Three Chiltern Railways passengers had to pay over £12,000 after they were caught persistently avoiding paying their fares ...

A train operator said it has recovered £12,000 from a habitual fare dodger who offended 736 times. Chiltern Railways which ...

Between April 2023 and March 2024, fare evasion across the TfL network stood at an estimated 3.8% of all journeys, said the ...

Northern Rail and other operators brought prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure, despite not being permitted to do so.

Scores more prosecutions brought by three rail firms for alleged fare evasion have been quashed. Northern Rail, TransPennine Express (TPE) and Great Western Railway (GWR) brought dozens of ...

Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring's ruling in August paved the way for thousands of train fare evasion prosecutions to be quashed. The SJP was introduced in 2015 to allow magistrates to rule on minor ...

Hundreds of people have had their train fare evasions quashed after they were prosecuted unlawfully. The cases were the last 500 to be declared void after a judge ruled last year that railway ...

It allows a judge to decide on minor offences such as rail fare evasion or watching the TV without a licence without the defendant going to court. However, rail companies are not allowed to ...

Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring's ruling in August paved the way for thousands of train fare evasion prosecutions to be quashed. The SJP was introduced in 2015 to allow magistrates to rule on ...