00:00Transport for London says penalty fares have risen by 9% over the past year as enforcement
00:07against fare evasion intensifies across the capital. Overall fare evasion stands at 3.5%
00:14with more than 69,000 fines issued up 51% on the previous year. TfL says the highest levels are
00:22on
00:22trams at 7.3%, the tube at 5% and the DLR at 4%, while bus evasion is 2.6%.
00:31Prosecutions have reached
00:33nearly 14,500, court awards rose to £2.6 million and TfL aims to cut evasion to 1.5%
00:42within five
00:43years overall.
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