Railway uncovers widespread ‘short-faring’ tickets scam at Waterloo station

South Western Railway says it has uncovered widespread abuse of digital train tickets on one of Britain’s shortest rail journeys, with up to 95% of barcode tickets bought between Vauxhall and London Waterloo believed to be used fraudulently.
SWR trains at Waterloo station (c) ianVisits
The scam involves passengers from further out of London catching a train without a ticket, then buying a cheap ticket only for the final section of their journey – such as Vauxhall to Waterloo –