General terms and conditions 

• Children must have a valid passport or identity card in their own name.
• Children travelling alone must be able to present written evidence that their parents/guardian give consent for the journey.
• You will find further information on travelling abroad with a minor on the central government website. Here you will also find an example of a consent form.
• Although you can take pushchairs for free, luggage space is limited. It is therefore recommended only to take a folding buggy, and to stow this on the luggage racks.

• In principle, children from the age of 12 can travel alone on Intercity Berlin. If you want your child to travel alone, please take the following into account:
  • The child travels under the responsibility of the parents or legal guardian.
  • You are the best judge of what your child is capable of.
  • There is no supervision on the train or at the stations during the journey.
  • During the journey, the child must be in possession of written proof of consent from their parents or legal guardian, demonstrating the child is allowed to travel alone.

• Children aged up to 3 travel for free and without a ticket if they do not occupy a seat of their own and are accompanied by an adult. This does not need to be a parent or grandparent.
• The train is equipped with a children's section (Kleinkindabteil).
  • You will find this children's section in second class, in coach 10 (seats 13 through 16). There are a maximum of four seats
  • These seats are particularly suitable for families with young children (aged up to 3).
  • You will also find baby-changing facilities near the children's section.
• If you would like to reserve a seat for your baby or toddler, please see age category 4 to 14.

• Children aged 4 to 14 travel for free for the Accompanied Child fare if they are accompanied by a paying passenger aged 15 or over.
  • This does not apply to the Sparpreis Europa Gruppe and Supersparpreis Europa Gruppe fares. Each physical person is regarded as one passenger, so 1 child = 1 passenger. This means that children up to the age of 15 do not travel for free with these fares.
• One adult may accompany a maximum of four children. If an adult is taking more children, they travel for the Unaccompanied Child fare.
• Children will be included on the ticket of the accompanying adult.
• Please note: State that you are travelling with children at the time of booking. It is not possible to add children for the Accompanied Child fare to a booking already made. A new booking will be made for this at the fare available at that time.
• You can reserve a seat for the child (€4). While this is not obligatory, it is strongly recommended. 
• The train is equipped with a family section (Familienbereich).
  • You will find this section in second class, in coach 30 (seats 21 through 36). Maximum of 12 seats.
  • These seats are particularly suitable for families with young children (aged up to 14).
  • Although there are no special facilities in these compartments, the idea is that children are able to play and talk with each other there freely.
  • This section is next to the children's section with baby-changing facilities (Kleinkindabteil).

Logo: KKA           Logo: Family section (Familienbereich)  
 

• Intercity Berlin has no special age discounts for children over the age of 15. These young people travel at the regular fare.

• Tickets for children aged up to 14, if you book them with the accompanying passenger at the same time:
  • NSInternational.com
  • NS International Customer service on +31 30 2300023
  • a NS International Service desk at selected stations
• Tickets for children aged up to 14 travelling alone:
  • NS International Customer service on +31 30 2300023
  • NS International desk at stations
• Tickets for children aged up to 12, travelling alone:
  • NS International Customer service on +31 30 2300023
  • a NS International Service desk at selected stations

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