Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law

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, revenue protection officers from South Western Railway are involved in a major sting operation which prompts an investigation into fraud going back seven months. A lady is stopped using a half-price ticket bought with a Job Centre Plus discount card which she doesn't have. At Southampton, Spencer is on high alert after claims that two young women who push through the barriers are being abusive and are trying to travel for free. At Waterloo Harry takes on tailgaters and the abuse of half-price child tickets at half term. And two newly trained recruits are on the Weymouth to London line - a route notorious for fare dodgers.

At Hayes, investigators trail a man they believe has racked up nearly £2,500 in unpaid fares by fraudulently making contactless payments with a rogue bank card to cheat the system. The investigators track him to his home station where they identify him on CCTV, eventually catch him in the act, and interview him. At Waterloo, Jack and Sam tackle passengers using railcards they are not entitled to, while in Southampton, Spencer stops a woman pushing through the barriers and finds she is lying about her age and using a child discount card.