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Deutsche Bahn: Corona mask refusers are now threatened with a general train ban

2020-12-28T20:07:53.856Z


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.


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

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".

Deutsche Bahn

founding

January 1, 1994

legal form

Public limited company owned by the Federal Republic of Germany

Employee

323,944 (as of 2019)

sales

44.4 billion (as of 2019)

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) *

hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Sven Hoppe / dpa

Source: merkur

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