Due to the corona pandemic, it is mandatory to wear a mask on all Deutsche Bahn trains.
Not everyone adheres to it.
Now the company is taking tough action.
Because of
Corona
* -
pandemic
valid on all trains of
Deutsche Bahn
, the
mask duty
.
There was an incident
in
Kassel
in which the
federal police had to
intervene.
Mask refusers
must now
expect
a general ban on
transportation
.
Kassel - Due to the
corona
pandemic, it is
mandatory to wear a mask
in shops, public places and trains
.
The rule does
not go down well
with some people in
Germany
- employees of
Deutsche Bahn had to
find out
again and again
.
There was already a case like this at the Wilhelmshöhe * train station in Kassel.
In August, a 41-year-old man from Austria caused trouble in the ICE of Deutsche Bahn *.
The heavily drunk 41-year-old became aggressive towards other travelers and the train staff.
He refused
to wear
a
mask
.
The
federal police then came to the rescue
at
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
station
.
Corona pandemic: mask refusers arrested on the Deutsche Bahn train in Kassel
The Austrian did not change his behavior towards the officials either and reacted aggressively.
The drunk was then excluded from the journey by a train attendant.
The
federal police
took the 41-year-old with considerable resistance to the office in
Kassel
.
Incidents like this happen all over Germany - Deutsche Bahn employees are repeatedly
threatened
by so-called
mask refusals
.
Now the company is taking tough action.
According to the Welt am Sonntag, people who do not
wear
a
mask
on the train will face
a general ban on transportation.
Previously, they only had to
get off
at the next
train station
.
+
Deutsche Bahn in the corona pandemic: The company is cracking down on people who refuse to wear a mask on trains will in future be subject to a general ban on transportation.
(Symbol image)
© Sven Hoppe / dpa
Deutsche Bahn in the corona pandemic: transport ban for mask refusers
While previously considered that passengers without
mask
had to get off only at the next station, have
full-face protection
count on being -Verweigerer now, a general
transport ban
to get on trains of Deutsche Bahn.
Incidentally, the same rule also applies to rampaging football fans.
According to the Welt am Sonntag, the railway relies on Paragraph 4, Paragraph 2 of the Railway Traffic Regulations.
According to this, a transport ban "can be pronounced preventively in the event of impending danger".
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A railroad spokesman commented to the newspaper as follows: "Anyone wearing a
full-face coverage
repeatedly denied in public transport to be able to substantiate without an exception, violates the
Corona
-
protection regulations
of the countries and, therefore, constitutes a repeat threat to public safety and order".
Deutsche Bahn is considering permanently banning people who repeatedly refuse to wear a mask from transport. Https://t.co/JCx1MTt5dP
- The News (@DLFNews) December 27, 2020
Corona pandemic: imprisonment for mask refusers not excluded
According to its own information, the company has not yet applied the new rule, but will do so if necessary.
Anyone who
does not wear
the
mask
on a
Deutsche Bahn
train
in the future
and does not follow the instructions of the railway staff must expect serious consequences.
In addition to the general ban on
transport
, a large fine and in the worst case even a
prison sentence
cannot be ruled out.
(Luisa Ebbrecht) *
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