{"id":244969,"date":"2023-08-02T11:18:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/?p=244969"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:18:30","slug":"zero-tolerance-c2c-cracks-down-on-fare-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/media-centre\/latest-news\/zero-tolerance-c2c-cracks-down-on-fare-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Tolerance: c2c cracks down on fare evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2 August 2023] Trenitalia-owned train operator c2c is clamping down on fare evaders travelling on its London to South Essex rail route, with more than \u00a3100,000 in prosecution payments taken this year so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Revenue Protection team at c2c operates across the network,both in uniform and undercover, to catch those without a valid ticket for their journey. Since the start of 2023, there have been 2,394 penalty fares and almost 500 people reported for potential prosecution. This totals 2,884 fare evaders, an average<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 412 per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 350 people have gone through the court system in the past 12 months due to fare evasion on c2c services with every individual being found guilty. More than 6,000 people are currently being dealt with for fare evasion by c2c\u2019s Revenue Protection team; to-date this year this team has taken more than \u00a3100,000 in prosecution payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fare or ticket evasion is travelling on public transport without paying the correct fare, whether deliberately or inadvertently. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fare evasion is a criminal offence and one may be prosecuted and if convicted, will receive a criminal record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c2c has extended patrols across the route to catch people who repeatedly dodge paying for their journeys. The train operating company\u2019s Revenue Protection and security staff work both in uniform and plain clothes in order to successfully do so. Passengers may not be able to easily spot them but it is certain that officers will spot those avoiding paying their way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Failure to supply a valid ticket for an entire journey may result in a hefty fine, as recent cases demonstrate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An individual travelling without the correct tickets was recently fined <\/span><b>\u00a32,048<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to purchasing Basildon to Laindon tickets,but was actually travelling to West Ham.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A couple who were short ticketing on their repeated journeys from Basildon to Laindon were fined after being stopped and questioned by Revenue Protection Officers atWest Ham. The couple are having to pay back a total of <\/span><b>\u00a32,221<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the train operating company.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c2c\u2019s Head of Revenue Security and Protection, Iain Palmer, said, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fare evasion costs the rail industry millions of pounds a year. Everyone travelling by train must hold a valid ticket to travel &#8211; for the entire length of their journey &#8211; those who don&#8217;t, risk a fine or potential prosecution and a criminal conviction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe impact of fare evasion is also felt by our fare paying customers. It\u2019s not right for others not to pay for their travel, and I\u2019m sure our customers do not want to sit next to someone who hasn\u2019t paid for their full journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur teams of Revenue Protection Officers do a fantastic job in bringing those to book for evading their fares, and c2c will continue to tackle this problem. If you know of a fare evader and want to let us know, then please contact us via c2c\u2019s Twitter direct messaging platform,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[2 August 2023] Trenitalia-owned train operator c2c is clamping down on fare evaders travelling on its London to South Essex rail route, with more than \u00a3100,000 in prosecution payments taken this year so far.\u00a0 The Revenue Protection team at c2c operates across the network,both in uniform and undercover, to catch those without a valid ticket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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