Bought 26-30 railcard during journey, and showed inspector at my destination. Inspector wasn't happy with that (saw valid till date being todays date a year from now), so took name and address, and 2 months later I have a letter asking for info.
Detail:
EDIT to clarify:
This is a digital railcard, to show on my phone via an app, and it took me a long time to show the inspector because I needed to delete a bunch of apps to free enough space to install their app, the confirmation email wouldn't sync to my phone (also because I was out of space), and I think that annoyed the inspector, so I am expecting them to throw every rule at me... I did show it eventually before the inspector asked for my address and stuff.
How would you proceed? Thanks to anyone here for any advice!
Detail:
- Journey from London Liverpool St to Stanstead airport.
- Purchased at the station
- Outbound leg of anytime return
- I have a photo showing ticket, railcard, and station sign.
- Occurred at the destination station.
- Inspector took ticket from me.
- Letter reads: "All the available evidence is being considered as to whether legal proceedings are appropriate". There is a tear off form asking for contact details and a signature.
- Letter is from Greater Anglia
- I honestly believed I already had a railcard, but when checking my email I had an email confusingly titled "Your railcard application" from back in January, which in fact said "You still have an incomplete Railcard application in your account.". I assumed the railcard was ordered because I'd received a confirmation email, but I guess either their systems failed or I made a mistake.
- I am currently unemployed, and would struggle to pay either a hefty legal bill or fine.
EDIT to clarify:
This is a digital railcard, to show on my phone via an app, and it took me a long time to show the inspector because I needed to delete a bunch of apps to free enough space to install their app, the confirmation email wouldn't sync to my phone (also because I was out of space), and I think that annoyed the inspector, so I am expecting them to throw every rule at me... I did show it eventually before the inspector asked for my address and stuff.
How would you proceed? Thanks to anyone here for any advice!
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