Passimeter

Former passimeter house at Munich Karlsplatz S-Bahn station (dismantled on February 22, 2016)

With Passi meters a ticket donors is called. This had the task of checking or selling tickets when entering or leaving locked areas. There were also car passimeters that had a ticket machine connected to a turnstile.

Examples

The passimeters were housed in buildings or in houses at underground stations. If several passimeters were required for faster processing, there were passimeter systems.

The control and issue of tickets in this form was very labor-intensive. The passimeter houses on the Munich S-Bahn were only used in the early days. They were later used as a lounge for control complaints, as they were equipped with a BASA telephone . Quite a few were converted into sales kiosks, for example at Munich Marienplatz train station .

Web links

Wiktionary: Passimeter  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marco Völklein: Difficult farewell. sueddeutsche.de, February 19, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Axel Mauruszat: The hermannplatz. March 2004, accessed June 21, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Passimeter. Retrieved June 21, 2011 .