horsfordian
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- 14 Dec 2018
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I was running late and having attempted, but failed, to buy a ticket from the machine in a manned station (no change given "overpayment not allowed" - presumably this can be verified) I boarded the train. The conductor did not make it as far as me on the very short journey.
At Leeds station, 50 metres from where this train arrives there is a ticket desk where once or twice in the past in similar situations I have purchased a ticket. The was a small queue, so I duly queued, and when I asked for an off-peak return ticket I was issued a Penalty Fare Notice by someone other than the person working at the ticket desk. I was a bit bewildered in all honesty.
There was clearly no intention to get out of the station without a ticket as I had queued at Leeds to buy and then asked for one. I have done this before, as I am sure many others have. I think I acted reasonably and did what any person would have done in the same circumstances.
What should I do?
I have read about Promise to Pay notices (obviously I have never even heard of such a thing) and a secondary question is why, when the machine could not give change it didn't issue a Promise to Pay as clearly I was trying to pay?
At Leeds station, 50 metres from where this train arrives there is a ticket desk where once or twice in the past in similar situations I have purchased a ticket. The was a small queue, so I duly queued, and when I asked for an off-peak return ticket I was issued a Penalty Fare Notice by someone other than the person working at the ticket desk. I was a bit bewildered in all honesty.
There was clearly no intention to get out of the station without a ticket as I had queued at Leeds to buy and then asked for one. I have done this before, as I am sure many others have. I think I acted reasonably and did what any person would have done in the same circumstances.
What should I do?
I have read about Promise to Pay notices (obviously I have never even heard of such a thing) and a secondary question is why, when the machine could not give change it didn't issue a Promise to Pay as clearly I was trying to pay?