MAPPED: The 18 fare dodger hotspots where new £33.4million tall ticket gates to be installed

Tall ticket gates are set to be introduced in 18 fare-dodging hotspots across the UK as further clampdowns on fare dodgers are introduced.

The new, more secure ticket gates are set to cost £33.4million.

Industry body the Rail Delivery Group estimates that at least £350m to £400m of annual fares revenue is lost to fraud and ticketless travel each year.

GB News has mapped where locals can expect to come face-to-face with this new technology.

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Operators across the UK have been granted funding to curb fare dodgers.

Avanti West Coast has been given funding to add the barriers at Liverpool Lime Street and Stafford.

East Midlands Railway will be introducing them at Market Harborough.

Greater Anglia will be introducing them at five stations in the local area, with Hertford East, Manningtree, Rayleigh, Ware, and Witham all set to see the clampdown.

The gates are expected to begin installation in the first half of next year, and all stations will have them installed by mid 2028.

Passengers travelling on Thameslink Southern Great Northern services will see the new tall ticket barriers in Elephant and Castle, Gipsy Hill, Royston, Stevenage and Worthing.

Manchester Piccadilly will also face the same treatment as TransPennine Express has been authorised for funding at the major station.

West Midlands services are set to curb fare dodgers as four stations will see the barriers in place.

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Those stations are Nuneaton, Tamworth, Worcester Foregate Street and Worcester Shrub Hill.

Rail minister Lord Hendy said: “Fare evasion is not a victimless crime – it undermines confidence in the railway and means passengers lose out on millions in revenue which should be invested to improve services for everyone.

“By stopping fare dodgers before they reach the platform, we’re protecting taxpayer cash, supporting investment in the network and ensuring the railway works better for the millions of passengers who do the right thing every day by paying their way.”

Last year, approximately 400,000 commuters on a standard weekday evaded fares across Transport for London, at the unsightly cost of £200m to the British taxpayer.

The Government confirmed that more ticket barriers will be rolled out across the nation as part of Great British Railways.

Following a clampdown on the fare dodgers last year, around 69,000 fines were slapped on the evaders in the year towards the end of March, TfL data revealed.

The network added that it had managed to successfully issue 14,406 convictions across 2025/2026, jumping almost 1,000 from the previous year.

As a result, more Londoners have been saddled with £100 fines for their attempt to dodge law and order than before.

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