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You're required to be in possession of a valid ticket when you board the train. You weren't in possession of a valid ticket when you boarded. I'm not an expert in this area, and other forum members will know more, but I'd be surprised if there isn't a way you can be traced.

Yes, that's fine.

I recommend you pay the settlement otherwise the case will end up in court where you would lose, and the fine and court costs would be much more than what you are being asked to pay now. No, it wouldn't as you genuinely didn't board at Bishop Stortford. You had no ticket to travel by train...

I'm surprised you were let through the barriers at Marylebone without a ticket. This sounds like very unusual behaviour. It is a criminal offence to board a train without a ticket to travel. While you could argue that you were given permission to board by a member of staff it's going to be...

Welcome to the forum! To be blunt your in a bit of trouble here. It sounds as though you've been evading your fares on an industrial scale over the years and if a case like this doesn't end up in court you have to wonder how serious a case would need to be to end up being prosecuted. That...

Welcome to the forum! Transport for London take misuse of a pass yo aren't entitled to use very seriously and a prosecution under the TfL Bylaws is the usual outcome. As for what happens next TfL will send you a Verification Letter, normally within a couple of weeks. The letter will ask you to...

It would be good to see the court papers when you receive them. Assuming everything is in order witht he court papers then I would look to hire a solicitor to see if they can negotiate with GTR.

Welcome to the forum! To add to what's already been said here you're in a spot of bother. You have no entitlement to an out of court settlement, you've comitted a criminal offence and Southeastern are entitled to prosecute you in the Magistrates Court should they wish to do so. That said...

I've removed the ticket collection code from your post as anyone could go and collect the ticket with it. I suggest contacting Trainsplit directly about this, the staff are very helpful.

My advice would be to try and keep the message you want to get across in the video very simple. Concentrate on just one or two key themes. We're experts on here and love getting into the minute detail of what this trial means but the majority of the public aren't interested in that. These are...

Trainsplit sell railcards and purchasing them online is simple. Took me less than 60 seconds and that included uploading the photos. I didn't bother to take new photos, just cropped a selfie of myself and a suitable photo I'd already got on my phone of my partner and used those.

Contactless is much better than Oyster as there’s no card to purchase and you haven’t got to load credit on it. Also say you load it with £20 you’ll be left with money on the card at the end of the weekend, that while it doesn’t disappear and you can get it refunded, it basically becomes a cost...

Remember an Oyster card costs a non-refundable £7 these days so if it's only going to be used for this one-off trip it might not be worth it.

With contactless you tap in at the start of your journey and tap out at the end. If you're not certain what to do just stand near the barriers for a few minutes and watch what the locals do. It's the simplest way to pay these days and almost everyone pays this way. A few months ago I was on a...

I don't think it matters if you don't put your middle name, but there's nothing to stop you putting it in if you want to.

That looks fine. You only need to complete that bit if you're name is different to the name of the person the letter was sent to.

Yes.

How many of you are travelling? Oyster/contactless is the most straightforward way to pay for travel in London - virtually no-one uses paper tickets these days. You can use your Disabled Persons Railcard to get a discount on a Zones 1-6 Travelcard for you and a companion. For completeness...

I would print the letter on a separate sheet of paper, make sure it has you name, address and case reference number on it and make sure you sign it. Write 'see attached letter' on the forum and send the form and letter together in the same envelope. I would send it 1st class Signed For so you...

Thanks for letting us know, this is very useful to know.