TfL highlights how many passengers dodge fares – as someone caught 181 times

TfL highlights how many passengers dodge fares – as someone caught 181 times

A crackdown on fare dodging on London’s public transport network has led to a surge in the number of passengers handed £100 penalty fares

TfL’s crackdown on fare evasion sees increased ticket and payment checks and more penalty fares

Transport for London (TfL) has released new data on fare evasion enforcement, showing the number of checks and penalty fares issued by TfL is up significantly on the previous year. The crackdown on fare evasion is part of a bold strategy to tackle fare evasion across all TfL services, with the goal of driving down the rate to below 1.5 per cent by 2030/31. TfL’s enforcement teams operate across the entire transport network, day and night, carryi…

There's been a nine-percent rise in fines being issued for fare-dodging on the Transport for London network.

TfL puts it down to a crackdown on people travelling without paying. The organisation says there's been a 51-percent increase in checks of contactless payment cards.

TfL's crackdown on fare evasion sees increased ticket and payment ...

TfL issues 69,000 penalty fares as fare evasion crackdown intensifies

A fare evader who admitted to 181 offences after repeatedly travelling using a bank card on TfL’s denied travel list has been convicted as Transport for London (TfL) steps up enforcement across its network. TfL fares evasion poster (c) ianVisits The individual pleaded guilty at court in February following an investigation by TfL’s dedicated fare evasion team and was ordered to pay £2,131 in costs and compensation, most of which will be returned …