<bodensee.toggenburg@...> wrote: If that is what happened than that is indeed unreasonable. Than its a glitch in the system and she should just contest the fine. But my impression is not that this

Gordon wrote:     "For me this smacked of a typically hyperbolic pieec of sensationalist journalism from a non specialist transport journalist." I am afraid to say that the experience described

I doubt if we will ever know the true story, but having witnessed numerous passengers getting on IC trains at Bern myself offering fares to the conductor when he/she came round, it would appear that

Do you have any further information regarding the closure at Oberalp? We were there on 25 Jan - photos at http://cliffjones.zenfolio.com/p33888477 Cliff Jones

She bought the ticket on the platform using her mobile phone, showed it to the conductor who accepted it, she was later fined by SBB by post as the payment by the credit card showed up four minutes

What I understand is that she bought the ticket after she had started travelling. And that is indeed not allowed. That is in fact not even a new rule, and it would have gotten her in trouble two years

I agree with your line of thought but I observed such a situation between Vevey and Montreux: I got on a Brig service at Vevey to travel to Aigle. I had a pass. The train was well loaded and there

I've been living in Switzerland for 10 years now. All these 10 years the rule was that it was your responsibility to have a ticket before boarding a train for local trains, S bahn train, buses, trams

All my very law abiding Swiss friends are using much stronger terms than "byzantine" to describe then, so there is certainly no consensus in Switzerland that there is any thing commonly sensible about

What was it you did not understand about.... "by the time I got on the intercity to Geneva I had an e-ticket and I proudly showed it to the conductor."?!? Bill Bolton Sydney, Australia

I haven't listened to the podcast yet. However, something in the story strikes me a bit odd. If the journalist indeed lives in Bern, and if, as mentioned in the story, she was boarding the IC to

It sounded like a SBB *customer* who has been fined for something which was quite plainly very, very silly behaviour on the part of SBB. What makes you think a "specialist transport journalist" would

I think SBB actually does have tickets machines at 100% of its stations... However, you are also expected to arrive at the station in time to buy your ticket. If you arrive 1 minute before departure,

<bodensee.toggenburg@...> wrote: She is not guilty of the ticket machine not working. However, if the ticket machine isn't working than you should just go to the conductor straightaway, and tell

I could have been caught out under this 'hard line' approach when I encountered a faulty ticket machine. When the train rolled in I walked up to the conductor as she alighted on to the platform. I

Just missed all the drama! Was there Saturday and the announcements on the MGB were saying Oberalp was closed due to a snow storm. Got a bit of hiking in bad weather from Münster back towards

The area in which the incident occured is between the Lavaux and Broye areas. The Palézieux - Payerne line is known as the LIgne de La Broye. It is indeed low lying - hills as opposed to

I think this would be interpreted as travelling without a ticket as the HalbTax Abonnement is a card enabling you to purchase a ticket at a reduced rate rather than a permit to travel. Like you I

Am 04.02.2013 22:32, schrieb bs177@...: You are right, I should have deleted the quoting introduction. And yes, I was aware that it weren't your words... Markus

To give you one very simple example, a tourist arrives at the unmanned station, the ticket machine does not work, his mobile phone does not work. In comes the train, what is he supposed to do?, . . .