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I do wonder, now they've just announced they are scrapping FTP £80s - the new Penalty Fare £20 scheme will be similarly misused.
YEP Article, Penalty fares 02 Nov 17 http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....-hated-tickets-policy-with-20-fines-1-8837967
YEP Article, Penalty fares 02 Nov 17 http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....-hated-tickets-policy-with-20-fines-1-8837967
But the operator, which was accused of “bullying” vulnerable passengers after a girl of 16 was pulled out of a queue by ticket inspectors, has said it will instead impose “penalty fares” of at least £20 on travellers who do not buy their tickets in advance.
Its change of direction followed a barrage of criticism and a “heated” meeting at Westminster.
But an MP warned tonight that its new policy could be a move “from frying pan to fire”.
The company’s “stakeholder manager”, Pete Myers, confirmed in a letter to Conservative MP Philip Davies, seen by The Yorkshire Post, that would end its “failure to purchase” scheme before Christmas. The policy saw passengers who were unable to buy a ticket before they boarded denied one at their destination and instead handed a notice demanding payment within 21 days.
Mr Myers, who acknowledged that Northern’s policy had involved “pulling customers from the queue at Leeds Station”, told Mr Davies: “I would not be telling the truth if I said that we hadn’t had complaints.”
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