Patent ID: 8027872

Claim:
A method for obtaining tickets for journeys in a passenger transportation system which comprises stations for at least one of entering and leaving transport means of the system for journeys between the stations, wherein at least one station of the system is assigned at least one passive contactlessly readable data carrier, the at least one passive contactlessly readable data carrier assigned to a station only stores a station-specific ticket information item which uniquely identifies the station; wherein one of the at least one passive contactlessly readable data carrier assigned to the station is read by a mobile reader; and wherein the corresponding ticket information item or items is/are stored in the mobile reader; wherein a transport means of the system is assigned a passive contactlessly readable data carrier, wherein the passive contactlessly readable data carrier assigned to the transport means only stores a transport means-specific ticket information item which uniquely identifies the transport means, and wherein the passive contactlessly readable data carrier assigned to the transport means is read by the mobile reader.