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    Oyster problem

    If you buy an off-peak ODTC then you will not pay extra for travelling on National rail between 16.00-19.00 Mon/Fri. If you use an oystercard on national rail between those times, then it will not cap until it reaches the peak time price cap. So on some occasions it makes more sense to buy the...
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    South Western Train accuses fare evasion

    Seems you made a mistake, as a travelcard 1-6 would have only cost £8.50. Were the barriers in operation at Feltham upon your return journey? If not I can see where you wouldn't have been aware. Seems to me yet another case of our complicated fares system.
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    Penalty Fare - Unfairly given? Need advice

    Tom, you don't say how often you travel. Is a season ticket not an option? I would suggest, if you make the same journies on the same days of each week, than to buy the tickets on line in advance. Then they can be collected from the TVM at Winnersh. Unfortunately just because the guards...
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    FCC intent to prosecute - was travelling with Southern

    Think you'll find it is true. FGW RP staff do not issue P/F to SWT passengers and vice versa. You should know as appeals are handled by different bodies. Who have informed us that if any person lodges an appeal as a result, they'll win. For instance if someone travels from Didcot...
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    FCC intent to prosecute - was travelling with Southern

    Only if it is issued on the relevant TOC's penalty fare pad/paperwork. In otherwords they've got to carry a pad for each individual TOC. If you travel on a different TOC to the RPI's TOC, then appeal and you will win!
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    SWT Penalty Fare advice

    No misunderstanding on my part, the following taken from TFL site: 3.16 Oyster route validators for use when travelling using pay as you go on your Oyster card - these can be identified by a pink card reader: They are located at a number of interchange stations. If you pass an Oyster route...
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    Notice of Intention to Prosecute letter - looking for help

    I would go to court and argue my case. It seems you made a genuine error. You could have purchased a rail ticket at Clapham Junction with your Electron card via a TVM (or the ticket office if it was open, which I know it wouldn't have been at 5am). So for Southern staff to say you didn't...
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    SWT Penalty Fare advice

    No, unless you swipe the "pink" validators at Richmond, but by doing so you'll be charged for travelling through Zone 4. As for the OP, I can't see any reason for travelling from Waterloo to Wimbledon via Surbiton, something not quite right there.:-?
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    Court summons South West train stage coach

    I'd be interested to know where the OP lives, let alone how he got through the ticket barriers at Raynes Park? :roll:
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    Need a lot of help with this "Intention to Prosecute"

    You're entitled your opinion, just as I am to mine. We are both answering as we see things. However I'm an RPI, as such we work from an MG11 downwards not up. Only reason I can see for going from a P/F to MG11 is for false details and that doesn't appear to be the case here. Perhaps the...
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    Need a lot of help with this "Intention to Prosecute"

    The Revenue Protection member of staff, I feel was in the wrong. You can't decide to go from a PF to an MG11, purely because soembody can't pay the £20 there and then. This sounds like a member of staff who can't be bothered to take names and addresses and just wants full payment everytime...
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    Season Tickets and Photocards

    What if it's an "Impersonal Season Ticket"?
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    'Cancellation' by Megatrain

    Funny how originally they cancelled the booking. Wonder if it had anything to do with engineering works planned at Reading that weekend, and extra demand for services from Waterloo? Or am I being cynical?
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    Journeys between train stations which can be made quicker on foot!

    Windsor & Eton Riverside to Windsor & Eton Central! 5 minute walk, or 4 trains, the choice is yours.
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    Correct procedure: Travelling from/to a non-oyster station into/out of London

    They should touch in though. Season ticket holders for some reason believe they don't have to touch in or out, but they should. Too many times I see season ticket holders not touch in, then they aren't able to touch out (& go into a negative balance) because they didn't touch in. To...

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