Recent content by circles100

Hi all and thanks for you consideration of this. @snail - I buy a card yearly and use it only a handful of times; as such I'm not particularly familiar with the date of expiry. Life is busy and we're all human and vulnerable to making simple mistakes like this! I renewed it on the day of the...

I guess I'm just a bit confused as to why they want prosecute and not just issue me with a penalty fare. They can see it was an honest mistake as I bought a valid ticket and my card had just run out - a simple case of oversight on my part. There seems to be an unrestricted option open to them...

The conversation was centred mainly around the questions he was forced to ask me. As you'd expect he asked me if it was my intention to dodge the fare and I answered that it certainly was not. I was intimidated by the tone of the conversation and the caution. I asked questions relating to...

I have receive the intention to prosecute letter from First Capital Connect. I boarded at preston park (to travel to Shepherd's bush) with a valid ticket purchased in advance online. My network Railcard had expired about 10 days earlier though and this is why I was cautioned. I didn't realise...

I've just received a 'Notice of Intention to Prosecute' from First Capital Connect and I am concerned as to what to do next / how best to handle this. I booked my ticket in advance online and had it with me when I was cautioned. The reason that I was cautioned was because the network railcard...