He went himself to report to the controller to regularize his situation. A former 82-year-old poorly-adjusted priest rode in late May without a ticket on a train to Dole, in the Jura, to return to Ranchot station, not far from his village. A journey of 18 km that he regularly performs, and for which he used to get help when buying tickets, worth 3.50 euros. His vision problems prevent him from using the automatic terminal, and the box office is often closed, reports L'Est Républicain .
Double fine
Having found no one to help him, he went to report to the controller as soon as he arrived on board, to regularize his situation. The latter replied that he was not there to sell tickets but to punish those who did not, and sent him a fine of 50 euros. Indignant, he refused to pay, and the controller decided to double the bill. The octogenarian was thus found with a fine of 100 euros.
For nearly a month, he has therefore multiplied the steps to challenge this sanction. He notably wrote to the director of SNCF Mobilités in Dijon, to the railway workers' unions, to the defender of rights, and even to the president of the SNCF, Guillaume Pépy. "Beyond the elderly, disabled or visually impaired, I think of all those who can not read and write and who need a human contact to perform this formality of buying a ticket", he explained to East Republican .