Many of them done up like a French tart’s boudoir, Vilnius’ upside-down railway keeps a large part of the city’s population on the move. Trolleybuses are often policed by the sort of sweet old ladies usually found staffing counters in English charity shops, although this lot are trained in the martial arts, and can effortlessly remove ticketless little boys from vehicles by their ears. Ticket etiquette, should you prefer to buy one rather than pay a fine or argue with an elderly spinster, is the same as for city buses.
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My son and his four friends on a first visit to the Baltic States got off the night bus from Warsaw, got on a Trolleybus proffered the fare on behalf of all of them in Litas. This was refused but the driver drove off with them on board but two stops further on four non-uniformed persons 1 female 3 male purported to be transport police escorted them off the trolley bus took them to a cashpoint and under threat of arrest in the unmarked van pointed out to them made them withdraw the equivalent of £25.00 to pay a 'fine' no receipt was issued and my sons debit card went 'missing' in the process. This will not be the end of the story so names currently withheld