Received letter of intended prosecution

[Areej tabassum]

I received a notice of intended prosecution what should I do know how should I explain everything in email.


I booked my ticket on 21 September and on 25 September I bought the railway card but again I did mistake to book the ticket what should I do know?? Please help me to get out from this situation

 

[jfollows]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Please post your notice, with appropriate parts obscured, and explain your journey - when, from where to where etc.

When did you travel?

 

[Areej tabassum]

hi thank you for your reply


It was my husband who travelled on 25th of September from South Ruislip to Gerard cross and I bought the railway card on the same day but some how I did mistake to book the ticket and he was caught for not having the right ticket. Now we still have a rail card for family and friends I don’t no how to explain in the email which I have to send them back against NIP.

I checked my whole travel history the first ticket I made on 21st September at that time we didn’t have railcard and 2nd we made on 25 September 3rd we made on 1st October these 3 tickets I did wrong

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Kindly help me to get out of the situation I have to write an email what should I write so that I can be safe from court involvement??

 

[Elecman]

Was he travelling alone?

 

[Areej tabassum]

Yess he was travelling alone and told the staff that my wife booked the ticket but they didn’t believe

 

[Elecman]

Yess he was travelling alone and told the staff that my wife booked the ticket but they didn’t believe

thats Why the ticket wasn’t valid as he had a Friends and Famly Railcard he needed another person travelling with him to validate the ticket

 

[Areej tabassum]

But we were unaware of all that situation so now what should I do now?

 

[Spaceship323]

We need to know what the railway think you've done wrong, so (once again) please post a copy of their letter with your name, address and any reference numbers obscured

 

[alholmes]

To clarify, is the letter addressed to you or your husband?

If it’s to you, then you should simply respond that you did not travel on that ticket. You purchased it and gave it to someone else. The fact that they didn’t take your husbands details to write to him is their problem, not yours.

 

[Areej tabassum]

Hi
my husband received this letter on 29 January what should we respond to this letter??
The railcard I have is on my name and we misunderstood that me and my husband both can travel on this card.
The other thing is that on 21st September my husband made first journey through train at that he had no railcard as he came to know that we need railcard to travel from South Ruislip to Gerard cross then I made the railcard on my name on 25th September and on the same day he traveled from South Ruislip to Gerard cross and he was caught by the inspector. Our major problem is that first ticket we booked was without railcard and the 2nd ticket that I booked for my husband was not meeting the criteria of my railcard that I had on that time and on 21st October I booked one more ticket that was not meeting the criteria of friends and family railcard.we just made three mistakes.

 

[notmyrealname]

Hi.

You've left your husband's name showing on the letter you posted. It would be good to cover that up to keep this anonymous for you.

 

[30907]

Hi
my husband received this letter on 29 January what should we respond to this letter??
The railcard I have is on my name and we misunderstood that me and my husband both can travel on this card.

Provided you are both named on the card, either or both of you can travel with the Railcard.
The problem is that you need to travel with a child under 16 to get the discount.
I am not sure how you managed to book without paying a child fare.

Anyway, your husband needs to reply and
- apologise for travelling without a valid ticket
- acknowledge that people not paying the correct fare costs the railways and the taxpayer a lot of money
- say that he now understands the railcard rules and promise not to make the same mistake again
- ask them if they would consider offering an out of court settlement for the fares he has underpaid.

If he engages with the company they will probably agree, but they will ask for the full fare for each journey (not just the difference) plus a sum (possibly around £150) for admin costs.

Hope this helps.

 

[island]

We still need to see the letter which says what the railway alleges you have done.

 

[Areej tabassum]

Hi
I received this letter please can someone tell me how should I send my reply back to them by post or by email?

 

[alholmes]

They’ve provided you with an email address, so that’s the easiest way. Make sure you quote reference number, and your name and address, so they can match your email reply to their records. And keep a copy of your reply.

 

[Areej tabassum]

They’ve provided you with an email address, so that’s the easiest way. Make sure you quote reference number, and your name and address, so they can match your email reply to their records. And keep a copy of your reply.

Thank you so much for your reply
Kindly can you please help me that how should I write the email?what should I say in email?

 

[alholmes]

Thank you so much for your reply
Kindly can you please help me that how should I write the email?what should I say in email?

Post #12 above sets out what you should say. If you write a draft and post it on here (removing persons details), then we’ll be able to help refine your draft. There are also plenty of other examples on this forum.

 

[Areej tabassum]

I have to send this email today Please can someone check my draft and correct me if i did wrong something please this is urgent for me to send this today

Can somebody check my drafts and tell me is there anything wrong in my draft??

I am writing in response to the Notice of Intended Prosecution dated 25th January 2025 (which I received on 29 January 2025)about the incident (Ref: xxxx) on the 25th September 2024. I sincerely apologise for not having a valid ticket to board the train on the date of the incident, which was happened to me by lack of information as I purchased the friends & family railcard and Unfortunately I didn’t know that i could not travel through friends and family card.I was unaware of using rail card properly.After this mistake i got all the information about railcard and tickets and now I carefully book my ticket before starting my journey on the train station’s ticket counter.I took full responsibility for this happening.I genuinely regret my action and its impact on Chiltern Railway. I now realise how serious it is not to have a valid ticket before boarding and how unfair it is to other Chiltern Railway customers.

I have learnt my lesson with deep remorse. Also, I guarantee this will not happen again by using the railway card in accurate way and by having all the information before starting my journey.I am willing to cooperate fully and pay any fares I owe, plus the administration fees incurred from this incident. I would be extremely grateful if this could be settled out of court.

Please accept my sincere apology. Do let me know if further information is required and I will respond as quickly as possible. I look forward to hearing from you again


Yours sincerely,

XXX”

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Can anyone check my draft and correct me if I did something wrong please this is urgent

 

[notmyrealname]

Hi.

I'm replying partly so that your thread goes to the top of the forum. I think you edited in your comments about this being urgent rather than making a new post.

A couple of tiny points. You need to put the case reference number at the start of your letter; I put it as a separate line after Dear xxx. At the end put Yours sincerely if you have a person's name, otherwise put Yours faithfully.

 

[Areej tabassum]

Hi.

I'm replying partly so that your thread goes to the top of the forum. I think you edited in your comments about this being urgent rather than making a new post.

A couple of tiny points. You need to put the case reference number at the start of your letter; I put it as a separate line after Dear xxx. At the end put Yours sincerely if you have a person's name, otherwise put Yours faithfully.

thank you so much for your reply

Ok I will add that points is there anything else I can add??should I add some more explanation about what happened and how I caught like that kinds of thinks.

 

[Titfield]

thank you so much for your reply

Ok I will add that points is there anything else I can add??should I add some more explanation about what happened and how I caught like that kinds of thinks.

No need to add the extra information.

 

[Areej tabassum]

No need to add the extra information.

Ok thank you so much for your reply

 

[Areej tabassum]

I have sent an email of Apology to the chiltern railway on 5th Feb but I have received no reply yet should i wait for answer or send them an email again to inquire about answer?

 

[Spaceship323]

No your case will just go to the bottom of the pile, they have literally 100's of these cases to get through so you'll just have to wait your turn. There is nothing to be gained by keeping in contact with them

 

[Hadders]

It usually takes a few weeks for them to reply.