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Hungarians do not buy train tickets – MÁV constantly gets billions from them
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In September of 2019, approximately 300 thousand fines were handed over to those passengers who did not validate a ticket on a certain train in Hungary. From this amount of penalties, MÁV got an average of 5.8 billion HUF (17 million EUR) income.
Pénzcentrum reported that the later someone pays the fine, the more expensive it will get. Every passenger should send the money by check or pay at the scene to prevent an incredible amount penalty. Statistics showed that more and more passengers are willing to pay their bills. Still, while in 2017, 63 million HUF (186,000 EUR) was paid this number increased by 100 million HUF (296,000 EUR) last year.
Between 2014 and 2018, out of 93,000 passengers, the ticket inspectors of MÁV found 28,800 cases in which passengers did not have a validated ticket. Out of these people, 18,500 have been caught four or more times. The value of the fines almost reached 3 billion HUF (8 million EUR).