Ticket Inspectors on London Underground

[@acceptableandbornind80s32]

Blimey those were the days of Ticket Checks that were scary

[@tydeProductions]

They still do it now don’t they ?

[@acceptableandbornind80s32]

Big black dingus Free da guys they don’t do it as much nowadays because of the money the government has cut down on staff on London Underground and also the inspectors have to be more careful and they can’t touch you nowadays like they used to before

[@acceptableandbornind80s32]

Big black dingus Free da guys not now no they could be done for assaulting passengers and it’s taken really seriously now, before inspectors would have people on the floor for trying to run away

[@montyloughrey7533]

@@tydeProductions sometimes at Merseyrail they do

[@churchill4327]

I also checked a lot of customers tickets when I was working on the gateline for London underground. Also worked on the bluebell railway at East Grinstead checking customers tickets and advising them to queue up for tickets as well as printed tickets from Sheffield Park (Sussex)

[@iainclark5964]

It's funny a working class man without a ticket is a fare evader but a middle class man is just making a mistake. Funny how he accidentally bought a cheaper ticket not a more 3xpensive one.

[@zitzong]

A middle class man is a whole class above the working man so he will be treated better, therefore when he does not have a ticket he simply 'makes a mistake'.

[@delki69]

It’s amazing the most are all dingy surfers

[@TheByard]

When I worked on the construction of Cross Rail, I used the Tube from West Ham to travel to work and a combination of Tube and DLR to get home. Paying for the journeys with an Oyster card, while apartment hunting, I'd sometimes get off at a different station and forget to scan out This was easy to do as DLR ticket machines are placed in different locations from station to station. The lady at Liverpool St. station ticket office got to know me, as I would then have to report the missed scan out or be charged to the end of the line.

[@Exodia1986Necross]

Come today and check the number of evaders at the gates 💩💩💩

[@simracer1256]

I remember watching this when it was first broadcast.

[@churchill4327]

As long as customers listen to our advice not to get aggressive. We must act responsibly to passengers and in case customers said they had tickets incase they don't they need to purchase one or penalty fares. No matter what customers think of our services

[@nicky29031977]

17. 52 Love that background jazz music.

[@churchill4327]

Now I work at London transport museum checking customers purchased annual tickets with ID shown. I also work at Epping ongar railway for station duties at north weald which is a former LU central line branch closed 1994. At least I had the experience over 8 years ago obeying signals, checking passengers tickets and advising them to stand back when train approaches or departs.

[@patrickmorrison6253]

i remember when ticket man came to the school . inspector said theres a number kids not paying there fares

[@SimonRML2456]

I worked on London Transport for many years on the buses and I can safely say that most Londoners are real wankers when it comes to not wanting pay fares or just being generally obnoxious when asking to see a ticket....

[@scottchristie6734]

King Arthur of Camelot.

[@danwoodhouse9290]

I remember this It was part of a series called "An Inspector Calls"

[@TheMattster1992]

Geordie Boys on Tour, TOON ARMY!!!!!

[@kenneth2656]

Go to Victoria station and see how many people are surfing behind people with valid tickets, squeezing through the barriers for those with luggage or pushchairs or simply vaulting the barriers, they must be losing millions a year in revenue.

[@koby4094]

Boo hoo

[@barbarag868]

Didn’t know Sam smith was a ticket inspector

[@adamnoble3546]

Was there no daylight in the 90s

[@Ryan-pz2wh]

Cameras had poor low light performance back then. Added to the fact that you barely get sun anyway in England.

[@davidlockwood7178]

old dude at 14:56 is a legend does anyone know when this was filmed?

[@nicky29031977]

Mid October 1995 to probably sometime in November that same year. The episode mentions the final score of QPR 2 Newcastle 3 which took place on 14th October 1995. The programme itself was broadcast sometime in early 1996 since I remember it well

[@montystelevision3238]

I wonder if any of the LUL employees in the film are still there?

[@montystelevision3238]

The old dude’s name is Arthur King.

[@tydeProductions]

Before I was even a clump of cells, WILD!

[@gerardburton1081]

QPR, City and Bolton went down. Newcastle were at the top of the table in October 1995 but United won the title.

[@markwalsh3327]

I rarely see a ticket inspection now.

[@nicky29031977]

Because there's no more need to stop them on the trains. With all the cctv and oyster cards recording travel details they already know who the fare evaders are and just wait for them to come through the ticket gates and stop them there.

[@JayJourneys_1]

£10😂 they was living it easy tickets cost more than £10 now for a 5 minute journey😂

[@rae-sarah2001]

Penalty fare £10 now its £40 / £80 😪

[@gerardburton1081]

This video was made around October 1995 when a tenner was a lot of money. The result of the match was announced as QPR 2 Newcastle United 3. QPR were relegated from the Premier League with Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers in May 1996.

