One In Four Admit To Dodging Train Fares

[@JMac7991]

It's happened to me getting on at an unmanned station and the ticket machine was broken. No conductor came along the train the whole time and got to Glasgow Central with no ticket to get through the barriers and the staff didn't believe me no one came along and issued me with a fine. ScotRail refused my appeal as well...

[@JT-df3yz]

I just juke the train because there are no tickies on the train during COVID-19 man I even juke the train from Dumbarton Central to Airdrie every few days

[@martinfrostnas6610]

@@JT-df3yz EMR have started checks by conductors again, at least partially

[@rjflores438]

That has happened to me as well last year from Burley in Wharfedale to Leeds train station. It also happened to other passengers on the same train as we all got off at the same time to all go to the ticket office at Leeds station to gonto the ticket office to pay for our tickets. There was no wifi on the train either to putchase it on the trainline app, the people working at the train station still couldnt put 2 and 2 together though!

[@deaconjohn6838]

Rip of fare prices stopping people seeing other parts of the uk

[@mrcorndog625]

Because they're too expensive. Trains need to be government run. 1/4th of the money goes to the greedy 1% who run the trains.

[@dboypompeyreturns]

Dont use them then! I wouldn't go into Tesco and steal my weekly shop coz m&s is too expensive! Dickhead!

[@truckferraritruckferrari]

The government are literally the 1% tho lol

[@enthusiastisch1922]

@@dboypompeyreturns Then how is he going to get to his place of work then! Dickhead!

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

@@enthusiastisch1922 that’s his problem! Can’t soon feed everyone 🤡

[@MyLovelyOnlineFriend]

Even if they were cheaper, people would still find an excuse not to pay a ticket.

[@ozricaurora6943]

Maybe if the tickets weren't so ridiculously expensive while the companies make huge profits, less people would do it

[@wendyHew]

Your 100% right, the prices are extortionate. On the line I have to use it costs £18.00 for 9 stops, when I looked into it I found that this busy line is used to subsidise two other quieter lines in the UK.

[@MyLovelyOnlineFriend]

Even if they were cheaper, people would still find an excuse not to pay a ticket.

[@genineves7030]

​@@MyLovelyOnlineFriend bro stfu that's bs mate

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@MyLovelyOnlineFriend Hello Mr Ticket Inspector!

[@magyarbluey8406]

Good train fares are an absolute rip off anyway

[@MyLovelyOnlineFriend]

Even if they were cheaper, people would still find an excuse not to pay a ticket.

[@tobeytransport2802]

If there's no one there at the ticket office then he shouldn't be fined!

[@lewisfarmer3545]

Tobey Transport that’s happened to me before it’s ridiculous I have no problem paying but the machine breaks i get treated like a criminal and had to pay £20 !

[@tobeytransport2802]

@@lewisfarmer3545 yeah, it's happened to my friend before. Luckily at my local station there is a ticket office and machine

[@kieranl8181]

@@tobeytransport2802 I recorded it and have evidence

[@ko7015]

@@lewisfarmer3545 I’m not even 18 and the guy was swearing at me telling me to pay an £80 fine

[@harbzsquadings2277]

​@@ko7015and they expect every1 to willingly comply with their demands, if I got sworn at I would just rip up the sheet in front of him, if u can't do ur job properly, no need for me to comply 😂😂😂

[@craigdicker9788]

I think it's out of order how they can give people a fine for not having a ticket but when they strike and leave millions of passengers stranded who have got tickets they couldn't care less, this is why I hardly ever use the trains in England overpriced bad service, most expensive in Europe and increasing

[@tobeytransport2802]

Yeah, there should be £20 per passenger penalties for them every time their trains are delayed, cancelled or don't have any seats

[@martinfrostnas6610]

I use them, but paying nothing or the minimum to get through the entry and/or exit barrier

[@GG-su5xk]

@@martinfrostnas6610 just go through the gates with someone else

[@haydenstock21]

I pay my ticket but I can’t deny how many times Southern are very late I do lose sympathy

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Sometimes staff don’t bother checking or issuing any tickets, then ugly scenes like this happen! Also, with train fares continuing to rise it’s no wonder people try and pay less or nothing at all.

[@truth901]

Yes....exactly, this is because rail fares are amongst the most expensive in Europe and keeping increasing well above inflation! How else can the monstrous train driver salaries and their rises be paid for. C'mon... the cost of travelling to London Waterloo is now £12.50.. a 30 min journey. Ridiculous!! Higher prices means basic mobility is unaffordable....causes huge rise in fare dodging.

