This is the time when the researchers finally caught a Dodger of Ferroviaria rate after evading almost 20,000 in ticket costs in one of the greatest cases of Great Britain of this type.
The offender had been paying only a small part of his full trip from Surrey to London Waterloo, when he bought an electronic ticket from Vauxhall to Waterloo.
While this made his ticket much cheaper, the passenger was also using a 16-17 Saver Riel card to which he has no right for a discount at half price that further reduced the price.
A Railway Protection Team of the South Western identified it through CCTV and finally caught him in the event at the Waterloo station to follow a prosecution, after discovering that he had been evading an average of £ 35 every day that dates back to 2022.
The man is one of the many ‘FARERS’ that is seen on the network and had bought a Vauxhall ticket, which is known a notorious stroke point for such travelers.
Swr passengers often travel to London from much farther, but buy an electronic ticket from a stop near Waterloo like Vauxhall for a much cheaper rate, so they can try to go through the barriers without problems and avoid paying the full trip.
Supposedly, the man also tried to make ‘donut tickets’, which is where he buys a short ticket for the first part of the trip, to scan the QR code in his entrance barrier; And then another short ticket for the last section, to scan at its destination station.
This can lead to a much cheaper rate because it does not pay the longest average section of the trip, which means that there is a hole on the trip, hence the «donut».
But it still has a valid ticket to enter a starting point and leave at the destination, and therefore can try not to be detected if an inspector does not catch him.
The last episode of Channel’s documentary 5 ‘Fare Dodgers: AT War with the law’ showed that undercover officers were deployed in all the stations that the man used.
A Railway Protection Team of the Southwest speaks with the Evader Rate in London Waterloo
The man was intercepted after paying the incorrect rate and using a unique train card discount
Every time the passenger was in motion, the researchers tracked him in real time to identify his arrival, and then stop him when he reached the platform.
The interception followed an eight -week investigation into the evasion of man’s rates, and then an extrajudicial agreement was offered after admitting all crimes.
The £ 19,500 figure reached the SWR investigation that rebuilt every time he had traveled in incorrect tickets and non -valid discounts.
Cases of rates evasion can sometimes conclude with passengers who use lawyers to negotiate an agreement outside the court with the train company in an attempt to avoid a harmful criminal conviction.
The SWR fraud team had access to the full travel history of the man, so they could calculate how much should depend on the price of the ticket and the number of trips that were not paid completely, helping them determine that their offense was prolific.
They could see in the data that the man bought two tickets per day, applying a 16-17 savings rail card, which gives a 50 percent discount to which he had no right.
The video shows how the man was seen traveling on the train by some team members, before others waited on the Waterloo platform to intercept it.
The team approached him, with one of them asking: ‘Can I see his ticket, the one you just had there? So where have you traveled from today?
He replied: ‘Er, from **** today, well, this morning, I’m sorry.’ The stations mentioned by the man were taken from the program.
The researcher then said: «Why do you have a Vauxhall To Waterloo ticket?»
Waterloo researchers talk to the man after buying only a Vauxhall ticket
The team had waited for Waterloo’s man and stopped him when the passengers got off the train
And the man replied: «ER, just because I failed to get one on time, so only one to overcome the barrier.»
He was also asked if he had a 16-17 savings train card, and the passenger admitted no.
The researcher continued: ‘Then, what I am going to do, I will give you a caution and I am going to ask you some questions, yes?
‘So you don’t have to say anything, but whatever you say could damage your defense if you don’t mention it when asked, when you then trust the court. Anything you say can be given as evidence. Do you understand caution?
The man said ‘yes’. He will later be invited to a second interview, when he can bring legal representation if he wishes and the facts of the case will be presented.
When asked why he bought the incorrect ticket, he said: ‘Just because I didn’t get one this morning. I had no barriers at the end. There is not always a service in ****.
‘Sometimes I take to ***. Then I tried to find the boy, but it was a very full train. To be fair, I should have obtained one of the same train station where I took me. It is expensive to do it.
Later, the researcher told the spectators that the interception followed an eight -week investigation, and it was «such a good result,» he added: «I am so happy that the team has managed to catch it. A real team effort, a true sense of euphoria this morning.
This incident was only one of the seven million estimated trips every year without a valid ticket on SWR Solo, of an general annual trip of 153 million.
South Western Railway, that the services of operators between Waterloo and the southwest of England said that the total amount recovered from its revenue protection work totaled £ 3.4 million last year
The man was intercepted by researchers at the London Waterloo Train Station (File Image)
SWR, that operators between Waterloo and the southwest of England, said the total recovered from its revenue protection work totaled £ 3.4 million last year.
Uncreated rates cost SWR almost £ 40 million a year, and throughout the United Kingdom network, the figure increases around £ 240 million annually, according to the railway delivery group.
The operator also issued the findings of a survey conducted by Yougov, which revealed that 76 percent of the British say that those who deliberately avoid paying the correct rate are «exploiting the system, and it is not fair to pay the passenger.»
About 68 percent say that «rates dust is a serious problem that should be penalized», while 67 percent agree that «rail companies should do more to catch those who intentionally avoid paying the right rate.»
The most common reasons for the British saying that they should pay the rate include avoiding the risk of criminal records (41 percent) or fine (47 percent), ensuring that the railroad has money to invest in their services (37 percent) and protect the money from taxpayers (24 percent).
Peter Williams, customer and commercial director of SWR, said: ‘Most customers in our network pay the right rate and understand that genuine errors occur.
‘But, there is increasing evidence that some systematically abuse the system, a criminal offense that deprives the railroad of hundreds of millions of pounds every year.
The first episode of the new tariff dodgers series
A researcher tells the man that the ‘game is up’ while talking to him in Preston Road
‘We have the responsibility to protect the income of the tickets so that the money can be reinvest to provide the best possible service. We are proud of the work carried out by our income and paper protection team they play to reduce the dodge of rates.
He added that SWR was participating in the program to show «how effective they are our approach led by data and our hard work team to identify and dissuade tariff evaders, maintaining fair trips for customers who pay fees.
Williams also said that his teams «helped reduce trips without tickets by more than 40 percent since 2017 and recover millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money.»
The first episode of the new tariff dodgers series last week saw a man finally trapped at the Preston Road station in London after avoiding paying for more than 200 underground trips using a concession card recorded in a female relative.
Passengers are evading rates using passes that give free trips by the card owner, such as the freedom pass for those over 60, but cannot be used by anyone else, something that transport for London equipment is taking energetic measures.
‘Fare Dodgers: AT War with the Law’ is on Channel 5 on Monday, May 26 at 9 pm
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