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Recent content by Draconian

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    Thrown away ticket, now accused of fare evasion. Advice?

    I've never seen any posters in high street shops advising people to retain their store receipts until leaving the premises and yet the number of passengers who decide that an item weighing a few grams is too tiresome to retain until such time as they have left railway property seems to be ever...
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    Court Summons

    Court summons would not be the first letter from SWT, get your daughter to tell all !! The SWT prosecutions telephone number would be on the paperwork you have and they do like to settle out of court so give them a call. They take credit or debit card payments over the phone after a chat...
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    General PF Questions

    Very lucky...RPI being unprofessional or incompetent.
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    Railway staff lying to the BTP

    You certainly seem to attract the wrong kind of attention. The PF would be binned on appeal but I would advise calling three nines in future as B.e T.here P.erhaps are not the best at satisfactory resolutions. I hope you have a large collection of names for your legal actions although I can't...
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    Friend wrongly had ticket taken from him

    Do gateline staff have the authority to withdraw tickets ? I thought they were just in attendance to ensure the gates work safely. Was it a member of Revenue staff manning the gates at that time ?
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    Unsigned Railcards

    Does seem a little harsh but a signature does help in trying to establish the rightful owner/user on occasions.
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    FCC - Travelling on train using coach ticket

    No staff at Hatfield available to ask if your coach ticket was valid for a train journey ? If you booked a coach ticket what made you think it was ok to be used on a train ?
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    Please help, caught trying to dodge train fare

    Where were you based...? I doubt very much if the report would be written up on the day and even if it was it would most likely be sitting in a large pile of date order others. Just wait and you will get your chance to respond to any communication.
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    Paid fare but still being taken to court

    Obviously...it was merely to illustrate the point that you can be sold a ticket and then reported.
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    Paid fare but still being taken to court

    Chap arrives at a station and asks to buy a ticket from the "last stop please". Ticket is duly sold and then, when asked about the journey, it transpires matey has travelled from somewhere entirely different and much further away. Reported...entrapment or 'honest mistake' ?

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