Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law

Transport for London investigators go on the trail of a fare dodger they suspect has avoided paying for more than 200 journeys. And officers board Hounslow trains - a hot spot for fare evasion.

The hunt is on in Surrey for a suspect thought to have evaded close to £20,000 of fares in one of South Western Railway's biggest ever fraud cases. And Harry has a run in with a barrier basher.

Investigators seek a fare dodger thought to be scamming TfL, racking up over 5,000 pounds in unpaid fares. A man caught without a valid ticket is more focused on finding the loo than cooperating.

Revenue Protection officer Sam from South Western Railway is cornered and verbally abused on a train to Feltham when a man without a ticket insists on confronting her throughout his journey.

At Vauxhall station, a fare-dodging hot spot, revenue protection officers set up a trap to block rush-hour dodgers. Their first catch is an unrepentant man who pushed through the barrier determined not to pay.

Follow the daily battles of revenue protection teams against fare evaders on UK rail networks. Watch as they confront barrier-jumpers, ticketless travelers, and uncover sophisticated scams.

Revenue protection manager Chris co-ordinates a major operation to clamp down on fare evasion at Clapham station, where more than 4,000 notices for ticketless travel were issued in 2024. A young law student pleads his case to Sam after getting caught without a valid ticket, while Jack deals with a frustrated single mum with no ticket at all. On the trains, Nathan and Dan clamp down on the epidemic of ticketless travel between unstaffed stations and challenge a young fare dodger caught hiding in the toilet.

Transport for London investigators go on an undercover sting in Ilford to catch a suspected female fare dodger who they believe has racked up more than £3,000 in unpaid fares on nearly 500 journeys by misusing a contactless payment card. At Wandsworth, South Western Railways revenue protection officer Sam deals with a woman travelling on a 16-25 rail card giving a discount she is not entitled to, and Ty spots a man lurking at the barriers without a ticket who appears to have a paper ticket yet claims he actually tapped in with his phone but that it's run out of battery. And at Waterloo a man is spotted hurdling over the barriers trying to escape without a ticket

At Vauxhall, Sam is one of twenty revenue protection officers from South Western Railway involved in a major sting operation. At Southampton, Spencer is on high alert after claims two young woman who push through the barriers are being abusive.