Overview

• The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) will impose a €50 fine on passengers who block U-Bahn, tram, or bus doors, effective May 1, 2025.
• The new regulation aims to address operational disruptions caused by approximately 200 monthly door malfunctions, many linked to deliberate door holding.
• Blocking doors delays boarding and alighting, disrupts entire line schedules, and increases repair costs due to damaged mechanisms.
• Passengers caught holding doors open risk injury, as the BVG warns of dangers associated with standing in the door area during closure.
• The revised Nutzungsordnung also includes a weapons ban across all BVG premises, prohibiting items covered by the national Weapons Act.