighboring districts Boeblingen, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg, and Rems-Murr-Kreis, an area of well over 1000 square miles and a population of almost 2.4 million.

The VVS tariffs apply equally to all commuter trains, trams, buses, and regional trains within the Stuttgart region. This provides many benefits for our customers, who need only one single ticket for all these types of public transportation. With its comprehensive variety of tickets offered, from short-distance tickets, single tickets, multiple ride tickets, and daily, weekly, monthly and yearly passes, to company passes, "Scool" passes for school children, StudiTickets for university students, and senior tickets, VVS has a matching ticket available for each of its varied groups of customers.

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In the following table some options for different tickets and conditions are illustrated.

ticket prices. Single tickets are available for every zone:
 * ===Type of Passenger=== || ===Description=== || ===Price=== ||
 * Children under 6 || Children under the age of six are free of any charge || free ||
 * Children from 6 to 14 || For children between 6 and 14 years there a special

Multiple tickets for four rides (can be used by one child four times or by up to four children at the same time). These tickets are also available for all zones.

The day ticket is only available for the two inner zones or the whole net. There is no special price for children. || Zone 1: 0,95 EUR Zone 2: 1,20 EUR Zone 3: 1,60 EUR

Zone 1: 3,60 EUR Zone 2: 4,60 EUR Zone 3: 6,10 EUR

Day Ticket ( Zone 2): 5,80 EUR || stations
 * Adult || Short distance tickets are available for rides up to three

Single tickets are available for every zone:

Multiple tickets for four rides (can be used by one adult four times or by up to four adults at the same time). These tickets are also available for all zones.

The day ticket is only available for the two inner zones or the whole net. || Short distance: 1,00 EUR

Zone 1: 1,95 EUR Zone 2: 2,40 EUR Zone 3: 3,20 EUR

Zone 1: 6,90 EUR Zone 2: 9,20 EUR Zone 3: 12,10 EUR

Day ticket (Zone 2): 5,80 EUR || available.
 * Groups || For groups up to five people there are special group tickets

Group day ticket

Another possibility is to use a multiple ticket. The prices are displayed above || Day ticket (Zone 2): 9,70 EUR || conditions are the same as the children prices. || see prices of children ||
 * Dogs || For dogs there is an additional ticket needed. The prices and

Links http://www.vvs.de/download/255_09.pdf http://www.vvs.de/en/index.php