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Re:Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on publi... by dagw on Thursday December 30, 2021 @12:42PM (#29738973)
I heard they give you money to cover a taxi if the train is late by a few minutes or something.

LOL. If that was true the Swedish train companies would have been bankrupt decades ago. Swedish trains are extremely unreliable. As someone who used to take the Stockholm-Gothenburg train a lot for work I was happy every time I arrived less than an hour late.

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Re:Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on publi... by Ekaros on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:21PM (#29739554)
In Finland you can claim money if the train is late 25% with 60 minutes and 50% at 2 hours... Also taxis are done sometimes, but people really need to know their rights and demand it.
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Re:Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on publi... by im3w1l on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:22PM (#29740356)
With Stockholm public transport, you get up to $130 for a taxi if the (expected) delay is more than 20 minutes. My guess is that it works out fincancially because so few people know about it / can be arsed to send in the paperwork.

For intercity routes you get 25% off the ticket after 1h delay and 50% after 2h delay.

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