“A fare dodger who boasted about how to avoid paying for train travel on TikTok, has been caught and prosecuted.”

[realemil]

A fare dodger who boasted about how to avoid paying for train travel on TikTok, has been caught and prosecuted. They were fined £773 and now have a criminal record.

Straight from EMR via their twitter page, https://x.com/eastmidrailway/status/1732022006336360530?s=46&t=OScs08OBW208ZMvP8y1gWA

Press release:

TikTok fare dodger: Boastful evader caught and fined

Fare evader who made TikTok videos boasting about not buying ticket has been caught and fined Fraudulent traveller prosecuted under the Regulation of Railways Act and fined £773 She now has a criminal record

news.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk

There is a video too,

 

[island]

Good.

Being over six grand lighter should soften her cough.

 

[John R]

Good.

Being over six grand lighter should soften her cough.

A different person to the TikTok’er, but I completely share your sentiment.

 

[stuu]

It's astonishing that anyone so obviously lacking in common sense can manage to upload a TikTok video

 

[Wolfie]

It's astonishing that anyone so obviously lacking in common sense can manage to upload a TikTok video

There is a good reason for the ThikTok nickname....

 

[Skiddaw]

It's astonishing that anyone so obviously lacking in common sense can manage to upload a TikTok video

That's what I thought! She wasn't exactly breaking fare-dodging ground was she? I mean- hiding in the bog? Who'd have thought of that one?

 

[Trackman]

This has brightened my day up

 

[AlterEgo]

Amazing money saving tips including theft available to all on TikTok. Truly the lowest-wattage of all the social media platforms.

 

[Travelmonkey]

I saw this posted on another group seems like she's done at least 3 different TOCs out of money, I'd guess she generally boards in Burton as a Island platform there is often no RPI checks with the next 2 stops either side being interchanges you can get quite far before being collared by a gaurd/RPI I do hope the files have been shared with LNWR & XC for them to prosecute as fit for their penalty fare schemes.

 

[RJ]

There are ways to reduce or eliminate the cost of rail travel legitimately. Only a smart hack if you can’t get done for it.

 

[LJA]

Hardly the most groundbreaking “advice” either is it - basically don’t buy a ticket and hide/hope it doesn’t get checked. Or get off the train somewhere you didn’t want to be!

 

[Thornaby 37]

And the award for dimwit of the year goes to .............
Serves her right !

 

[gabrielhj07]

Would love to know the thought process behind somebody that watches that and thinks they’ll give it a go.

 

[Undiscovered]

Quite frankly, if you want to regularly travel toilet class on my trains... you're more than welcome to it. Our CET facilities aren't the best and they're often not tanked for days.

 

[gabrielhj07]

Quite frankly, if you want to regularly travel toilet class on my trains... you're more than welcome to it. Our CET facilities aren't the best and they're often not tanked for days.

Do you work on 458s per chance?