Recent content by ikcdab

You do need to wait for the letter, but depending on what that says, this is a good response. South eastern are almost always happy to settle out of court, so a positive response is a good possibility. Just make sure you always buy valid tickets here on in.

My experience is that Chiltern will almost certainly prosecute you but there is a small glimmer of hope that they might go for out of court if you cooperate completely and you are totally honest. You say you gave him your details which I guess included your correct address? If so they will look...

It's regulation 13 of the Penalty Fares Regulations. see: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/366/regulation/13/made

We have seen lots of examples where a rpi has said "nice things" and then the passenger gets prosecuted. It's done to avoid conflict. If he saw that you had used the expired Railcard on approx 12 return journeys, and he took all of your details then I would suggest there is a chance you will...

When you write your reply, do not use chatgpt or similar. The results are usually awful and overblown. Just write it in your own words as if you were talking to the person in the room.

If that's that case, it rather sounds as if you might be looking for loopholes in the system. Please be aware that fare evasion isn't worth it. Spend an hour reading posts on here and you will see why.

So in your photo there is the start of an official notice beginning "when the ticket". What does that say and did it override the unofficial notice?

Welcome to the forum. You have come to the right place for help. Be assured that your calm and truthful approach will have helped, not worsened tnt situation. GWR have up to 6 months to write to you. The timescales vary hugely and it is impossible to say exactly when you will get the letter...

Well if it true, just say "I have never done this before". If you have done it before then probably best to say nothing. It depends on what the letter says when it comes.

I think this is a fair reply. I also think that you need to make clear when you were using the card and when your father in law was using it. At the moment it reads as if you had used it before, but only admitting to the dates you state. So I would change the first paragraph to say I am truly...

The decision has to be made within 21 days. There does not appear to be any timeframe on how long they can take to tell you the outcome.

I assume you want to avoid the court route. In that case, having read whats above and that you travelled several times with the expired Railcard, are you now content that the £180 is the correct figure? If so, then you just need to pay. If not, then you could write back and say that whilst you...

The thing is that if they had just issued a warning at the beginning then it might not have been a sufficient deterrent to stop you doing it again. Having been through the process and faced a potential prosecution, I hope you now won't do it again.

saying "to prove my goodwill I bought a new railcard" is rather odd. Its not really goodwill to make sure you have a legally valid ticket - sounds like you are doing them a favour by buying a railcard. Better to say "to prove my intent, I bought a new railcard"

You have to remember that most people travel on crowded trains at peak times. That's why they are crowded and they are classed as peak. So if you take a random selection of people, then most of those will report trains are crowded. You will find very few people reporting they have travelled...