Petition Stop wasting taxpayer money to hire train ticket security teams for Transport for Wales
Transport for Wales pays Transport Investigations Limited (an external contractor) £793,000 a year to provide "revenue protection inspectors" to make sure passengers have valid train tickets.
TfW earns around £80,000 per year from penalty fares and ticket fines.
This means that TfW is spending about 10x as much as they are earning back on this process. It is a waste of hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer money on employees who simply babysit conductors and intimidate passengers.
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These financial numbers were given by TfW in response to a Freedom of Information request, on 14th October 2024: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cost_of_revenue_protection_and_t/response/2791730/attach/html/2/Response%20238%2024.pdf.html.
The revenue protection inspectors board the train in groups of three or more, then walk along asking to check people's tickets just like a conductor would. This job does not require three extra staff members, since conductors are already doing it.
It is a waste of money and serves no purpose except to make passengers feel persecuted.
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