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Such infrastructure should be completely & unlimitedly free for private use.
When Germany did (twice? Forgot the details :/) the experiment with the unlimited EU monthly tickets for 7€ or whatever people were really glad, everyone could travel & see more. And they still talk about that.
The "unlimited" ticket for 9€ (then 49€, now it's 58€, "conserveratives" hate it so who knows what it'll be next year) is limited to regional and local transit. No long distance IC/ICE trains with some exceptions where an IC is operating as part of a regional connection.
My prediction is that (barring a heavy left shift in politics, i.e. a linke grüne spd government or similar) it will keep getting more expensive until it becomes useless enough that cancelling it is no longer political suicide.
It's honestly insane to me that it seemingly wasn't a huge topic in the election (at least I didn't hear much about it), millions use it and many more benefit indirectly as it lead to better offers for local transport ticket subscriptions.
Thx for the info & insight!