In message , at 18:41:54 on Sun, 25
Oct 2009, Buddenbrooks remarked:
It depends on whether travelling without a ticket is a civil or
criminal offence.

It's a criminal offence (modulo some exceptions where tickets weren't
available to buy at the station where you boarded).

I am still googeling for any reference to an arrest for having no valid
ticket while on the wrong train.

People will usually pay the penalty fare (or buy a new ticket), if they
aren't given a waiver. So you'd be looking for someone who failed to
pay. The worst you usually get in the press is those people moaning
about having to pay.

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Roland Perry