About 110 million euros. How many Super Lotto draws is that? And how many dreams of new services that will not come true?

That is 4% of passenger receipts. The scale of the problem makes SNCF shudder, and it has raised the alarm. In the 34 busiest stations in France, customers are asked to be aware of this wasted money.
When you climb stairs that could have been an escalator. When you go up to a water fountain that leaves you thirsty or a trolley that leaves you standing with your luggage under your arm. When you look at an information screen that just says: fare-dodging makes a fool out of you.
200 life-sized trompe-l’œil graphics tickle the nerves of people who pay
while a poster warns fare-dodgers: SNCF is taking 5 harsh measures: for example, charges pressed systematically against those who repeatedly take the train without paying.

In the first six months of 2003, fare dodging dropped by 15% on intercity routes and the TER (regional transport), and by 5% on Transilien.


SNCF has been running a publicity campaign since 2004 to acknowledge this improvement and keep up the pressure by adding a new landmark measure: a fixed penalty fine of 35 euros (30 on Transilien). You have been warned!

SNCF is honing its control methods. The antifraud campaign then resumed at the start of 2006 by directly targeting fare dodgers using a different tone: humour. 3000 posters are plastered over the walls of 40 of the busiest stations in France,
asking you to work out the right answer...
When will the fare-dodger be caught?
Or how do you turn off the tap that is making the bath overflow?
Of course, you know the answer - you are not a fare-dodger.