At a glance
• Fare evasion is rising across TfL services, with around 1 in 20 Tube journeys unpaid — roughly 400,000 dodged trips per weekday, costing about £200m a year
• Tube services have the highest evasion rate (up to 5.3%), and critics say social-media-fuelled fare dodging is becoming “normalised”
• Critics have called for more ticket barriers (especially on the DLR) and the establishment of a fare-evasion taskforce
The level of fare dodging in London has increased – with more than one in 20 Tube passengers failing to pay for their journeys.
