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The DC metro is computerized, so you have to put money on a card and swipe it when you enter and leave a station.
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Buses- just validate your ticket for a single ride, or show your monthly pass IF someone is checking
subway- absolutely nothingI will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.
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BeBro, what happened? Got caught by one of those lovely "Fahrkarten bitte" persons?Comment
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It depends on the system in question, no?
In all the subway systems i have riden, you need to go through a turnstyle. The DC one is the only one I have seen that you need to punch in a ticket to get out as well-because they price trips according to length. most others were standard one far systems. No one checks reguarly, at least not the in the US- if you got on the train without paying, you made it in.
The same for most buses I have been in, you have to pay before getting on. No one checks regularly.
As for trains, in some, as Arrian stated, you can only buy tickets before getting on, thought I always assumed that on most long train trips you should be able to buy a ticket on the train.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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On Fargo buses you pay $1 in change, bus tokens, $ coins or $ bills into a computerized pay box by the driver, or swipe your prepaid bus card or univertsity ID card (college students ride for free
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Re: What happens in your country.....
Subway has turnstiles... however, you can get on the train with a minimum fare ticket of $1.25 and ride to any station no questions asked... until you try to exit the station.
Busses you pay when you get on. However, really crowded busses can be boarded via the back door without paying at all.
Light rail uses a "proof of purchase" system where you can buy a ticket from the driver, or enter by any door if you have one already (tickets are good for 3 hours).
Trains use a similar system except tickets are sold by machines at the stations... one has about a 1/3rd chance of getting inspected, but there are bathrooms. Also the conductor won't wake sleeping people to check for tickets.Visit First Cultural Industries
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I believe if you don't pay your fare you are charged with a capital crime here in the USA, and can face the death penalty..... well not really but wouldn't suprise me the rate things are going."Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!"​​Comment
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It's a good thing that certain parts of the States don't have public transit, or they probably would be ejecting fare dodgers right out of the train and onto the third rail.Visit First Cultural Industries
There are reasons why I believe mankind should live in cities and let nature reclaim all the villages with the exception of a few we keep on display as horrific reminders of rural life.-Starchild
Meat eating and the dominance and force projected over animals that is acompanies it is a gateway or parallel to other prejudiced beliefs such as classism, misogyny, and even racism. -General LuddComment
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Re: What happens in your country.....
NoOriginally posted by BeBro
....when you (try to) go by bus, subway, cityrail or similar means of public mass transportation without a ticket?
Or how do they (try to) prevent this?
Do you have to show your ticket, for example when entering a bus, to the driver?
NoAre there technical means to make sure people buy tickets (for example mechanical doors at entrances that only open when you buy a ticket or so)?
Yes. Regularly randomly.Or is there personnel going around controlling people's tickets (randomly or regularly)?
Fine. 40 times the value of the ticket.And what if someone has no ticket? Fines? Police?
:flashlight:Please enlighten me
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There are ticket controllers randomly patrolling the trains; travelling without a ticket will cost you ~50 euros if you are caught.Comment
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And in buses, you buy a ticket when getting in, or flash your travel card. Don't know about subways, never been on one.Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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I heard on the radio last night that London is planning to get rid of thier red duouble-decker buses.
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Los Angeles:
For buses: show your pass or pay when you get on.
For trains & subways, occassionally transit officers come through checking tickets. If you don't have one, it's IIRC an arrest and a $250 fine.
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What happens third time ? Life sentence ?Originally posted by Zkribbler
Los Angeles:
For buses: show your pass or pay when you get on.
For trains & subways, occassionally transit officers come through checking tickets. If you don't have one, it's IIRC an arrest and a $250 fine.
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