. a9 A& y2 `4 W: q# w- K4 y% E , l/ O2 n+ H# @7 y4 oMetro boss admits he used to be fare dodger$ r/ X5 Y, K t( C
y V; w9 {( U7 W d. y! x0 fBERLIN (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. # w& T P# [8 g5 f/ ] 2 B6 S- U0 z) Y" k# }6 S* R KTobias 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.1 X# e' d. _, i* i* x F
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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.$ T0 `4 u* O3 m) _ c5 d
7 _" b. Y- S6 f/ UBerlin, 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.
