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(Basically GWR prosecutes when it runs out of alternative options - so don't worry about this if you're intent on agreeing to an alternative.)

Where you stand is that : (a) you're relying on the person who let you through the gate doing so knowing that you didn't have a ticket but were about to buy one, and you would have to prove this in court but the company would help you (e.g. by giving you CCTV, assisting with identifying the...

Has this just happened? Write straight away to ask for the CCTV from the station to be preserved, narrowing it down as tightly as you can; and if you go there regularly and can identify the person who let you through, it would be good to get a statement from them while it is fresh in their mind...

Pay the settlement - other alternatives will cost you much more in the end both in terms of money and stress. Next time consider taking out travel insurance. Write to TfL (but not in the terms you posted on here - just focussed on the delay and missing the coach not mentioning what you now...

Are we talking about an '18+ Student Oyster Card' (with your son over 18) or something else? 1713466918 Secondly what relevant ticket was on the Oyster card for this particular journey? - a season ticket? pay as you go? a combination of the two? 1713467416 1) It is normal to prosecute for the...

Nothing there provides any right to prosecute. 11(1) / 11(2) are about consequences - if one happens (iirespective of how or why), the liability to pay the PF disappears/what's paid is refunded. 11(3) tries to impose some additional restrictions on some prosecutions. It says nothing about...

. There is no right to do this under that legislation. The legislation merely sets out some conditions and consequences if proceedings are subsequently brought. That's an important distinction. Some of us would argue that an authority, having decided to resolve a potentially criminal matter...

If they were to prosecute, I'm sure the OP will be able to rely(*) on their duties as an investigator and the rules of disclosure to reveal if the railway holds any indication that the OP previously held one. (Arguably the correspondence quoted above might already suggest a breach of some of...

Part of what you quote is out-of-date. Please look up The Railways (Penalty Fares) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

Appeal all 3 times. Write your appeal in the format recommended in other threads on here - referencing the regulations to make it clear which grounds you are using. Throw in as an additional ground that the signage doesn't comply because it usually doesn't. For an appeal based on a lost...

Because we've seen Southeastern ask for more than it's entitled to several times in threads on this forum, and only reduce the amount when challenged? Using a solicitor can assist in challenging a train company seeming to be asking for more than a court might be expected to award it. If you've...

I thought we saw a thread previously where the first was what happened. I.e. GA treated them the way they would any other passenger without a valid ticket - they wanted to be paid! (And the pass was a separate matter for their employer.)

While no precedent is set in the strict legal sense, there is supposed to be consistency and it is one of the roles of Transport Focus to monitor this and raise any concerns.

I think the key to what will happen is how many other LU staff they have caught doing this recently. Are you an isolated situation or is this still happening lots? GA could pursue you personally for the fare (leading to negotiated out of court settlement). You were on a train without a valid...

For signage, there are two separate issues - the poster content and the poster locations. Both aspects are deficient at Paddington. (If you want to see a major station even worse, take a look at London Bridge!)

What was printed on the back of it? Please include a copy. So is that a 'notice' or a 'receipt'? Go and read the regulations again if you thought it was compliant the first time! It incorrectly states you must pay by the given date - it should say 'pay or appeal'. It doesn't say you're...

The other side of the argument is that we see an arrogant railway picking and choosing which regulations to follow and which ones to disregard. The passenger has already paid twice for this journey (and isn't going to get that back even if they win the appeal). Isn't that enough? (Why didn't...

Paddington's Penalty Fares signage doesn't come anywhere close to meeting the requirements of the regulations, so you should appeal on those grounds. You'll find the appeal harder for them to get wrong if you look back at what platform you left Paddington from and if you travel through the...

Another ridiculous letter! If you paid that sum, what precisely would you be settling? Only the one journey when you got stopped as it clearly says "fare" not "fares"? Then you could still be prosecuted for other journeys. Yet the amount demanded in settlement is absolutely preposterous for...

Anyway, the settlement offer has been paid so these other points are now academic. To summarise for future reference: plead not guilty to the SJPN; ask the court to hear a plea in bar, the sequencing of which is up to the court, hope the court agrees and stays proceedings. (Abuse of process is...