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Under the above legislation it is still an offence against railway bye laws to attempt to leave a station where no official exit exists. Oxford union discuss --- old post above --- --- new post below --- As opposed to stating they left it on the train:D

Did ticket office sell split ticket then offer journey plan for the change at Peterborough? Or did gentleman say I am travelling to Lincoln & where he should change for Lincoln, also did he state he was travelling on split tickets. I was not there & I guess you was not standing behind him when...

What is your name badge other than your name? For instance Customer Service Assistant maybe then thats just a posher way of saying porter. We are not medically trained so while someone might be able enough to wheel a case they may not be able to lift luggage on to train. The more passenger...

If the spokesman for FGW is not aware of T&C for AP tickets is there any chance passengers understand them. How staff enforce these T&C if at first sign of media involvement TOC management distants itself from rules they themselves set.

Would that be the same trust shown by TOC's by reducing the period Out portion of Open ticket was valid for from 30 days to 5 days.

The buck as been shifted from train crew to controller as your driver tells control your plan of action but they refuse the move on what ever grounds, if anything untoward was to happened to the child as in this incident who is then liable for interview by BTP. The conductor was quite...

Neither is Control king either sometimes you have to take charge of situation give Control a SitRep on incident & your plan of action for resolving it.

Do you work for Daily Mail headline dept by chance? what we are talking about here is a controlled move carried out under direction from signaller. To me a 9 year old child "alone" on unstaffed platform IMO constitute a risk to life or injury of that child then act accordingly, reports can be...

Train could have set back into platform if given permission by the signaller to do so, as some times happens if train over shoots the platform. What we dont know from article is when pax com was pulled how far from station the train was.

Every possibility that a ticket could be checked onboard & then endorsed by gateline staff for BOJ, at least when your journey is resumed gateline staff would know portion of journey had been made. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- If railways were run on a trust basis there...

Would only apply to those with open tickets intending to have BOJ at xxx on date **/** --- old post above --- --- new post below --- There's one who marks tickets of passengers who intend to have a BOJ --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Another post from member who marks...

Yes I was taught that at turn of the century from time when outward portion of open ticket was also valid for 30 days, there was a chance that the ticket could be either reused or refund claimed on an "unused" ticket. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- If you know your are going...

So minutes delay are now more important than a 9 year old child alone on platform at unstaffed station. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- That person was a 9 year old child how selfish is todays society?

Might be the original cross marking of ticket thats caused the problem for if its diagonal cross thats been used to mark your ticket, as its a way of indicating a ticket is nolonger valid for travel & why gateline staff believed it to be a used ticket.

What is wrong with RAIB reports giving primary cause ie train departed with passenger in unsafe position then a secondary ie passenger actions & intervention.