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Imogen Foulkes

Swiss Rage over Rail Tickets

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

The Swiss love their trains. But that love affair may be souring, thanks to a new ticketing system that imposes fines on the apparently innocent. Victims include the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes who shares her story with anchor Marco Werman.

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