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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Megan Howe

South Western Railway launches crackdown on 'short faring' at two major London stations

South Western Railway (SWR) has launched a major crackdown on fare evasion after estimating that up to 95 per cent of barcode tickets between two London stations are being used fraudulently.

The operator says the practice, known as "short faring", is putting around £1million of revenue at risk.

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