Arriva Trains Wales Prosecution

[JamesCardiff]

Taken down, got wrong end of stick

 

[Class377]

My son is being threatened with prosecution

Notice of Prosecution, Barry to Cardiff Queen Street

ATW Problem

And countless other threads

This is an incredibly common problem on ATW and understandably they're cracking down on it. You can try and negotiate a settlement which will easily be in the three figure area, but this is entirely at their discretion. If you do manage to negotiate a settlement AND this is your first incident with them, then make sure you act within the law after this and don't try and commit fraud in the future as they will obviously be much more minded to take it to court!

 

[thenorthern]

What stations were you travelling between and what station did you claim you got on from?

 

[JamesCardiff]

Taken down, got wrong end of stick

 

[Class377]

The price difference is irrelevant, there have been prosecutions over 10p before!

Wait for the letter, they'll have hundreds of similar cases to go through. There's a good chance they'll ask you for your version of events at which point you can grovel.

 

[Flamingo]

Over half a million tickets a year used to be sold to/from Grangetown until ATW barriered stations other than Cardiff.

Nowdays it's about 180K, and I would say that if Grangetown was barriered, it would be less than 50K.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grangetown_railway_station

 

[Class377]

Ouch, on average that's the best part of 1,000 a day! I can see why they take it so seriously now (and I can also see the point of their poster campaigns, you really must be a mug to still try it on)!

 

[Flamingo]

90p x 100,000 a year soon begins to seem like serious money...

 

[ian959]

PS would anyone have any information as to how soon the initial letter is likely to arrive? Thanks for all your help

It could be anything from a few weeks to several months, it depends upon a lot of factors including how busy the ATW prosecutions unit is.