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If I had any confidence in being treated fairly for a genuine mistake I would stop and engage, even pay the penalty fare, but to be threatened with prosecution? Nah, I’m sorry but I have other things to worry about than having to deal with the heavy handed TIL!

And who would be doing the removing? XC staff? I doubt that very much. BTP? Sure, but in my experience they’ll take hours to turn up.

And how exactly are they enforcing reservations? If I want to get on a train and I have a valid ticket then I’m getting on that train, no matter what!

I disagree, if it’s a choice between months of worry waiting for a potential letter of prosecution or the negligible risk of being ambushed by a hiding copper, I think I’ll take the risk and not engage with the gate line staff...

I would stop if I had any confidence in being treated fairly and not being subjected to the overzealous Transport Investigation Limited...

If it was me, I just would’ve ignored any gate line staff, once your through the gates your through, just keep on walking. The odds of them trying to stop you are nil.

Is the Underground still running to any form to timetable? I ask because trains have been running seemingly at random.Is there a Covid timetable in operation, if so is it publicly available?

In my opinion if a crime has been committed it should be up to the CPS to prosecute and the operating companies should lose their right to bring private prosecutions.

There are weekly and longer season tickets also: https://www.islandbuses.info/freedom-tickets

I wonder if due to current affairs fares will start to come down due to lack of custom, I’m not holding my breath...

Metroline run a few commercial and Hertfordshire supported services out of Potters Bar, and many years ago First group ran two services (335,R1) out of Uxbridge, but are there/were any more examples?

How many of those are there though? I can personally only think of three: London-Birmingham, London-Brighton and London-Cambridge.

... and this is why TOC’s shouldn’t be allowed to set fares, that should be left to the Department for transport.

I’m just wondering why you’re ignoring the point me and another poster have made, that as long as the owner of Stagecoach keeps slinging money at the SNP, nationalisation will never happen...

To be honest, I think this is probably a wind up

isn’t Brian Souter a big donor to the SNP? If that’s the case don’t expect nationalisation anytime soon!

Instead of faffing about fitting pantographs to the S8 trains etc, why not just re-extend the Met to Aylesbury and reroute all Chiltern services via High Wycombe?

I don’t think you realise the seriousness of your actions, if you admit to using a fake name and address there’s a very real possibility you’ll be done for perverting the course of justice, which carries a prison sentence...

I’ve just had a look on National Rail for the fare between Reading and Oxford and although it refused to offer me a return fare it did give me an option to purchase the Oxfordshire day rover. So I can’t make a return journey with XC, but I can sit on their trains all day between Reading and...

You two obviously are accusing the OP of deliberately tampering with their ticket, why be mealy-mouthed about it?