The chief magistrate has insisted 74,000 fines for alleged fare dodging on the railway should be quashed. The decision has focused attention on the extent of fare dodging. Often rail passengers are ...

Almost one in 20 Tubepassengers are dodging fares – at a cost of £130m a year – amid a surge in violence against the staff who try to stop them. It comes as shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick ...

Six weeks into its increased crackdown on fare evasion, the MBTA has issued dozens of warnings but not yet any monetary fines to riders caught dodging fare gates. Under a new system rolled out in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

At Vauxhall station, one the capital's fare-dodging ultra-hot spots, a team of six revenue protection officers from South Western Railway set a trap to block rush hour fare dodgers and their first ...

Drivers in Edinburgh call for more support after survey reveals taxi fraud is costing them £40,000 every year.

Anyone caught on Swiss trains without a valid ticket must pay a surcharge. SBB charges 90 francs for the first offense, for example, and the fine increases for subsequent incidents. The amount that a ...