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The different tariff forms in the OEPNV, here kilometer tariff
Tariff forms in the OEPNV
© Uwe Losse last updating 2006-10-17
The kilometer tariff
The tariffs in the ÖPNV can contain different tickets. A large distinguisher is however the form of the tariff computation. To which form for the price calculation of the ticket at the basis one puts? A possibility is the actually driven distance (kilometer tariff), another possibility is the summary of the wage area in zones and the formation of mixing prices. Here the usual tariff models are represented in the ÖPNV.
With the kilometer tariff all distances between the stops are determined and defined as tariff kilometers. These tariff kilometers form the basis for those Price calculation. The salesman looks first in that Price of transportation board after the distance between A and B and after he determined the tariff kilometers, e.g. 10 Tariff kilometers, he looks up the desired ticket (Monatskarte, weekly ticket, single ticket) for the price stage 10 and determines so the price of transportation. The expenditure evidently to the production of a price board in that the tariff kilometers between two stops become is large. A transporting enterprise has 100 stops in such a way arises from each stop to each stop 4950 different Varienten. Possible one Viabeziehungen for travel routes over several line ways are not here taken into account. With 500 stops the number of possible travel combinations is already 124,750 possible relations. A smaller or medium sized transporting enterprise reaches fast the number of 500 stops. From this becomes clearly that with application of a kilometer tariff for the pricing a large care expenditure must be driven. The kilometer tariff is considered as fair, since the passenger pays for the driven distance. This e.g. applies unfortunately also to the cases, in which the passenger would not like at all to drive the distance, with detours. Then and thus more time-consuming the distance longer for the passenger is also still more expensive. The kilometer tariff has its authorization on simple visible line ways.
There are problems with relations, which are tied up over different line ways in the timetable. During a simple travel the travel route of the passenger can be intended and be accomplished accordingly the price calculation for the driven tariff kilometers. With time tickets the passenger can want to use however both the shorter and the longer distance. In these constellations it makes, one for sense To offer Mischkalkulation the passenger, e.g. (Tariff kilometer travel way 1 + tariff kilometer travel way 2) divided by 2. The Verkehrsunternehmer may not forget, itself this procedure of that Authorizing agency approve to leave, there authorized tariff compellingly to use is. Such cases are treated and solved in the tariff provisions.
Kilometer tariffs today still become in the navigation begun. Also the rail tariffs are in principle kilometer tariffs. Exceptions are, as soon as those traffic-prominent railway a traffic group joined. In the bus traffic there are kilometer tariffs only with small transport enterprises, the their Traffic in a group-free area operate.