The railway wants to enforce the compliance with the mask of duty in the trains to protect against the Coronavirus, if necessary, with References. "If a minority shall respect the applicable rules, this is not acceptable to us," said the state-owned group in Berlin. In the case of passengers do not seem to be such references is already possible. Together with the Federal police, this will be implemented "consistently".

the Federal transport Minister, Andreas Scheuer (CSU) agreed: "The mask is mandatory, without If and But." The Greens and the German train drivers Union (GDL) called for further steps.

The railway said: "the vast majority of travelers to the mask obligation holds." Passengers refused after repeated requests, was not to accept. Then the driving will asked to guest on the next Stop of the train, said a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the interior, - where appropriate, the Federal police will come and show non-compliance.

train-references are according to the railway traffic regulations are possible, such as the Federal Ministry of transport, explained. It specifies that "persons who constitute a danger to the safety and order of the operations or for the safety of the passengers or the instructions of the railway staff do not follow" can be excluded from the promotion without any claim to reimbursement of the ticket price.