Government calls on railway stations to keep ticket barriers shut to fight fare evasion

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Government calls on railway stations to keep ticket barriers shut to fight fare evasion

The UK Government has called on railway stations to keep their ticket barriers shut as it clamps down on fare evasion. “For the barriers to be left open would be bad enough in the days when things were better,” rail minister Huw Merriman said. “To do so when I am fighting so hard with the Treasury to justify all of the investment we’re being given is madness.”Data from the Office for Rail and Road reported a spending of around £21bn in 2020-2021…