! i6 C+ O7 E$ p; S* J8 F" v M (来源:国际在线 编辑:夏亚) 8 b# L, V! x% k* I ( ^" z/ D% Y4 L; W 5 ]" l1 F+ H, c0 t$ H+ M) H d- qMetro boss admits he used to be fare dodger J7 ?! P4 u8 E4 M& f$ _
- y& x2 T/ ]5 e/ MBERLIN (Reuters) - The new head of Berlin's local rail system admits he used to be a fare-dodger but stopped riding local trains and buses without a ticket more than seven years ago. 4 J" ^3 y2 z) c3 W9 Z! U3 g: L, K5 H6 F0 p) V( T J7 q$ l
Tobias Heinemann, 36, who in May became the youngest managing director of Berlin's light rail system, said in an interview with Bild newspaper published on Monday he had been a "Schwarzfahrer" (fare dodger) years ago.7 B3 ^% l7 j2 `! a2 o9 Z
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The head of a metro system with 1.4 million passengers per day said, however, he had always paid for his ticket since joining the company seven years ago. 3 q. z) R: h6 \ a9 m4 \ E& f+ a/ I' b; @4 B4 v
Berlin, like most German cities, uses an honour-based system where undercover controllers only occasionally check whether passengers have valid tickets. Berlin estimates it lost a record five million euros (3.4 million pounds) last year to fare dodgers.