seasidersfan
Member
Hi just a bit worried about something that happened today. I travel from Blackpool North to Preston every day and I have a 16-25 railcard. I book through TrainLine and book an off peak return (with railcard discount) every day. It turns out I forgot my wallet today for the first time which contains my railcard, so on the return leg I was asked to show my railcard which I didn't have. The inspectors were pleasant and offered for me to buy another ticket. I couldn't do that because I didn't have my wallet. I offered instead to purchase another ticket on the trainline app at full price and remove the railcard discount. They didn't allow me to do that (not sure why, I'd say it was equivalent to their offer) and said I'd be sent a letter to resolve the dispute. I assumed at the time that meant a bill in the post with a penalty fare plus admin fee or whatever but when I did some research after getting home I read that I could be getting sent a court summons? Will this really happen and is there any way to just pay a fine and be done with it, especially since this is the first time anything like this has happened? I'd pay a huge sum if it meant not going to court...