Chiltern Railways has recovered £12,000 from a habitual fare dodger who committed 736 offences. This is one of three cases where repeat offenders have been forced to repay up to £15,000 each. Last year, Chiltern investigated over 8,000 cases of potential fare evasion and recovered over £1 million in lost revenue.
Fare dodging costs the rail industry about £240million a year A railway line has recovered £12,000 from a fare dodger who offended nearly 750 times. Chiltern Railways, who didn’t name the culprit, said the habitual fare dodger committed 736 offences of ‘fraudulent reclaims of money, knowingly not paying the correct fare and railcard abuse’.
‘We are determined to ensure fairness for the paying customer and there is no excuse for fare evasion as it has never been simpler to purchase a ticket. ‘Anyone risking boarding without buying the correct ticket for their journey is at risk of a penalty fare or prosecution.’ Ticket fraud, especially the misuse of railcards, has been in the spotlight in recent months after hundreds of prosecutions were overturned in just three minutes.
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