[@ashton_gaming8670]

Most common fare doging techniques are hiding in toilet hiding under seat hiding under coat or clothes and lying about age.

[@enthusiastisch1922]

How about disability?

[@bradwilliams5915]

best way to do it mate is giving fake name and fake address works every time

[@SocksFCGameArchives]

​@@bradwilliams5915can they do face IDs or does it matter at all. I've been very close to having run ins with ticket inspectors lately

[@harbzsquadings2277]

​@@SocksFCGameArchivesthey don't turn on the cams or look at cctv until they get ur name, so u can easily get away with it lol 😂

[@martinfrostnas6610]

@@bradwilliams5915 I can vouch for this.

[@ajithkukumar]

Free Public Transport under 25 Needed!!

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Just dodge the fare, it's not hard being disabled.

[@harbzsquadings2277]

​@@enthusiastisch1922😂

[@jacksugden8190]

They were called Stings, were the BTP and train operation staff act as a team, not always like that, after a time, it died out and fare dodging continued.

[@colinclarke4285]

Many Dodgers just have £20 in Thier pocket ready to give the Inspectors because they know the likelihood of getting caught is very slim .. And THAT was from a ticket inspector himself

[@leealberto4139]

What if I was issued a penalty and been told to pay it later online, but I don’t pay it then? Because I’ve lost the penalty paper and now I don’t know how to pay it

[@ekersho1700]

For under 18s on GWR they just throw us off at the nest station usually in the middle of nowhere lol

[@martinfrostnas6610]

I for one just give a random name (or ID if the conductor is very aggressive) and a fake address and let them print a penalty which I then ditch at the border

[@grassytramtracks]

@@martinfrostnas6610 risky play

[@martinfrostnas6610]

@@grassytramtracks Because? Obviously when it reaches someone random at the address I gave, they'll make it clear to the company there's no person with the name I provided living there, and so the company will have no choice but to drop it. Works wonders even if the RPI/RPO goes for an MG11 (prosecution report).

[@sambee8982]

I would always buy my ticket on the train if I was unable to buy my ticket before boarding the train, for example if I got on the train at the last minute before it left because I arrived at the station late, or if the ticket machine would only accept card payments due to the cash payment not working, and I only wanted to use the money on me.....

[@aceleraupmimster]

I don’t pay any National Rail fares unless they’re paid for me. They are not only too expensive but they do not equate to today’s cost of living (2022). However, I always pay TfL fares, they’re cheap, affordable and of a good standard. I dont pay the privatised companies. I wont line their pockets

[@harbzsquadings2277]

I wouldn't agree that they r cheap for everyone for tfl given most ppl who bump are poor, but I don't sympathise with the rich financial district owners bumping 😂😂😂

[@thereviewersofficial]

DECRIMINALIZE FARE EVASION LONDON TFL "FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT"

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Just dodge the fare, it's not hard being disabled.

[@maceyrickard6836]

big city areas are not civilised in devon we can pay wehere ever we like, mobile, ticket office ,conducter any where

[@Sk8erboi360Dopedude]

What are we paying a lot of money for bad survice for a surivce that doesnt even function properly always delays always striking because they arent happy they get payed double minimum wage wich is more than most people earn its disgusting we need to abolish tickets

[@transportvideosaustralia7355]

Here in Sydney it's $200

[@TransitAndTeslas]

In the US it can range from $50-$500

[@TonyGilbert1]

@@TransitAndTeslas never been caught but it's easier in a city

[@danm3195]

I used to think "well the trains going there anyway"

[@des_smith7658]

Trains are half empty so what

[@genineves7030]

Literally bro😂, why deeping it

[@wendyHew]

They should expect people trying to avoid paying when the ticket prices are so unreasonably priced, the UK is one of the most expensive places for rail travel in the world. Often travelling by train can cost up to a quarter of a days wages, it's just not practical. There needs to be fair price limits applied, in London up to 5 million passengers use the tube a day, regardless of the cost of running the train this volume of customers will make huge profits. In reality the busier the line the cheaper the tickets should be. Why would someone pay so much to get to work that they essentially work the first two hours of a shift to cover the cost. If more people made a stand about this sort of thing they wouldn't be able to extort us, if 70% of the people are naive enough to pay any ridiculous price asked of them it costs us all as the rail companies will be able to press ahead with edging up the prices year on year.

