Recent content by andykn

The ticket validity info was a bit confusing because although the National Rail website said Avanti and EMR had ticket acceptance in place the LNER website had these two struck out later on, just as we were waiting on the 14.10 from Nottingham to St Pancras. As that was full and standing no...

Why did the rescue train not complete the journey?

Don't think there's be many going early doors to Wales. Shows that there isn't general demand for out of London services first thing Bank Holiday Monday. Still can't see the 06.45 Paddington-Swansea being busy. It goes via Bristol Parkway.

I might be going to Chepstow and there's no advance tickets from Paddington at all, not even on the first train on the way out, this can't be demand, there's still plenty if I go via Birmingham. Anyone any idea why?

It is if you're ordered the ticket but can't collect it at the station the journey starts from.

Don't they have to supply any evidence they want to use in court to the defendant first?

But by doing that they'd be admitting reasonable doubt and might as well abandon the whole process at that point.

There may be a totally innocent explanation but for the TOC to make incorrect assertions tends to fuel that cynicism.

The OP is suspicious as he has already been lied to once concerning the electoral roll. He could be just giving them the details they'd need to prosecute him, height appearance etc, which would then magically match what they have for the offender.

No, getting fined two weeks wages for, say, a training ground incident.

Depends on the circumstances, surely. Football players get it all the time.

If you haven't got a ticket it's an offence. It doesn't matter even if you can prove you bought a ticket, even if you've got the credit card receipt, even if you have the return half of a day return, if you haven't actually got a ticket you've committed an offence. Because you didn't jump...

I think what this hinges on is did you show the inspector the out of date ticket first?

Yet this is exactly what that person through lack of competence in their job could do to many innocent passengers.

We're not talking about lots of extra trains, just one extra or one longer train would have done. From just one of the depots in the area.