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That's wonderful Neil. Thank you so much!

Thank you NeilCr. That would be very useful. How does this look? The regulations referred to in this appeal are The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 2018, SI 2018/366. I make representation that the information on the Penalty Charge Notice regarding which station I boarded the train is...

Thanks for your help on this. I will be quoting chapter and verse on all arguments this time. It might have to be by post, as the form only allows 2000 characters, which is a bit short if everything has to be spelled out. I'll have a go at drafting tomorrow. Cheers

It was a one-off journey I'm afraid. I'm re-reading the regulations, and this does indeed seem quite clearly in agreement with you: Appeals – stage one [...] (4) Where the appellant makes representations as part of an appeal under this regulation in relation to any of the matters specified in...

My last appeal started "I repeat that I contest the penalty fare under regulation 6(2)(a) as there were "no facilities in operation for the sale of a travel ticket for that passenger’s journey". This does not say 'as printed on the PFN', but refers to the actual journey made."

The next will be the third appeal. The appeals body so far have not dealt with the matter in that way, as I has presumed they would, by asking Southeastern to prove that Gravesend was my station of origin...

The inspector has copied my name from my id card incorrectly as well: misspelling my first name, and getting the names the wrong way around. I understand that the appeals body won't rule on that (just whether the operating company have followed the regulations), but I don't suppose that's...

The journey was on the 6th July, so I'm not holding out much hope for the CCTV! Even if it's held for 30 days, it might be after that before SE get around to responding to my Subject Access Request. I'd excepted the appeals people to at least get in touch with the Revenue Inspector for comment...

I can't remember exactly what I said, however as I had originally intended to travel from Gravesend it's quite possible that I said the wrong thing initially. The Revenue Inspector (who I'd approached myself immediately on getting off the train at London Bridge) was quite satisfied, as I'd told...

Thanks. I'm hoping to get the CCTV showing me boarding at Stone Crossing in time for the appeal deadline. If so then it should be cancelled as the ticket machine there was out of order, which is why I didn't have a ticket. If not then I'll have to appeal based on the incorrect assumption that...

Thanks for the reply. Either really! The regs say the signage should say "Please buy your ticket before you travel otherwise you may be charged a Penalty Fare", but the posters I saw on Google streetview from May 2018 say "have to pay" instead of "be charged". Streetview for May 2019 shows no...

Hi there. I was wondering whether any kind person who's travelling through Gravesend station (edit: or other Southeastern station) would be able to take some pictures of the penalty fare notices posted there? Living a fair way away, I'm not able to travel there myself to take them for less than...