Two Mühlviertler families were fined 300 euros because their S-Bahn ticket had been wrongly stamped. According to a “Krone” report, Deutsche Bahn is now waiving the demand.
“This incident ruined our vacation in Munich, which we had been looking forward to so much. The interest in and curiosity about the Bavarian state capital was gone all of a sudden,” says Gottfried K. from Ried/Riedmark (17) from Naarn traveled to Munich on Ascension Day, as reported, 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 transport group ticket for five people, which they had stamped at the ticket validator. Then they took the S-Bahn to the city center. Aggressive controllersOn the return trip, three “martial controllers”, according to their statements, got on board and took a close look at their group ticket. “We didn’t think anything of it, we were completely perplexed when they became very aggressive and accused us of not having validated the ticket – and of being fare dodgers,” said K., who immediately showed the trio the stamp. But they brusquely explained to him that it was on the wrong side. Police called for help “But there is nowhere on the machine about a plug-in direction,” K. was outraged. His suggestion to stamp the ticket on the other side as well was rejected: ” They remained completely inaccessible to arguments and imposed a fine of 300 euros.” The situation was so threatening for the people of Mühlviertel that they called the police to be on the safe side. After the “Krone” report, Deutsche Bahn now gave in and waived the fine. K.: “But the apology was only half-hearted. We’ve had enough of Munich for a long time!” “KRONE” COMMENT: Controller without heart and brain “Munich – cosmopolitan city with heart” was the slogan of the Bavarian state capital for decades. A motto that three Deutsche Bahn inspectors who fell into the hands of two families in the Mühlviertel apparently do not know. So do the tourists 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, the suspicion of tourist rip-offs is of course obvious.
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