FARE dodgers will be handed an increased £50 fine under new plans from Transport for London (TfL).

From tomorrow (January 11), anyone caught without the correct fare on the capital’s buses, tubes, Docklands Light Railway and overground trains will have to pay a £50 fine.

The new penalty is more than double the current fine of £20.

The financial penalty for not having the correct fare on the Tramlink will increase from £30 to £50.

However, TfL has also introduced an “early payment incentive”, meaning if a penalty fare is paid within 21 days the fine will be halved to £25.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "Fare evasion costs Londoners £70 million a year, which is cash that belongs to all Londoners and that should rightfully be part of the record amount we are spending on improving our public transport.

“These changes to penalty fares will provide a far stronger deterrent to those unscrupulous individuals who would otherwise try to short-change their fellow passengers."

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