BVG threatens with punishment: Anyone who stops the doors in Berlin's buses and trains should pay 50 euros

Broken doors, delayed departures, injured passengers: door handlers regularly cause problems with the BVG. Now the company is going through – and threatens to contract penalty.

Anyone who holds the closing doors open on Berlin subways, trams, or buses shortly before departure faces a fine of 50 euros. The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) is introducing this measure with its new usage regulations starting May 1, as the company announced. Security personnel will enforce the rule. "Holding doors open every time delays boarding and alighting, with direct impacts on the entire line service," the company explained. "Furthermo…

The deliberate blockade of doors of BVG vehicles often leads to defects and hinders driving operation. This can become expensive in the future: from May, a fine of 50 euros will be due.