Shocking video shows Victorian train staff tackling fare evaders

Shocking footage has emerged of three Victorian train staff violently wrestling a pair of fare evaders to the ground and then forcing them up against a fence as passengers look on in horror.

One of the pair can be heard screaming “get off my head” as he is forced to the concrete after being caught during a random ticket blitz on board a Melbourne-bound V-Line train.

Witnesses told 9NEWS the commotion started after the pair was discovered on board a train that had just left Geelong.

But after the confrontation the incident spilled out on to the platform of Lara station.

Police were called to Lara station after the female fare evader allegedly punched one of the V-Line staff members in the face.

V-Line has asked police to charge the pair of fare evaders over the alleged assault.

The footage, which shows the pair grappling with the V-Line staff, has shocked passengers.

“They don’t have the right to do this – it’s not their job,” one witness said.

The incident comes only weeks after the Ombudsman blasted a Metro ticket inspector for spear tackling a teenage girl.

The regional transport authority said it was still reviewing the actions taken by its staff.