Hello,
I catch the train a couple of days a week to Manchester from a station where you can't purchase tickets. Today I bought a ticket from Manchester Oxford Road from the desk because no conductor came down my train for me to a buy a ticket from. I caught the train at 9am and with my railcard the journey costs £12 before 10am and is cheaper after 10am. I got to Manchester Oxford Road at 09.50 and when I purchased my day return I was charged around £6. The ticket man had charged me for a ticket as if I had travelled after 10am. I did not say anything and just went through the gates with my ticket after this.
Could I have been prosecuted for this? Is the ticket man at fault for selling me the wrong ticket or me for not speaking out and saying the ticket should be £12?
I catch the train a couple of days a week to Manchester from a station where you can't purchase tickets. Today I bought a ticket from Manchester Oxford Road from the desk because no conductor came down my train for me to a buy a ticket from. I caught the train at 9am and with my railcard the journey costs £12 before 10am and is cheaper after 10am. I got to Manchester Oxford Road at 09.50 and when I purchased my day return I was charged around £6. The ticket man had charged me for a ticket as if I had travelled after 10am. I did not say anything and just went through the gates with my ticket after this.
Could I have been prosecuted for this? Is the ticket man at fault for selling me the wrong ticket or me for not speaking out and saying the ticket should be £12?