The Government proposes to increase fines for ticketless travel on trains – Russian Newspaper

The Government proposes to increase fines for ticketless travel on trains – Russian Newspaper

The government proposes to toughen penalties for ticketless travel in trains and long distance trains.

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“The bill proposes to abolish the administrative responsibility for ticketless travel and introduce civil liability when the stowaway will be obliged to reimburse the carrier to the Civil Code the penalty for breach of contract of carriage “- said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting of the government.

Today Toll” hare “commuter train can pay a fine of only $ 100, and in a long distance train – 200 rubles. Free riders, said the prime minister, it’s not very scary. “Hence the massive nature of the offenses and, therefore, quite a serious loss carriers. This situation is unacceptable,” – he said.

So the government wants to introduce a special penalties on commuter trains in the amount of 50 times the rates for transportation of adult at a distance of 10 kilometers, and long-distance trains – at a rate five times the cost of the transportation tariff adult at a distance of 100 kilometers. The bill also allows shipping companies to inspect tickets and charge additional fees for the sale of tickets “hares” directly to the train or the train, with the exception of those cases where the ticket was not purchased for objective reasons.

Considered the government and the simplification of the procedure for Russians at home in those situations where their foreign passports have been ruined. “Now the rules are that it has to recover so that the certificate is required for entry, which issued a diplomatic mission, consulate, but only if the passport was lost,” – Medvedev recalled.

If the passport just came into disrepair or its period of validity has expired, according to the current order, you need to wait for clearance of the new document. In this case, it is impossible to enter Russia, and registration may be delayed for three months.

– It is clear that this creates a lot of problems – said the prime minister. – After the new law came into force to enter the certificate will receive all the needy, regardless of what happened with the passport.