The comedian Russell Brand admitted in an interview that he still occasionally evades paying the fare between Liverpool Street and Chelmsford.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/russell-brand-i-sometimes-bunk-the-train-9270874.html
"I could have got a ticket but I couldnt be bothered with the rigmarole of getting one. I realised all I had to do was get over a barrier so I did that and then slid out the other end behind someone."
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/russell-brand-i-sometimes-bunk-the-train-9270874.html