Originally Posted by
stut
I assume that means that all stations now have ticket machines? Or does the "seek out the conductor immediately" rule still apply?
I haven't seen any station without a ticket machine in the last few years. Especially when IC/IR trains are serving the station.
However, I am sure that you can speak with the conductor when you boarded the train from a train station without a ticket machine. Just make sure that there was no ticket machine.