The Ministry of Transport and Communications is planning to recruit an additional 100 inspectors to catch commuters who do not pay for their journeys, following revelations that ticket dodgers cost the Athens Urban Transport Organization some 40 million euros every year.
Up to 12 percent of commuters travel on Athens public transport without a validated ticket.
The highest rate of ticket dodging is on trolley buses, buses and trams where 16 percent of commuters travel illegally.
Some 12 percent evade inspectors on the Piraeus-Kifissia urban electric railway while just four percent take the same risk on the capital’s metro system.
