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: Much to their own annoyance, '''Belgian railway staff do not have any legal right to ask for your ID''', so under no circumstances show it when they ask for it! [[User:Prino|Prino]] 09:58, 3 May 2011 (CEST)
 
 
 
== [[Czech Republic and Slovakia]] ==
 
There are many types of train in Czech Republic and Slovakia. This twoo countries is very similar about free riding in train.
 
The local trains (OS) have many stops, distances between stops are usually 3-10 km. This trains have only few carriages and one conductor. But there are often small amount of people in this type of train. Faster local train is (SP - spesny vlak). This type is similar than local train (OS) but average distance between stops is about 10 mm. Local trains have many stops and relative short journey ussualy less than 100 km. The interval to next train is usually 1 to 2 hour.
 
The R-trains (and some ex trains) have stop usually once a 10-35 km, about 5-8 carriages and usually twoo conductors or only one conductor. The interval between trains s 1 or 2 hours but in the most freqvent area (Prague-Olomouc) is the interval between trains 30-60 min.
 
The long-journey trains EC, IC, Ex (often international trains) have about 7-11 wagons, restaurant wagon and first class wagon .This type of train have large number of passengers and twoo conductors. The distance between stops is 40-70 km (25-50 km for EX trains) and especially in overcrowded trains conducter check tickets and the time interval to next controll is long (30-60 min and more). But if you are captured, you will bee challenged to pay penalty or the conducter ask for your ID card. The time to next stop is long and conducter have enough time to write the penalty.
 
In Czech is the ticket price equal for all trains belongs CD (Ceske drahy). The speed train EX, EC, IC and R have the same price like OS.
You have to buy seat reservation only in SC/Pendolino - I do not recomend it. But some EC/IC trains (Black Leo Express and yellow Regiojet, this trains bellongs private company) have another special tickets ansd this trains are very difficult. In Slovakia R-trains are little bit more expensiive than OS-trains and EC,IC trains are more expensive (difference is about Eur 2-4). Regiojet have yellow OS train in slovakia and this type is OK.
 
IMPORTRANT. Do not use the speed long-journey train SC (Pendolino). It is expensive a you have to buy seat reservation. There are small number of passngers and big probablity for get penalty. Be carreful on the journey between Prague and Ostrava. The most of trains in Czech and Slovakia belongs to state company and trains that belongs CD are OK. But some IC trains (yellow Regiojet and black Leo Express) belongs private compenies. Problems is that you have to seat reservation and the conducter have all reserved seats in computer and conducter do not ask for tickets. But if you are on the seat and the conducter's computer signalize free seat, but you are on the seat - this is problem. This is reason that you can use short-journey tictet trick or similar tricks. And black IC "Leo Express" is worst - you have to show ticket before boarding.
Regiojet have some local trains in Slovakia. In yellow local trains is all OK. You can use the short distance ticket trick (see bellow). Unfortunately many stops and small ammount of passengers is reason that travel complete free is very difficult.
 
IMPORTRANT. Conducter is in the train always except some local trains. BUT the inspector (revisor) randomly enter in tranis, check the tickets (like in public transport), but he check too conductor's work and if the inspector find some person withouth tiket, he can give a penalty for conducter. The inspector check all - passengers, toilets, conducter's work. Some Person travelled from Prag to Ostrava and had ticked only for short distance (to Pardubice). But the ticket ispector came and gave them penalty for every stop (6 stops withouth ticket = 6 fines), the passenger showed the short distance ticket which end far away. Fortunately, the inspector in train is quite rare, once a 10 000 km. I have travelled more than 70 000 km and meet inspector 5 times and I paid only one penalty. The inspector do not wear uniform, conducters usually wear a uniform (blue suit, pink in regioet and black in Leo express). You can detect conducter relative easily.
 
Generaly -there are few trick how to travel in train withouth ticket. I travel in Czech Repubic in trains during years 2009-2014 more than 70 000 km and this contains 50 000 km without ticket. Because my appperance is not average, I do not travel withouth ticket complete, but I usually use short journey ticket trick. I paid penalty CZK 400 (USD 20) only once a time (the inspector came) but I must leave train about 10-15 times and I must buy ticket about 15 times (more expensive ticket, difference is CZK 40 CZK about USD 2, in Slovakia about Eur 2). I have met train inspector 5 times.
 
