In message . com,
Andrea writes
Having used the tube for several years, I've never yet encountered a
revenue ticket inspection on board a tube train or within station
passages [1]. Do LUL ever bother checking tickets randomly on the
network or do they let the ticket gates do the job?

I can confirm that Revenue do indeed prowl the network. I've had them
on my train (I drive 'em so I don't technically need a ticket)
checking my train along the Rayners Lane branch from Ealing Common to
South Harrow and also doing the full length of the train between
Finsbury Park and Holborn. I frequently see them doing spot checks of
people leaving eastbound trains at Caledonian Road (first Z2 station).

I'm sure we're not the only ones graced with their presence.
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