Last year Transport for London (TfL) prosecuted more than 19,500 people for fare evasion, an increase of half compared to 2022. It investigated 421 people for habitual fare evasion who made more than 50,000 irregular journeys across the Underground network.It comes as TfL announced the penalty fare was being raised from £80 to £100.
TfL said that it has improved its ability to detect and investigate offenders causing the greatest revenue loss through its irregular travel analysis platform (ITAP). ITAP detects fare evasion from patterns in ticketing and passenger data, identifying people who avoided paying for all or part of their journey. It has gathered a register of regular offenders that ITAP has identified for unusual travel patterns who may be prioritised for further investigation and subsequent prosecution, TfL said.TfL also announced on Friday that it was making body-worn video part of its essential kit for employees, and was increasing the penalty fare from £80 to £100 to act as a further deterrent to fare dodgin