TfL Penalty Fare increase

[MikeWh]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned but I notice a mayoral decision was published on Thursday (separate to the fares freeze one) saying the TfL penalty fares would be increasing to the same £100/£50 as on the rest of the National Rail network from March 3rd 2024.

MD3210 Increase in the Penalty Fare on Transport for London Services

MD3210 Increase in the Penalty Fare on Transport for London Services

www.london.gov.uk

Executive summary​

Transport for London (TfL) is proposing an increase in the penalty fare on its services. Revenue enforcement officers working across TfL’s public transport networks currently issue a penalty fare of £80 (reduced to £40 if paid within 21 days) to anyone who fails to present a valid authority for travel. The proposal in this Mayoral Decision is to increase the penalty fare on these services from £80 to £100 (reduced to £50 if paid within 21 days), with effect from 3 March 2024.
TfL estimates that fare evasion currently costs over £130m per year. The increase in the penalty fare is one action that TfL is taking to ensure an ongoing, robust deterrent to fare evasion. It will also ensure other transport fares can be kept as affordable as possible, by ensuring the costs of fare-evasion enforcement are borne by those who fail to pay the correct fare for their journey.

 

[island]

Technically not quite the same as TfL will not charge the single fare on top, but it will be closer.