[交換雜記] What can you do with your Cologne student ID?

科隆大學的學生證可以搭車的範圍非常的廣（相對於其他同學交換學校的範圍），不過「臨時學生證」和「正式學生證」的狀況有些差別，大家要注意一下，不然如果被查票罰錢就有點得不償失......
以下是關於學生證搭車的使用範圍及相關內容，當然，由當局保留最終解釋權，我只是把拿到的文件建檔而已，詳細規範可以請教學校或是車站訊息櫃檯。

Travel tickets details - for traveling with your ......

• Provisional Student ID 臨時學生證
• Your provisional student ID is only valid with photo ID, e.g. your passport or national ID card.
• Until you receive your final student ID, your provisional ID allows you to travel only within the VRS region.
• The semester ticket (included in your provisional ID) allows you to use buses, trams, urban rail (S-Bahn) and regional trains (RE, RB) within the VRS region. (from Oct 1st/from April 1st)
• You can buy add-on tickets ("Anschlusstickets") from the last stop within the region at the main station(Hauptbahahof/Hbf).
• You can take one bicycle with you for free if there is space.
• You can take guest on your ticket on weekends and public holidays and on weekdays after 7 pm for free.
• Please note that you cannot travel as far as Düsseldorf and Koblenz with your provisional student ID as they are not within the VRS region.

• Final(Formal) Student ID 正式學生證
• It allows you to travel only within the NRW region.
• As the provisional one, you can use buses, trams, urban rail (S-Bahn) and regional trains (RE, RB) within the NRW region. (from Oct 1st/from April 1st)
• Add-on tickets ("Anschlusstickets") from the last stop within the region at the main station(Hauptbahahof/Hbf) is available as well.
• You can take one bicycle with you for free if there is space.
• You can take guest on your ticket on weekends and public holidays and on weekdays after 7 pm for free.

• For further information about VRS region (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg)
  ►Linienplan_VRS (2014) Usually you will only need the Regional Version
  ►Travel Planner

• For further information about NRW region (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  ►Regionalverkehrsplan_NRW_2013
  後期更新：Regionalverkehrsplan_NRW_2014
  ►Travel Planner