Hello there,
I hope you can help.
I have a season ticket return from Hertford north to Bowes Park and a three zone travel card from Bowes Park to London.
This ticket was recommended to me by FCC staff at Hertford North.
My ticket has been checked around two or three times per week without a problem.
A few weeks ago an inspector told me that it was invalid and wanted me to pay a penalty fare. I said I thought it was valid, it was recommended by FCC staff and it's been checked previously without there ever being a problem.
The inspector didn't give up but I refused to pay because I thought the ticket was valid - again, it was recommended to me by FCC staff more than once and no restrictions were mentioned - she took my details and today I received an intention to prosecute letter.
I'm not sure what to do next - I've read the Nrcoc and can see that the inspector was right, but I had no idea about his before and none of the other inspectors had mentioned it.
The inspector mentioned that FCC inspectors had decided to hand out penalties for tickets like mine at a recent team meeting.
Since the day this was first raised i've changed the train i travel on, i would never have knowingly travelled on trains with an inalid ticket and I'm desperate not to get a criminal record for this.
Can anyone advice how I can best resolve this without going to court. My mistake was not to pay the penalty fare - I only failed to do his because I thought I was right, and I thought that was the case because of the advice FCC staff had given me when buying and renewing my season tickets and because it had never been a problem before.
Everything posted her is true, many thanks in advance for your help with this.
I hope you can help.
I have a season ticket return from Hertford north to Bowes Park and a three zone travel card from Bowes Park to London.
This ticket was recommended to me by FCC staff at Hertford North.
My ticket has been checked around two or three times per week without a problem.
A few weeks ago an inspector told me that it was invalid and wanted me to pay a penalty fare. I said I thought it was valid, it was recommended by FCC staff and it's been checked previously without there ever being a problem.
The inspector didn't give up but I refused to pay because I thought the ticket was valid - again, it was recommended to me by FCC staff more than once and no restrictions were mentioned - she took my details and today I received an intention to prosecute letter.
I'm not sure what to do next - I've read the Nrcoc and can see that the inspector was right, but I had no idea about his before and none of the other inspectors had mentioned it.
The inspector mentioned that FCC inspectors had decided to hand out penalties for tickets like mine at a recent team meeting.
Since the day this was first raised i've changed the train i travel on, i would never have knowingly travelled on trains with an inalid ticket and I'm desperate not to get a criminal record for this.
Can anyone advice how I can best resolve this without going to court. My mistake was not to pay the penalty fare - I only failed to do his because I thought I was right, and I thought that was the case because of the advice FCC staff had given me when buying and renewing my season tickets and because it had never been a problem before.
Everything posted her is true, many thanks in advance for your help with this.
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