Recent content by WesternLancer

They won't be checking CCTV to find you (esp if you were not even on the train because you changed plan and went by car) We are seeing more cases whereby people who come to the railways attention for one ,matter then get their purchasing and refund records checked via IT systems - so this is...

Quite so - if you are making an informed choice about the trade off then that can be well worth while.

If you stick with this forum ppl will help you sort this in the least worst way. So do not stress too much.

Yes. No doubt they charge the highest price ticket to create an element of the punitive about it so people don’t forget or do the same again.

I would not offer to pay Penalty Fines as well (because the process is more either / or - they can issue a Penalty Fare but did not do this presumably, they don't then issue them later on as part of this process, or they can agree settlement out of court through payment of fares owed + admin...

If you start drafting up your reply to the letter you have got and post it here people will be able to check it for you and suggest improvements - see other threads with posts from @Hadders for a short list of the structure you should use in such replies gist is: - apologise for what has...

Yes, I think you are correct in that.

Cases on here where exactly this has happened. Safeguard seemed to be v basic notes describing features of person without ticket. I guess innocent party gets asked to send in a copy of a pic of themselves for comparison with those notes.

as an aside I never buy Advanced Singles unless they offer a reasonable discount on the cheapest walk up flexible fare that you can use on a different train that day if you want to change your plans at the last minute - since you sacrifice flexibility it seems to me there is only ever any...

Aha - that's bad luck. I can see why you just want to pay up given the situation now. Anytime Day Singles - Manchester to Liverpool are £18.40 so they must be wanting to charge it out at that price - so for the outward journey (no valid Railcard) they might expect that sum but they are...

Not sure what others think but I would let the railway / Appeal body do some of the work - eg don't say you got on x train by mistake but perhaps say you "boarded the xx.xx hours train from Chester to Liverpool, but on board after showing my ticket, was issued with a Penalty Fare, which had...

Hi and welcome My suspicion is that you are correct, but you need to prove this to them and set it out clearly with evidence (eg a table with the dates times of the journeys etc and they reason they have made an error) . I think ringing them (for anything other than to get an e-mail address...

That's no bad idea in terms of preparation. However, when the letter comes you will need to check if there is anything specific in it that needs to be addressed in your reply. Tho it's likely it will probably be in the standard format - you can probably find copies of such letters from...

Points well made by @AlterEgo - so you can allude to it generally eg wording like: 'a criminal record would have an adverse impact on my future career plans, and I would be most grateful if you could consider allowing me to settle the matter out of court' or some such. sort of thing you could...

There are lots of examples in other threads if you have a look. Best to write something in your own words - does not need to be lengthy or detailed. There is one in this thread for example which might give you an idea. See around post #18...