The Bayerwald-Ticket emerged as a common fare for various German public transport networks that were aimed at tourists.
As a result, in 1995 a dense network of daily bus line routes, using the so-called Igel buses (hedgehog buses), was established for hikers during the summer season from May to October by the Bavarian Forest National Park and the towns of Spiegelau, Grafenau, Neuschönau and Mauth.
In the area of Zwiesel a similar bus service concept to that in the southern part of the Bavarian Forest was adopted on two of the routes using the Falkenstein buses.
In order to enable the use of these three transport systems to be simpler and more comfortable, the counties introduced a standard day ticket for buses and trains.
Since the Regentalbahn has extended its operations via Bayerisch Eisenstein station on several of its services to the Czech town of Špičák and the Regionalbus Ostbayern (RBO) introduced an express bus from Železná Ruda to Passau, the ticket has been extended to cover these routes in the Czech Republic as well.