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The short-distance ticket trick works well on long-distance trains, at least busy ones. Even if sitting in a compartment, once the staff has seen your ticket and stamped it, they will rarely remember the stated destination of each passenger.
In some regional trains (''S-Bahn'', ''RegionalBahn'' or ''RegionalExpress''), such as from Singen to Schaffhausen (Switzerland) ticket checks are fairly common, while on others they're the exception and thus a great way to blackride across the country. The same instructions apply regarding fines. Generally speaking with RE and RB there is usually (but not always) a conducter on train. With S-bahn it depends. There are some lines of S-bahn where there is nearly never a controler and some lines with conducter checking after each station.
On some regional trains, there is a ticket machine. This varies from region to region, so you should check it before.
* As a last line of defense, conductors can call the police and legally keep you from leaving to prevent you from "illegally obtaining a service". Most commonly, however, you can get a fine printed that is valid as a ticket to your declared destination, or you may simply be kicked out at the next stop.
* For persons neither citizens nor residents of Germany, the penalty cannot and will not be enforced. As mentioned above, if given your ID, many conductors will print a fine valid as a ticket to your intended destination, making this a useful method for visitors to blackride. Beware, however, that not all conductors will agree to this, and they may insist that you get off at the next stop.
* When they ask you for ticket you can speak English to them and honestly tell them that you have no ticket and no money. Sometimes they ask you for ID and if you say you have none they usually tell you to get of the next station. I was kicked mostly from ICEs,but also REs, RBs and S-bahn in total about 10 or 15 times and only one conducter called the cops. Usually if you are not unfriendly they have no reason to make it complicated so they just tell you to get off next stop and take care that you do. Easy job for them and an hour or two waiting for next train for you.
== Action blackriding ==
To not go to prison there is a trick. When you go blackriding you enter the train with a visible sign saying that you have no ticket and you have to hold this sign visibly especialy when the controler come. IF you have a sign you are not cheating because you are openly saying that you have no ticket. In that case usually controler will write you a fine which works as valid ticket for your destination. If you do this more times at some point a debt collector will knock on your door so if you wanna do this you need to be sure to not have property which could be confiscated and be cool with having debt for next decades. As well they can put you to court and try to force you to pay the money or otherwise put you to jail but in that case you can defend at the court that you had the sign so you haven´ t been cheating. People did and do this courts with succes. It is very annoying to go to your courts and argue with judges but it can offer you free mean of transport all over Germany and if more people would do it we can break down the system of fines and tickets as the process of geting money from you and puting you to court is quite expensive for them.
Blackriding with sign works but if you use it often you might need to go often to the court as well. You can be creative and write on your sign more then just I have no ticket. Sign can forexample say Ich habe kein ticket, Nulltarif fur alle, verkehrswende jetzt! ( I have no ticket, Free publick transport for all, Change of traffic concept now!). By having nice sign you can as well start conversation with other passengers and make them aware of how unfair the ticket system is. It´ s good if the controler remembers that you had the sign so that they can´ t deny it at the court then so you can explain them that your blackriding is a politicil action and you can disscus with them that trains should be free for everyone.
In Germany you can defend yourself or you can be defended by your friend at court so you don´ t need to pay lawyers i if you just learn how to do it by your own.It is unknown how the sign blackriding works for people with without german citizenship/residency.
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