Two Mühlviertler families were fined 300 euros because their S-Bahn ticket was stamped incorrectly. According to a ‘Krone’ report, Deutsche Bahn is now abandoning the demand.
“This incident ruined our vacation in Munich, which we had been looking forward to so much. Interest in and curiosity about the Bavarian capital disappeared in an instant,” says Gottfried K. of Ried/Riedmark.
Ticket cancelled
As reported, the 52-year-old, his wife Michaela (55) and the Jutta family (55), Reinhard (52) and Niklas H. (17) traveled from Naarn on Ascension Day to Munich, where they spent three nights at the Hotel Holiday Inn. in the Berg am Laim district. After their arrival, the people of Mühlviertel had bought a local group group ticket for five people, which they had stamped at the ticket inspector. Then they took the S-Bahn to the city center.
Aggressive Control
On the return trip, three, she says, “martially appearing controllers” boarded and scrutinized their group ticket. “We thought nothing of it. We were completely perplexed when they became very aggressive and accused us of not validating the ticket – and of being fare evaders,” said K., who immediately showed the trio the stamp. But they told him brusquely that he was on the wrong side.
police called for help
“But there is no plug-in direction anywhere on the machine”, K. responded indignantly. His proposal to also stamp the card on the other side was rejected: “They remained completely unreachable for a fight, imposed a fine of 300 euros.” The situation eventually became so threatening for the people of Mühlviertel that they called the police just to be sure.
According to the “Krone” report, Deutsche Bahn has now relented and canceled the fine. K.: “But the apology was only half-hearted. We’ve had enough of Munich long enough!”
COMMENT “KRONE”:
Controllers without heart and brain
“Munich – cosmopolitan city with a heart” was the slogan of the Bavarian capital for decades. A motto apparently unfamiliar to three Deutsche Bahn inspectors who fell into two Mühlviertler families.
When someone goes on a trip, he can tell something. The tourists also do this after the fuss about their tickets. However, the advertising effect for the city of Munich and Deutsche Bahn is limited. If no plug-in direction is given on the validation machines, but this is a prerequisite for an unpunished S-Bahn ride, then the suspicion of tourist scammers is of course obvious.
Source: Krone
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