The machine is out of order, so he carefully writes in the date by hand, gets on board, and is fined by the conductor for not having a valid ticket.

BBC: Swiss love affair with rail turns sour

If you do not produce a valid ticket when asked, "you could be refused travel entirely or asked to leave a train or station before you have completed your journey, " it adds.

BBC: George Osborne

In vain do I point to the broken ticket machine and my paid-for ticket, valid only on that day, for that journey?

BBC: Swiss love affair with rail turns sour

Unfortunately she was less than impressed and told me in no uncertain terms that my ticket was not valid.

BBC: Swiss love affair with rail turns sour

In our opinion, until they walk in that door, hold that ticket, produce valid identification and our security people can process and validate it, it doesn't matter.

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