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RE: #TakeARide! Going Underground in Vienna! Unique Train, Bus & Subway Stops
Great idea for a post. Such interesting stations, old and refurbished.
Vienna’s Network doesn’t have ticket barriers. If you're caught, you will have to pay a fine of aprox €100
I found this tidbit of great interest. No barriers. The likely result? Ease of flow. Trusting the integrity of the citizens to pay. What a great idea! Has it always been like that?
Yeah ....Trust !!
Lets ask @thermoplastic because I don't have the answer if its always been like that. I forgot but I think so.
Has it always been like that? I've been away for 40 years, and in my youth, every tram car had a conductor. So I really don't know when it changed to the honor system.
I remember we got away without tickets on overcrowded streetcars coming from the stadium after a soccer match. The cars were open in those days and we were riding on the running board, some even on the coupler on the end, holding on to the destination sign. As far as I know, nobody got hurt doing that.
Today, there are not only the controllers sometimes checking on the trains, but at times the exits are cordoned off by uniformed controllers and police, to check all the passengers.
But I do like the honor system, no fumbling for your ticket once you had it validated and you change trains. Not like the gate locks in Paris.