Recent content by Ddraig

Telling people to talk to the conductor is usually the correct approach, since their ticket is not valid and most staff at the station are not supposed to authorise travel on invalid tickets The guard on the train, if you approach them prior to boarding can give them permission to board if the...

All of them would be liable under byelaw 18 for not having a valid ticket to travel. But as for section 5, it would be harder to prosecute anyone other than the one buying the tickets as the RPI would have to establish intent, and that would mean showing that the other six did not know that the...

I think you are right here, I don't think it's ever appropriate to give a penalty fare to someone entering a station. If they mistakenly present you an invalid ticket or ask to enter without a ticket you send them to buy one. This is because, whilst they do not have a valid ticket, the fare is...