Half a million illegal passengers in Berlin

Half a million stowaways in Berlin: The number of illegal passengers on public transport in Berlin, Germany's capital, has increased last year. Berlin Public Transport Authority (BVG) reported that more than 500 people were caught without a ticket last year. While the number of smugglers caught in subways and buses was 228 thousand 727, the number of suburban trains (S-Bahn) was recorded as 325 thousand 600. Pointing out that millions of Euros of financial losses have been incurred due to illegal journeys, BVG will increase the number of checks this year in order to reduce its losses.
In addition, to avoid illegal journeys, the penalties should be raised to 60 Euro. Passengers caught without a ticket according to the current practice are currently paying 40 Euro penalty. BVG has reported that 3 and 4 of 20 are in the leakage of the passengers traveling in public transport vehicles and that the operation has been damaged by 15 million Euros per year.
CHECKS SCRAP
120 is currently checking the tickets in the subway with municipal buses. In the coming period, this number will be increased to 140. BVG Sözcü“We have nothing to do but increase the number of controllers and controls,” says Markus Falkner. We have been struggling for years, but we cannot achieve a positive result in this regard, the rate of illegal passengers is not decreasing. " said.
In the same way, 72 controllers work on suburban trains. This number will also be increased. Public transport companies do not take any further action if the fugitive passengers pay the fines, but they file a criminal complaint about the passengers caught three times in a year without a ticket. The 9 3 93 XNUMX XNUMX passenger last year, three times the mass transit of public transport was found.