Talk:Deutsche Bahn

I'm rewriting and removing a lot from the Getting Caught, because I think this doesn't apply everywhere:

• When getting caught, refuse to give your ID and just argue with the conductor until they kick you out of the train. This has happened to me twice (unintentionally) and I think it is a standard policy
  • If you have no ticket and no ID, they actually do call the police to the next station. I never heard of someone just being kicked out. That might apply for more rural regions, but definitely not in general.
• On small RegionalBahn or RegionalExpress regional trains (see picture, not the loco+waggon setup!), there usually is a ticket machine
  • This varies a lot from region to region. I've never seen a ticket machine inside the train in NRW. In BW it seems usual though.
• You might be able to quickly check if there's a conductor on the train (which is not always the case) before you buy a ticket. be careful on multi-wagon trains
  • I think that's too difficult or often even impossible. Often the conductors just jump into the train at some bigger station.
• the conductor can't force you out of the train.
  • They definitely can, and usually they don't hesitate to do that (or just call the police).
• but AFAIK DB conductors are even obligated to sell you a ticket, albeit for a higher price
  • That's definitely wrong. Actually, they are obliged to NOT sell you a ticket, but many of them are quite friendly and do it anyway.