Recent content by AmicableMan

My advice here would be to contact the TOC involved and inform them of your correct details. It's likely that instead of the court themselves pursuing a perverting the course of justice charge that the TOC may instead use the lesser "Regulation of Railways 1889 Act offence: 5(3) (c)Having failed...

In with your summons they would usually send you a copy of the inspectors statement. It might be worth uploading that, redacting your information and the inspectors information of course due to GDPR. It might give people a better idea of what the evideene is against you.

It's entirely the choice of the people who bring the prosecution to which Byelaw or Regulation of Railways Act offence they summons you for. Byelaws being the more lenient offences, but carry to "Intent" aspect to them, all the railway would have to prove it that upon inspection, you could not...

Thameslink have shown previous form for being one of the companies that does settle cases, the signage regarding being charged the £20.00 are the bright yellow posters at all of their stations. It would be similar to the attached image.

Where it states "If you refuse to pay a penalty fare" I appreciate that this could probably be clearer, but I would take that as ONCE ISSUED a penalty fare and then refuse to pay. In these circumstances it appears a penalty fare was not issued, there was no amount discussed at the time therefore...

Exactly this, If you refuse to pay then the person you're speaking to will have no option but to complete a witness statement. Hence asking for your details and asking you questions about your journey. It's likely the first letter you will receive will be an "Intention to Prosecute" letter where...

Thameslink from my experience will send an "Intention to Prosecute letter" - This gives the person that they have sent it to the opportunity to give their version of events. I would certainly advise writing back to them ASAP explaining what you stated above. (Though probably don't mention...

Couldn't agree more, as an ex member of gateline/revenue staff it's a lot more difficult to check tickets and assist passengers when someone is also asking you a question and wanting you to stamp their ticket. Bearing in mind to check tickets properly as everyone rushes through the wide isle...

If you had a valid railcard at the time of inspection I imagine the relevant department would be happy if you provided evidence if this. The key here is that it would have had to have been valid at the time of inspection. Technically the fact that you did not carry it is a contravention of the...

GTR are looking to pilot a carnet type ticket on a smartcard, the issue here is that this can only be offered to peak time travellers. There is no product for off-peak carnets as yet.

Off of the penaltyfares website: By Telephone Please call our Payment Line on 0871 559 2997. All calls cost 10p per minute from BT landlines. Calls from other services may be more. Please note, the agent will only be able to take payment for the full amount due, and is not able to answer...

The use of the lift at Stevenage negates the needs to pass through an ATG or speak to a member of staff before leaving the station. If you'd gone up the stairs and spoken to a member of gateline staff and explained the situation may have been dealt with differently. The fraud teams that work...

As previously stated, Please do not ignore the letter. The onus is on the railway company to prove it was you, however if you don't reply and inform them that you believe an impostor gave your details it may lead to a court summons. It may well be that they have quite a good description of the...

The issue you have here is that when you were asked to produce a valid ticket, you could not as you were not in possession of the railcard validating your ticket and it's discount. My advice would be to response to the letter explaining what happened, and also explaining that you had no idea...