Nine people were slapped with fines for attempting to cheat the system on the railway.

All of the defendants were brought before Swindon Magistrates' Court on August 19 to face a charge of travelling on the railway without paying a fare under section 5(3)(a) of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889.

Stations across the UK warn passengers about the consequences of not paying the correct train fare and travelling without a ticket.

Below are the defendants who were brought before the justices for failing to pay a railway ticket.

Note: All of the cases were proved in absence.

Abe Juggins of Braemer Road, Calne was hit with a fine after he failed to pay a train fare worth £14.40.

He was caught at Kemble station on January 28.

The defendant was fined £440 and was ordered to pay costs of £180.

He was further ordered to pay £44 as a victim surcharge.

Magistrates also told the defendant to pay £14.40 to Great Western Railway.

Danilee Blackwell of Landford Crescent, Swindon was fined £440 for not paying a train fare worth £42.10.

The defendant was caught at Swindon railway station on March 29.

Magistrates ordered the 20-year-old to pay costs of £150, £44 as a victim surcharge and compensation of £42.10 to Great Western Railway for the lost revenue.

India Bloomfield of The Gables in Ogbourne St George was slapped with a fine of £440 after she failed to pay a £26.65 train ticket.

The 20-year-old was caught at Swindon railway station on March 2.

The defendant was ordered to pay costs of £180 and a victim surcharge of £44.

Furthermore, Bloomfield was instructed to pay £26.65 in compensation to Great Western Railway.

Opoku Kwabe Manu was given a similar fine for the above cases.

The 36-year-old was caught at Swindon station on March 30 after he failed to pay a train fare worth £28.

Magistrates ordered the defendant to pay costs of £150 and a victim surcharge of £44.

Manu of Bowes Road, London was further ordered to pay compensation of £28 to Great Western Railway.

Matthew Apil Noel McPhee of Walnut Tree Road, Brentford was fined nearly four times his original fare when he tried to use the railway without paying.

The defendant was fined £440, and he failed to pay a train fare worth £111.20.

McPhee, 20, who was caught at Chippenham station on March 29, was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £150 and a victim surcharge of £44.

He was also instructed to pay compensation to Great Western Railway of £111.20 to Great Western Railway for the lost revenue.

Ali Mohammad Alsamwi of Salmon Lane, London was knocked with a fine after he decided to not pay a train fare worth £132.40.

The 31-year-old was caught at Swindon station on March 30 and was fined £440.  

Magistrates ordered the defendant to pay costs of £150 and a victim surcharge of £44.

He was also ordered to pay compensation to Great Western Railway of £132.40.

Dallas Acroy Morris of Waunscil Avenue, Bridgend was struck with a fine of £440 and he failed to pay a train fare worth £127.60.

The 25-year-old was caught at Swindon station on January 14.

He was instructed to pay costs of £180 and a victim surcharge of £44.

The defendant was also ordered to pay compensation of £127.60 to Great Western Railway.

Christine Tailor of Abyssina Close, London was fined after she was caught not paying a train fare worth £107.10 at Swindon station on January 21.

The defendant was ordered to pay costs of £180 and a victim surcharge of £44.

She was also told to pay Great Western Railway, £107.10 in compensation.

Mark Thompson of Jefferies Hill, Bristol was punished by Swindon Magistrates after he failed to pay a train ticket worth £36.30.

The defendant was caught at Chippenham railway station on February 24.

As a result, Thompson was fined £440, 12 times the original rail fare.

Magistrates ordered the 44-year-old to pay costs of £180 and a victim surcharge of £44.

He was also instructed to pay compensation of £36.30 to Great Western Railway.