If most stations aren't compulsory ticket areas are you breaking any byelaws by either jumping over barriers or following someone through if you haven't actually boarded any train
Eg. My friend is getting on the same train as me from Gatwick. I have bought a ticket for his journey from Gatwick to London and I'm already on the train, but we have both forgotten about the barriers at Gatwick.
If he has a valid ticket by the time he travels on an actual train can railway staff stop him getting through the barrier anyway he wants?
Or.. someone decides to go meet their friend on the platform and doesn't want to queue up at a ticket office for a platform ticket that may not even be sold. Is any byelaw broken from standing on a platform if not intending to travel (and if so would railways staff have to prove an intention to travel)
Eg. My friend is getting on the same train as me from Gatwick. I have bought a ticket for his journey from Gatwick to London and I'm already on the train, but we have both forgotten about the barriers at Gatwick.
If he has a valid ticket by the time he travels on an actual train can railway staff stop him getting through the barrier anyway he wants?
Or.. someone decides to go meet their friend on the platform and doesn't want to queue up at a ticket office for a platform ticket that may not even be sold. Is any byelaw broken from standing on a platform if not intending to travel (and if so would railways staff have to prove an intention to travel)