Hello,
Last night (12/08/18) I traveled on a Northern rail train from Sheffield to Leeds. When asked for my ticket I gave it to the conductor (it was perfectly valid) and then he asked for my railcard which I also gave to him (it was also perfectly valid). The railcard was bought at Leeds station and it was one of the flimsy paper/card one, since I use it loads and just keep it in my wallet the writing had become a bit worn and faded - but still perfectly legible. There was a small white mark near the 9 in the expiry date (11/01/2019) which did not obscure the number but the conductor claimed I had altered the card from the date 11/01/2018 by scratching out part of the 8 and decided to confiscate the railcard.
He then asked for my name and address, I felt extremely uncomfortable giving these personal details to a complete stranger but I handed them over. He went away and returned about 10 mins later telling me he had checked the electoral register and hadn't found my name to be registered at the address I gave him... I have voted twice in elections whilst living at this address. I got out my driving license which had concrete proof of my address and he told me the prosecutions team would be in touch and finally left me alone.
I have a receipt for the railcard, dated 11/01/18 along with documentation for replacing the railcard if I lost it etc which has a "railcard number" on it. How is it best to proceed? I am finding hard to just forget about it, I was also unable to get a picture of the railcard before he took it so what is to say that he wouldn't do his own bit of alteration before he files the report to make it look worse than it actually was? This has been playing on my mind.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Last night (12/08/18) I traveled on a Northern rail train from Sheffield to Leeds. When asked for my ticket I gave it to the conductor (it was perfectly valid) and then he asked for my railcard which I also gave to him (it was also perfectly valid). The railcard was bought at Leeds station and it was one of the flimsy paper/card one, since I use it loads and just keep it in my wallet the writing had become a bit worn and faded - but still perfectly legible. There was a small white mark near the 9 in the expiry date (11/01/2019) which did not obscure the number but the conductor claimed I had altered the card from the date 11/01/2018 by scratching out part of the 8 and decided to confiscate the railcard.
He then asked for my name and address, I felt extremely uncomfortable giving these personal details to a complete stranger but I handed them over. He went away and returned about 10 mins later telling me he had checked the electoral register and hadn't found my name to be registered at the address I gave him... I have voted twice in elections whilst living at this address. I got out my driving license which had concrete proof of my address and he told me the prosecutions team would be in touch and finally left me alone.
I have a receipt for the railcard, dated 11/01/18 along with documentation for replacing the railcard if I lost it etc which has a "railcard number" on it. How is it best to proceed? I am finding hard to just forget about it, I was also unable to get a picture of the railcard before he took it so what is to say that he wouldn't do his own bit of alteration before he files the report to make it look worse than it actually was? This has been playing on my mind.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks