Man detained by railway police for train fare evasion

BEIJING -- Chinese railway police detained a man under suspicion of fare fraud after he deliberately dodged train tickets for over 400 times since last May, according to the Beijing railway police Wednesday.

The man, surnamed Zhang, commuted between Beijing and Tianjin every day, taking the inter-city trains. To evade the train fare, Zhang managed to get on the train with a cheaper child ticket and intentionally paid for a shorter journey than the journey he had meant to take.

Police said the man has already been included in a railway credit record system and banned from train travel for 180 days.

Zhang is now under police custody in Tianjin. Further investigation is underway.