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<Declaration of interest: through most of my adult life I have been a member of the Labour Party. So I may be a little biased here> So automatic Delay Repay on single leg Advance tickets would increase the number of DR payments on a given journey from those who claimed it to those entitle to...

To reinforce this, it might be worth pointing out that Appendix A of the National Rail Conditions of Travel specifically lists Merseyrail as a train company to which the conditions apply.

Essentially you need to show that you are being fully honest. The ideal would be if you could demonstrate every trip you have taken - but pretty well by definition a pass doesn't give you that level of information. Neither can you look at bank statements for each ticket purchase. But you do...

At this point, there's a possibility that the railway have decided to take no action so you may not hear from them. Without having re-read the whole thread, I see from post #51 that you have already chased the railway once. So if it turns out that they are pursuing you and you didn't find out...

This is what I (and I suspect other contributors) think of (and describe) as a 'technical' ground of appeal - and in my view it's clear that these are not easy appeals to pursue. Hence my comment near the beginning of the thread;

Generally, that's fine. There may be people here who think that it's too wordy, or that you used chatGPT to write it, but the important thing is that you are saying more or less the right thing in more or less the right order. I would suggest that you remove the phrase about 'paying the maximum...

Welcome to the forum! Let's start with your job: if you can settle this out of court (more on that later) that is almost certainly a private matter between you and the train company: unless your job has very specific rules to say otherwise, you won't have to tell your employer. If the railway...

If you are a member of a trade union, you might want to talk to a union rep to find out - in confidence - what approach your employer is likely to take. At best, that would remove one worry: at worst, you will know what problem you are facing.

+1 for this. You need to know that in our experience ‘technical’ appeals only succeed at the third (final) stage of the appeal process - and there’s a fairly low success rate even at that point. You are currently able to settle the matter for £77. Compare that against the time and hassle you...

According to their website, you can contact EMR at [email protected]. If the railway gave you anything (there's something which is commonly known as an 'MG11' that you may have been given) check that for a reference number to quote: it will also help to give - your name - your...

Apologies if I've got this wrong, but I think that @Hadders may have missed a word out, which I have added to the above.

Isn't it? Surely someone doing this is presenting themselves as having everything they need to travel when they haven't.

To support this with some rather different reasoning: the threat that the railway has over you for previous journeys is that they might prosecute you for not paying the right fare on those journeys - because if they can't prosecute you, why should you bother paying them to go away and stop...

Welcome to the forum! The inspector's advice to wait a while for the letter to come through is good. What can you do in the meantime that may help you feel more in control? I'd suggest - let your family member know that you were caught using their pass. It's not impossible that their employer...

Welcome to the forum! Have you replied to the railway at all yet? If not, then they may still be waiting for you to make a late reply enclosing a copy of your railcard (which, of course, you can't do as you haven't got one). So you could write to them / send them an email to confirm that you...

Everything should now be resolved then. But hang on to all the correspondence you have sent and received: if it turns out that the railway are still making a mess of this, it could be useful to show them the email that effectively said that you didn't need to respond to the 9 April letter -...

For the incident involved, once you have been prosecuted, then that’s it - you can’t be prosecuted again. But on the paperwork you have shown us, you only seem to be being prosecuted for the one incident at London Bridge. Does the paperwork mention any other incidents that TfL may ask the court...

Welcome to the forum! It would be helpful to have a few more details so that we can give our most focused advice (for example, some railway companies are much more prepared to settle out of court than others): the easiest way to do this is to show us a copy of the letter you have received (with...

I think send your courteous letter on Monday then

As you imply, it's only fair to give the railway a couple of working days to respond, so wait to see what they have to say early next week. But if they don't respond in a reasonable time, I would suggest replying courteously to the 9 April letter explaining the payment you made in response to...