Recent content by Sultan

With passengers numbers at 870,000 for 2022 I would doubt there is any risk of it closing anytime soon. Services markedly increased in 2010 (direct to central London rather than just a shuttle service to Chalfont & Latimer). Rumblings tend to rumble on many years so perhaps the ones you...

If post #3 is an accurate wording of a letter sent to you, then it is inviting you to be honest. It's up to you now to decide how honest you want to be. Be very careful on this as treading any line other than complete honesty is fraught with danger, and I would want you to completely dispel...

3 years study to get a (better, well paid) job? Good from that angle, just a shame that you will likely have to use the first few month's salary paying any settlement figure they offer you (if they do). That'll equate to 12 x the standard fare (return?) plus approx £100 admin. You are...

It's a shame that Northern cannot be taken to court for wasting court time. I congratulate you for pursuing it and making a complaint to both Northern and the court. Unless this is raised in the public arena the practice of taking everyone through the process (hoping they will capitulate and...

Is this the first time you forgot to activate it? If you have a perfect record of activating before you board the train after purchase then you might be able to demonstrate this as a one-off and pursue the appeals process (although strictly speaking it is your responsibility to have a valid...

I would expect any such 'Disruption' communication to implicitly state any conditions that are NOT allowed (such as advance tickets on other trains) as opposed to just saying 'ticket' and expecting the customer to know whether the advanced restrictions still apply or not. It wouldn't work...

For the record, my post above was in the process of being composed when (presumably) the OP deleted the thread, and admin have restored it at the time it was last backed up, hence mine stopping mid-sentence. The remainder of my advice is essentially what @WesternLancer says. Good luck and...

I take it this is a different occurrence of a similar case for fare evasion between exactly the same stations: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/fare-evasion-7-days-to-respond-please-help.265891/ The advice given in that thread (started yesterday and on-going) is pretty much the same but...

Whilst you must be truthful, the only 'tap data' they will have is (presumably) use of ticket exiting at Waterloo (I'm guessing you are on the slow stopping service from West Byfleet that stops at Vauxhall and not the semi-fast which doesn't). I don't believe CCTV is kept for that long (30-60...

I would imagine whoever reads the letter is probably allocated 1-2 minutes in which they have to digest and action it before moving on to the next, similarly worded letter, and so on. They will be blinded by word-similarity. So unless something jumps out as being out of the ordinary, it is...

Is that literally? As in they aren't holding a 16-17 railcard anymore (because they've binned it)?

Regarding your 2020 tickets, I would argue that it is for them to prove you didn't have a railcard rather than the other way round. Who keeps their old railcard anyway? - it would be so easy to accidentally use it after it expires! Maybe last years, but not 3-4 years ago and especially 16-17...

So as well as short-faring, you applied a railcard discount that you were not entitled to? Check your history to see that it is only 10 times. Presumably they are aware of the station that you actually began your journey from so it will be relatively easy for them to question any...

Is it time to draw a line on the specifics of the actual encounter and just deal with future actions? Such as waiting for any correspondence, Submitting evidence of your full Forces Card entitlement, and (if necessary), just apologising for any inappropriate action during the encounter...

It isn't technically a 'fine' - it's a settlement to reimburse the Train Operator for lost income and recovery of expenditure incurred in pursuing you. A 'fine' would be is it went to court and you were found guilty. So you will be asked to pay an admin fee (circa £100) PLUS the full standard...