Overview
- The report urges taller station barriers, AI-enabled gates, specialist enforcement staff and a mayor-led taskforce to coordinate action across agencies.
- Authors argue enforcement is fragmented between TfL, the British Transport Police and the Met, leaving frontline staff without clear direction to challenge offenders.
- The Conservatives cite an estimated £190 million annual cost from fare dodging, while other TfL figures reported earlier put losses closer to about £130 million.
- TfL says it is expanding professional investigators, targeting hotspots where passengers push through gates and using technology to pursue prolific offenders.
- Official figures show TfL spent about £14.2m on Tube enforcement and £7.7m on buses in 2023–24, recovering £1.3m in penalty charges over the year.