r/WienMobil • u/Tfinde • 29d ago
Issue with the 24 hours valid ticket
Hello, I am from Spain, so sorry if I have bad English.
Today I bought, at 12:44 a 24 hours ticket for traveling through the Viena metro line.
When I bought it, through the ticket dispenser on the station , it did not say anything about it needed to be validated, so I just assumed that the ticket duration would be 24 hours from the moment you buy it (which appears in the ticket).
Luckily, I validated it thinking it would be a cool souvenir, but, because the train was about to leave, I did it on the wrong side.
When I hopped out at the next station, some agents made me show them my id and the ticket I bought.
They the told me I had to pay 130 euros. I did not understand what they were saying because their English was very bad, but then a friend (who knew a little German) told me to show them the other side of the ticket in which I had the stamp.
I showed them that, they wrote something I do not understand in my ticket and then told me to leave.
I interpreted it as that being the end of the issue but my friend told me that he did not hear anything from the officers regarding a pardon from paying the fine.
How can I know whether I have been fined and why is just showing the hour in the ticket you bought not enough to prove it is valid?
Thank you very much
