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DLR Insurance Business

• weinzierl 7y ago
  > The fare collection system is interesting. You buy a ticket, but you don't have to show it before you board. Instead, during the ride, a ticket agent might come through the car and demand to see it. If you can't produce it on demand, you become liable for a large fine. So you can evade the fare, but doing so is a high-risk gamble. This is how public transport works in all places I can think of in Germany. The fine is typically around 40 Euros for first time offenders and it is a criminal offense. The fare pricing system is usually quite complicated though and there is a certain risk that you have to pay because you just made a mistake. The inspectors are rather ruthless. Actually I like London's TFL system were you make sure you have enough money on your Oyster Card and be done with it. If I remember correctly I have never bought a separate ticket for the DLR so I suppose the Oyster Card is valid even for the DLR. That's all just so much more convenient than in Germany.