Revenue Protection Officers checking tickets

[geemac]

Are revenue protection officers legally entitled to check tickets and passes once the passenger has left the bus?

 

I have seen this a few times but it has occurred to me that the pavement is not TfL property.

 

On the last occasion the man claimed he had given his Oyster card to a friend on the bus so she could get home later on.

 

I've no idea what the outcome was as I got off the bus to avoid being delayed.

 

Thanks in advance to those replying.

[sailor sam]

Yes as long as they are challenged as soon as the passenger alights. Bit like challenging someone who leaves a shop who is suspected of shop lifting.

[Stigy]

Absolutely. Same as railway inspectors. If they know you have travelled on said bus/train/tram, you have to produce a ticket. Unlike trains, buses are often more difficult as a lot of the time, as soon as the passenger alights, they are off TfL property, and thus there's not the safety and confines of a Bus Station or Railway Station. Certain operators don't like staff going off the station etc, but it's a little more difficult not to on a bus. The onus on the passenger is still the same though.

[Madamfluff]

Are revenue protection officers legally entitled to check tickets and passes once the passenger has left the bus?

 

I have seen this a few times but it has occurred to me that the pavement is not TfL property.

 

On the last occasion the man claimed he had given his Oyster card to a friend on the bus so she could get home later on.

 

I've no idea what the outcome was as I got off the bus to avoid being delayed.

 

Oh I do hope they didn't believe that

 

Thanks in advance to those replying.

 

mmm yes of course he did, I do hope the revenue protection officers didn't believe him