9184 train ticket

Essential to have a ticket, validated by having it stamped by one of those little yellow devices on the platform.
However, what if the ticket office is closed, seemingly permanently, and there's no obvious edicola or shop in sight. I often go for a walk, and catch a train back from the next village up the line. The journey only takes 5 minutes, and no-one has ever arrived to check the ticket. The train has about 10 carriages and as many people travelling.

Is it ok to offer to pay on board, 1 euro. I have a feeling the normal fine is 50 euro for travelling without a valid ticket.

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Legal

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 16:39

My local station stamping machine is often out of action. There's nothing you can do other than tell the ticket inspector it's not working, which is the truth. However many a time I have travelled and no-one to check for tickets. Therefore once I ended up with a ticket that could be used again.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 16:42

Sometimes (though I can believe not always), on these less used routes there is a machine for convalidating the ticket on the train (like on many buses). Have you looked to see if you can find one?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 16:54

I have always seen machines on every platform. Some time ago we forgot to convalidate our tickets; however, the train inspector did it for us writing the date and time on them.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 17:14

You can also write the date and time on your ticket. Someone told me this on the train from Fiumicino to Tiburtina, so I did as the machine either wasn't working or I had no time.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 18:06

Last summer I travelled from Venice to Aosta via Milano. I had a two part ticket and cancelled the first part to Milan. The train arrived late so everybody sprinted to the connection for Torino and we only just made it. I didn't cancel the ticket for the second leg in the rush and before I could find a ticket inspector they announced they were doing a major ticket check. When the enforcement team came round the man believed my story but his supervisor didn't, the old harridan. So €50 fine... but as I gave my passport details (and not my carta d'identita) along with my Italian address I seem to have avoided it...

So, best make sure you get that ticket cancelled, at the earliest opportunity as I've also had problem with the machines. One of them on platform 11 at Milan often seems out of ink...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 14:36

i can't get a ticket a ticket, never mind convalidate the thing.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 15:51

[quote=redimp98;86458]i can't get a ticket a ticket, never mind convalidate the thing.[/quote]
Okay no need to repeat yourself!!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 15:59

Wait a second. We are all forgetting something. You buy rail/bus tickets for local journeys in some tabacchi. Stations only sell tickets for long distance journeys.

So no excuse for having a ticket on local journeys and you will probably be fined.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 10:16

Well, there is a tabacchi in the village centre, 5 min walk, but its closed, its closed, too at midday which is the time I get there

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 10:25

Eh sometimes though it's open!!! Suggest you find out when or suffer the consequences.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 11:54

Possible solution. I think that tickets can be bought at any station in blocks of 5km, 10km, 20km, 30 km. No departure/destination is specified. Buy as many as you like in advance. Convalidate the appropriate one at the time of travel.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 05:42

Yes, its true. Similar to buying bus tickets in advance