[@susanhughs1031]

Penalty Fares On London Underground, NOW A Houndred Pounds On The Day,!! Or Take You To Court A Thousands Pound, £, 1.000. But If Then Again If So-called Transport For London,!!! Didn't Waste So Much Money,!!! Over 450. Bureaucrats, Didn't Get Paid Over, £.400.000. pounds A Year, And Free Travel On All London's Network,!!!!!!!!!!, And Because Of The Poxey Labour Missarble "! Sad-dick Kan't Run London,"!!!) The Communist Pakistan Liying Bone-Idel Overpaid,"!! Pork-eating Band Driver Alcoholic Boozing Communist, !!!! Then The Travel Fares Would Be A Lot Lower,!!!!!!!!, Oh I Almost Forgot , The Useless Liying Bone-Idel Fat Boom Boom Boris Johnson Tory Twitt, Who Lied About Keeping All The Ticket Office's Open On The Underground,,!!!!!!!, Then Closed Them All,!!!!!!!!,.

[@GeraldineShart]

I’ve seen a lot of these and it’s so weird how 90% of the people not paying all have the same thing in common.

[@closethedoornow7538]

What’s that?

[@benwakefield93]

Foreign?

[@GeraldineShart]

@@closethedoornow7538 saying they’ve lost their ticket

[@GeraldineShart]

@@benwakefield93 saying they’ve lost their ticket

[@closethedoornow7538]

@@GeraldineShart Oh, true.

[@cool_beans]

What’s this show called

[@goddammn5506]

What does this show called?

[@chrisrowe7503]

12:00 That was harsh in my view and I work in Revenue Protection myself.

[@nicky29031977]

14 25 was harsh aswell. He's probably a student who's unemployed and can't get by and so took the risk with his girlfriends ticket. One stupid mistake by a school kid shouldn't mean having a criminal record. A simple warning and telling off will do.

[@chrisrowe7503]

⁠@@nicky29031977No as there was intent to evade his fare and he more than likely did it multiple times. The elderly gentleman who I’m sure probably is sadly no longer with us, made a genuine mistake. The rules have now changed across the British network. Passengers travelling on Off-Peak tickets during peak periods on National Rail are charged an excess fee to upgrade the ticket. If they refuse, that’s when they are reported for fare evasion. They cannot be penalty fared. On The Tube, there is one fixed fare for paper tickets as Oyster and contactless makes up over 90% of travelling. So it’s impossible to be done for an off-peak ticket unless you buy a travelcard from outside London.

[@chocriver4409]

I am sorry but as a black man from the Caribbean we think the world is hard on us sorry is our attitude we speak English when we get upset we speak Caribbean no one is scared of us they laugh at us

[@GearGrinder1133]

Oh boy it’s not £10 anymore. It’s £40. Even if you weren’t evading a fare

[@GearGrinder1133]

@Haris Holmes “wrong ticket”

[@rae-sarah2001]

19:00 who put a late 2000s roadman in a 1995 documentary dressed like in the 90s

[@jusrelax6751]

Decriminalize Fare Evasion "LONDON TFL"

[@richardjones8699]

No. It's theft.

[@mikecartlidge5355]

Ok a question, now you can scan your debit card at a ticket barrier at the start of your journey and again at your destination station but you are not issued a ticket. What happens if you are stopped by a ticket inspector now?

[@NoddyMaccy]

They have scanners that read Oyster/Debit cards so they can see whether you’ve touched in and paid for your journey.

[@wits3392]

@@NoddyMaccy What if my oyster card failled at touch in?

[@NoddyMaccy]

@@wits3392 If it failed during touch in you shouldn’t be able to enter the network. If the card failed during your journey you’d have to dispute that with revenue and through your card number, they’d be able to access the cards journey history and see your card failed during your journey, which you’d then win your appeal.

[@markwalsh3327]

Oyster has put a stop to this but not completely, amazing it's 2022 the fashions change so much.

[@NoddyMaccy]

With Oysters/Debit cards they find new ways to try and con the system but it’s still just as easy to combat it.

[@johnvonhorn2942]

They can't detain you so just refuse to answer any questions and walk or run away.

[@venda.havelka]

It will then go to the prosecutor and you will have fun time in court

[@koby4094]

With no name and adress 😂​@@venda.havelka

[@kenallen768]

Who was the narrator of this program.

[@montystelevision3238]

John Pitman

[@deluxewaterless7229]

They are two faced . It's them robbing passengers too. They even rob their staff . Most don't get free travel and those that can drive and use LT car park are paying around £30 per day to park their car

[@tydeProductions]

1995... I was in my dads 🎱🎱s

[@ajithkukumar]

Decriminalize Fare Evasion

[@thereviewersofficial]

FACTS

[@chammu46]

DECRIMINALIZE FARE EVASION LONDON TFL

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Oh do shut up

[@richardjones8699]

NO....it's theft!!!

[@GG-su5xk]

@@richardjones8699 and

[@richardjones8699]

Nigel Farrell. Sadly missed 🙁

[@juliet7703]

Blimey how old is this??

[@montystelevision3238]

1995 I think

[@jacksugden8190]

Some of those LU ticket inspection teams were arguing the point, almost to the point of landing a punch on the nose.

[@ajithkumar-sk1nw]

Decriminalize Fare Evasion!!!

[@richardjones8699]

No it's theft.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

i would not leave work and talk about work lol no way hosay

[@RobertSweet-nw4tm]

Or perhaps they do not understand enough English

[@rossgriffin5703]

Immigrant crime.

[@Mgameing123]

Well sorry I seen mostly British people on this video.

[@chammu46]

DECRIMINALIZE FARE EVASION LONDON TFL!!!

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Shut up

[@northernexciles01]

Nice. I pay for people with your attitude