TfL Urged to Reconsider Lone Working at Tube Stations over Fare Evasion Concerns
Fare evasion cost Transport for London an estimated £190 million last year, prompting calls for more staffed ticket barriers to improve fairness and reduce losses.
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‘Increase staff at ticket barriers to clamp down on fare dodgers’
Transport for London (TfL) must increase staffing at train station ticket barriers or risk failing to meet its target to reduce fare evasion, a cross-party group of London Assembly Members has said. The London Assembly Transport Committee has said the the level of fare dodging is “undermining Londoners’ faith in the fairness of our transport […]

More staff needed to monitor TfL ticket barriers, committee warns
London Assembly transport committee says the level of fare dodging is “undermining Londoners’ faith in the fairness of our transport network”, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter Ticket barriers (credit Harrison Galliven) Transport for London (TfL) must increase staffing at train station ticket barriers or risk failing to meet its target to reduce fare evasion, a cross-party group of London Assembly members has said. The London Assem…
Unstaffed ticket barriers blamed as fare dodging doubles TfL’s target
Transport for London (TfL) has been told that it needs to do more to tackle fare evasion, which is estimated to have cost the network nearly £190 million last year. Fare evasion poster (c) ianVisits The London Assembly’s Transport Committee recently held a public session on the issue, and has now written to TfL saying that it is particularly concerned that unstaffed ticket gatelines at stations are not a priority for TfL and calls on TfL to ensu…
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