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Out of interest, why did you receive a penalty fare previously?

Not that making such predictions is always helpful, but cost of ticket plus £150 is probably the area to start thinking about with regards to an out of court settlement.

I've touched on this before. I think the media would be more interested in how there is a system where people in positions of responsibility/authority/trust etc can throw money at keeping a clean record and/or their job just because they have a few quid. If anything, reading on here I'm...

I note this from last year: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18243043.greater-anglia-fare-dodgers-ordered-pay-almost-400-000/ "As well as uniformed Revenue Protection Inspectors, Greater Anglia also employs plain clothes Fraud Investigations Officers who use the latest technology and...

Were you completing the forms incorrectly intentionally or in error? How delayed were you with regards to the journeys you claimed a delay of 120 minutes for?

Distinction has been made but as these will be criminal cases, the burden of proof is much higher than it would be in a civil case - beyond reasonable doubt (so 99% or so) versus on the balance of possibilities (50.1% or so). Some may take that as proof that these cases will fall apart. Others...

So there is a "delay repay genie" that automatically claims delay repay for season ticket holders for any delayed journey they theoretically could have used, at a time when people are making fewer journeys than ever? That was never going to end badly and fraudulently, was it...

Totnes to Exmouth is about £10, isn't it? I'm not familiar with Unpaid Fare Notices but how did £10 (approx) become £106? Which is closer to two times a single ticket from Totnes to London, which I assume is a coincidence? I'm probably going down the wrong rabbit hole. As I see it, there are a...

This has been discussed a little before, in a manner of speaking, https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/did-british-rail-ever-have-a-website.108818/ British Rail had a website. https://web.archive.org/web/19970715034504/http://www.rail.co.uk/ukrail/hotnews/hn01.htm...

For future reference, avoid using Trainline - it's a waste of money and is cheaper to book directly from any operator. Edit: Although seemingly they don't charge a booking fee through their app, which makes their website fee even more ridiculous.

Parts of the Canterbury & Whitstable: http://crabandwinkle.org/route/

Potentially the OP has no arms/hands/ability to grip a pen? Plausible.

On the issue of FPNs, they are civil matters that can become criminal matters if the person doesn't give their name and address. So someone dropping litter, for example, would be issued a £150-or-so FPN as a civil matter, but if they didn't give their details the relevant legislation makes that...

Putting aside who should be allowed to prosecute what, the other part of my issue is that bunging the TOCs a few quid out of court is a way for dishonest people to not let their employers know they are, in fact, dishonest! I would imagine any company/organisation who would sack or discipline...

This does show one of the issues with the "out of court offer" system used. On the one hand, in this case we have someone who can seemingly afford to pay the £1,000-plus settlement they may eventually be offered -in full as a lump sum. On the other, you may have someone who would be offered a...

Depending on how high a security level you are being checked for, it may be that if any of your relatives have ever had a parking ticket, you might need to worry about it!

I think Newington, Kent, still has a part-time ticket office with 137,000 passengers. As does Chestfield and Swalecliffe for similar numbers.

Is there any reason? Nearby Kearsney seems to be the same in terms of numbers and facilities. It seems so hit and miss. I was fairly surprised when went to West Malling a couple of years back to see there was a coffee bar, ticket office, toilets, etc, but passenger numbers were 800,000 (had...

Was just reading about a few stations in the south east with nothing more than a ticket machine and platforms - but with annual usage in the low 20,000s. Made me wonder what station has the most passengers but the fewest facilities and which has the least passengers with the most facilities...

Canterbury West station opened in 1846 and became the new Canterbury terminus - for passenger traffic - of the Canterbury & Whitstable railway, which first carried passengers on May 3 1830.