Chiltern Railways, who didn’t name the culprit, said the habitual fare dodger committed 736 offences of ‘fraudulent reclaims of money, knowingly not paying the correct fare and railcard abuse’.
Tony Baxter, operations director at Chiltern, said: ‘The vast majority of our customers pay for their tickets before they travel but unfortunately there is still a lot of money lost on the railway through fare evasion every year.
Fare dodger told to pay £12,000 after skipping barriers 736 times A railway line has recovered £12,000 from a fare dodger who offended nearly 750 times.
Up to £15,000 each was recovered from three Chiltern passengers who ‘systematically avoided paying the correct rail fare over a substantial period of time’.
Rail Delivery Group, an industry body, estimates train operators lose about £240million through fare evasion in Britain each year.
