koalamelon
New Member
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice on what I should do in regards to my situation below:
I get the train to work from Burley Park to Bradford (either Forster Square or Interchange) changing at Leeds each day. I normally buy a monthly ticket. This morning I went down to Burley Park station ten minutes early to make sure I could buy a new monthly ticket and was told by two men from Northern that the ticket machine was broken but I could buy my ticket at Leeds and they gave me a slip to show them. When I got to Leeds station I went to the ticket window on the platform and was told I couldn't buy a monthly ticket from him as they were only sold on the concourse but that I wouldn't be allowed through the barriers without a ticket. When I asked if I could be let through the barrier to buy the monthly ticket he directed me to a lady who was stood by outside of the booth. She took the slip given me at Burley Park off me and first reproached me for travelling without a ticket but eventually accepted I could not have bought a ticket at Burley Park because the machine was broken. She then directed me to a third person who she said would let me through the barriers. The third person told me he had to fill in a form called a TIR before he would let me through, took my address and said something would come through the post. Afterwards he told me to go with a fourth person who took to me the barriers and spoke with the man on the barriers to let me through. I then bought my ticket on the concourse and went back through the barriers and continued my journey to Bradford.
I have since looked up what a TIR is and I think this means a Travel Incidence Report? I've looked at a number of threads on this forum and they all seem to suggest that it's the first step in being charged some kind of penalty for riding without a ticket. I'm a little bit stressed as I feel I did exactly what I was told to do by the Northern staff and bought the ticket honestly. What should I do when I receive something in the post?
I get the train to work from Burley Park to Bradford (either Forster Square or Interchange) changing at Leeds each day. I normally buy a monthly ticket. This morning I went down to Burley Park station ten minutes early to make sure I could buy a new monthly ticket and was told by two men from Northern that the ticket machine was broken but I could buy my ticket at Leeds and they gave me a slip to show them. When I got to Leeds station I went to the ticket window on the platform and was told I couldn't buy a monthly ticket from him as they were only sold on the concourse but that I wouldn't be allowed through the barriers without a ticket. When I asked if I could be let through the barrier to buy the monthly ticket he directed me to a lady who was stood by outside of the booth. She took the slip given me at Burley Park off me and first reproached me for travelling without a ticket but eventually accepted I could not have bought a ticket at Burley Park because the machine was broken. She then directed me to a third person who she said would let me through the barriers. The third person told me he had to fill in a form called a TIR before he would let me through, took my address and said something would come through the post. Afterwards he told me to go with a fourth person who took to me the barriers and spoke with the man on the barriers to let me through. I then bought my ticket on the concourse and went back through the barriers and continued my journey to Bradford.
I have since looked up what a TIR is and I think this means a Travel Incidence Report? I've looked at a number of threads on this forum and they all seem to suggest that it's the first step in being charged some kind of penalty for riding without a ticket. I'm a little bit stressed as I feel I did exactly what I was told to do by the Northern staff and bought the ticket honestly. What should I do when I receive something in the post?