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Remember that if a court case somehow goes ahead without your knowledge, then (as long as you were genuinely unaware) you can get a conviction “unwound” by making a statutory declaration. So I agree with others that it’s best to just sit tight and not worry about the matter for now.

Not that this is really helpful to the OP at this stage, but doesn’t one need a valid Penalty Fare reference number in order to file an appeal? Shouldn’t the fact that the OP didn’t possess one have stopped the appeal being accepted, thus (with any luck) tipping them off that they weren’t given...

A heartwarming tale there. Those new solid wide gates definitely look like they’re not to be trifled with. Indeed, I’ve not seen anyone push through at Clapham Common since its gate was “f**king upgraded”, in stark contrast to before.

I’d love to see some footage of them in action. Zooming in, of course, on the passenger’s face at the precise moment when they receive the “good news” that their phone can be charged there and then… 1709798751 While I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you, I will just say that similar logic...

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nearly-20000-people-prosecuted-for-fare-evasion-on-londons-transport-70089/ Further down, the article mentions this case: This bears a remarkable similarity to a matter for which our help was recently sought...

Can anyone please tell me what kind of train this was and why it ran? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U92053/2024-02-21/detailed Furthermore, is there any publicly available information I could have looked up about this myself without bothering the good people of RailForums...

The attached was seen at Reading (P12/13) just now. I’m just saying: it doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. EDIT: I see someone has appended a description of the images to my title. I apologise for not doing so in the first place in accordance with the accessibility rules.

I’d be interested to see such a timetable. I knew HSTs had served those stations in the peaks for a few years, but thought the IETs that replaced them never did*, the new 377s having solved the peak-time capacity issues there were with the Turbos. — * with the possible exception of the weird...

On the way back, I saw a chap who just sat at the back of the carriage, not interacting with passengers, and whose only job seemed to be stepping out and dispatching at stations. I was curious about what his “normal” job was; I thought maybe platform dispatch (although he wasn’t wearing a hi-vis...

I checked late last night and it definitely said intermediate stations between RDG and DID would only be served by road transport (oh, the horror) all day today. Clearly, last night’s repairs went a lot better than anticipated. Still, I quite enjoyed getting an IET to and from Reading for once...

Sorry if this has been answered, but what kind of photocard do you each have? Was your partner actually travelling any more cheaply by using his card rather than yours?

6’ by 6’! (I’m on the same train…)

Is there any danger of all the OP’s Delay Repay claims being reexamined as a result of this? I’d be very surprised if there weren’t a strong correlation between Delay Repay fraud and misuse of the complimentary tickets that Delay Repay claims yield.

I had to go into London today, but was able to choose when to a degree. I chose first thing in the hope that I’d beat whatever points failure/signal failure/damaged power line/cracked rail occurred today. Glad I did, obviously. This really is becoming ridiculous.

If all is as stated then I would expect there to have been many occasions where the ticket wasn’t scanned and the OP didn’t claim a refund (because they travelled that day). But if that’s the case, it’s puzzling that AWC’s software has flagged the refund patterns as problematic. Unless it’s...

It’s also a good lesson on why one shouldn’t give “attitude” to rail Revenue Protection, police officers, etc. While it’s not illegal to do so, it’s not a good idea to be “pointed” with someone who, fairly or otherwise, has the discretion to make your life harder if they take a dislike to you...

If (if) particular patterns exist among those who tend to jump the barriers, I don’t see how there can be any other result. If we’re going to say that’s unacceptable then the whole thing seems like a waste of money.

Just to be clear, there have been multiple occasions where posters have sought help on here in connection with an incident, and you recognised from their description of the incident that you were the staff member they interacted with, despite their description being somewhat embellished? I...

Following another complaint about a RPI’s behaviour, I have started this thread.

I am well aware that those requesting our help here may feel they have every incentive to exaggerate, if not entirely invent, the RPI rudeness or worse that we often see reported. They may feel that gaining our sympathy will elicit better advice from us, or that their case will somehow be...