The very succesful method in not complete free but very cheap travel. I use it for more than 70 000 km in last 5 years. For extreme case - I travelled 346 km and I paid only CZK 26 / EUR 1. Importrant is that the conducter check only new passengers in the next controll, usually ask who is new (Pristoupili?) You buy ticket only to short journey, conducter check you and you do not leave train in stop, where your ticket end, and countinue the journey. Conducter do not renember terminal stations on passenger's tickets and look for new passengers. You can look out of window, "sleep" or read a book. If the conducter renember your terminak station, you tell that you do not know where is or tell that you asleep. Importrant is that the conducter must come before terminal station, which is written on the ticket. I usually look, where the conducter is and the direction of inspection and I go near him. The optional distance is 10-20 km or 3-5 stops in local train OS (SP is similar), 1-2 stops or 20-40 km in R train and 1-2 stops or 50-80 km in speed long-journey train with restaurant (EX, EI, IC). The long-distance trains with restaurats have many carriages and twoo conductors. Because there are many passengers and you do not know the direction of ticket controll, the situatuon is sonmetimes dificult. If you travel long journey, especially though big city - you can be supprissed with conducters change. New conducter check ticket in all passengers (NOT only new passengers). You must have second ticket from the city where conducters changed to near stop.
 
The next tactic is for travel complete without ticket. I have told that coducter check only new passenges and he ask, who is new (Pristoupili?) and you are new but do not respond. If the train have a lot of passengers, the conducter do not renember who is new (but if your apperance is not ussual, there is big chance that conducter ask you for ticket). But many of local trains and sometimes too R-trains have small ammount of passengers, especialy in the night. In the long-journey trains with restaurant (EX,IC, EC) is this method very succesful because there are a lot of carriages and passengers and too long time intervals between ticket inspction. Problem is starting the yourney in first stop or conducter change. All pessengers have to show ticket during first controll (or new conducter). You can try go around conductor during ticket inspection and stay in area, where tickets have been already checked. You can go into this alreadz checked area in a stop (get of board an boarding into optional area).
In local trains near big city is too a lot of passengers and you can there use another trick. The train with name City Elephant have twoo floors. If the conducter walk though first floor through carriage, oyu can go though second floor and get behind the conducter in the zone where tickets were checked. You have to look when conducter is coming into your carriage. You can use similar in one floor long local train with many passengers near big city. Look which part of train is ocuped with conducter and you can get off and boarding into opposite part of train in the stop. For exaple conducter is near first carriage and you go near last carriage.
 
If you are captured, you can buy the ticket (for short journey of course) in the train. This ticket is often more expensive (difference is CZK 40 or about USD 2, in Slovakia Eur 2), but if you renember the stations withouth ticket seeling - the ticket that you buy in train is for the same price like in station. But if you are captured that you have been hidden and try travel without ticket, you will be kick out of train in the most cases (in OS or R train) or you have to buy the ticket. I recomend to look for interval to next train or time of last train before traveling (for example web page www.idos.cz - choose trains (Vlaky)). The local trains have often long interval and the last train arrive quite early. The R-trains, EE, EC, IC is usually more often (1 hour) and last train is just during night.
 
Sometimes, you can get fine (penalty). The fine is CZK 400 or USD 20 (and CZK 1000 or USD 50 if you pay the fine it later than 14 days after you have been captured). You can get the fine especially in the long-distance train with restaurant. In OS or SP and usually R-train you are often only kicked out of the train.
 
I do not recomend hidden in toilet, it is very wrong tactic in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Conducter have to check the toilet (it is rule for a conducter) and conducter have special key to open locked door. If you do not lock the door, the conducter sometimes check toilet too and look into toilet. You can try chooe relative invisible position in toilet (and other passengers can open the door and see you). Hidden in the toilet is worst in long-journey trains - conducter usually check toilets there. But it is very bad in all type of train.
 
You can try walk around the conducter during ticket ispection and go in the area where tckets have been checked. It is much better than stay in the toilet. It is good especially in long-journey EC,IC,EX trains with many carriages and too in local train near city.
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