Rail companies have been resorting to a murky procedure to target fare evaders (Picture: Getty Images/blue jean images RF) More than 500 rail fare prosecutions brought using a controversial ...

They were extended to private rail fare evasion prosecutions in 2016 - but many train companies have used them citing the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, which they are not permitted to do.

More than 350 Northern Train fare evasion cases have been quashed by ... Courts and Tribunals Service and the prosecuting railway companies." The SJP was set up in 2015 to allow magistrates ...

Scores more prosecutions brought by three rail firms for alleged fare evasion have been quashed ... Service and the prosecuting railway companies.” A separate argument in relation to penalty ...

“Any reconciliation in relation to fines is between the Courts and Tribunals Service and the prosecuting railway companies.” Rigorous enforcement against deliberate fare evasion ...

The Ministry of Railways is focusing on modernizing infrastructure and increasing non-fare revenues ... Established in 1951 by merging 42 railway companies, it manages 18 zones.

There is a lot of money lost through fare evasion' Tony Baxter, operations director at Chiltern Railways, said: “The vast majority of our customers pay for their tickets before they travel but ...

The MTA did not provide updated fare evasion figures for its two commuter railroads, the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North, but did point to MTA Police statistics showing an increase in LIRR ...