[@dalebenton3354]

got the same at the king's Lynn Train Station,The barriers,If no ones paid for a ticket,Got no way of getting away with it,Not something else Ive done for a long time,Jump the trains with out paying,Been reading on Social media people who dont pay a ticket and get found out,Now getting an £800 fine,Getting more expensive,Take it people still getting catched out not paying,They getting more tough with it,Used to be £200 fine

[@Jagi46]

DECRIMINALIZE FARE EVASION LONDON TFL

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Just dodge the fare, it's not hard being disabled.

[@dtsa2465]

What a shame hey ??? A lawyer as well !!! F....shame !!!

[@calciumkid0568]

I don’t buy tickets unless a ticket inspector comes by because, as a daily passenger, given the low risk of getting fined, it works out ALOT cheaper than buying tickets before getting on and cheaper than a season pass. And I will continue purchasing tickets on the train until it’s no longer the cheapest option

[@harbzsquadings2277]

If u are really trying to evade the fare just camp in the toilets 😂😂😂

[@calciumkid0568]

@@harbzsquadings2277 I don’t get the train anymore, I drive now cause it’s way cheaper

[@harbzsquadings2277]

@@calciumkid0568 fair point mate, when I turn 18 I'll prolly do the same asw lol except for local journeys, then I'd just go on underground or bus cos it won't cost more than 2 quid

[@thomashaines3182]

I do it all the time lol

[@tobeytransport2802]

Why? It means that honest poeple have to pay your ticket

[@tobeytransport2802]

@Sam Advocan fair enough I see your point, I'm just very fortunate to live in an area with an almost excellent train service

[@steveodonoghue2772]

@@tobeytransport2802 then they should dodge the fare too. Dodging train fares is morally acceptable and should be encouraged.

[@AliBaba-ph6il]

@@steveodonoghue2772 🤣🤣

[@Mylifesuckslol]

@@steveodonoghue2772 your stealing from a service

[@lewiss626]

The worst type of fair dodgers are the ones who say they didnt have enough to buy there ticket before the train leaves..... your inability to manage time is not the railways problem.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Circus dodgers are the worst.

[@ajithkumar-sk1nw]

Decriminalize Fare Evasion!!!

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Just dodge the fare, it's not hard being disabled.

[@LittleLoz]

@@enthusiastisch1922 Or just pay the fare, its not hard to be honest

[@harbzsquadings2277]

​@@LittleLozor just avoid it when u can't afford it not out of greediness

[@LittleLoz]

@@harbzsquadings2277 or just pay it 🤡

[@a.nelprober4971]

I spent the last week spending a fortune on railway tickets only for them never to be inspected. Upon arrival at the stations the ticket barriers were open. Pathetic.

[@harbzsquadings2277]

Which is why u don't pay when the barriers r open, usually that means the tfl guards are in the control room (sleeping) and won't do anything, I get ur frustration bc times are tough out there

[@kieranl8181]

Give my station with a cash taken machine where I live

[@Thesmokercoaster]

UK's most wanted fare dodger right hear ... Tips and tricks message me direct.

[@Foxy.Tea.]

Hey, mind talking with me?

[@Thesmokercoaster]

@@Foxy.Tea. a random channel. a random video. a random comment

[@harbzsquadings2277]

How long u been doing it for fam 😂😂😂

[@Thesmokercoaster]

@@harbzsquadings2277 12 years g

[@LemoncloudGT]

On my way Yorkshire, my ticket didn’t get checked once cos trains were rammed (I did have a valid ticket)

[@CARLIN4737]

Magic

[@jacksugden8190]

£100 fine was the only way to stop fare dodging in the U.K. or a prison sentence would stop it - END OF!.

[@mrcarlroberts2008]

A prison sentence for doing the train? Get real!

[@martinfrostnas6610]

Wouldn't stop me. As I'm neither a UK citizen nor resident, they can sod off.

[@TheArkamedBat]

£1000000 fine

[@harbzsquadings2277]

​@@martinfrostnas6610😂😂😂

[@harbzsquadings2277]

Still gonna happen, they will just bribe the officers enforcing it 😂😂😂

[@nagarajanthiyadas271]

DECRIMINALIZE FARE EVASION LONDON TFL

[@enthusiastisch1922]

Just dodge the fare, it's not hard being disabled.