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A statement was never taken, we were questioned with pre-written questions. We didn't have the exact money, maybe a pound or two spare. We showed him our purse/wallet/bag to see we had nothing else. It was either go and be broke that night or don't go and waste the show & meal which we'd...

I wasn't offered to pay the fare owed, just £20. There were 2 of us but he just said £20. I wasn't going to London for the whole day, we were there for a show, which had been paid for in advance & a meal which we had gift vouchers for. We had no other money except for our travel cards.

When I mentioned doing the same thing before he just said it didn't matter others had allowed me to buy a travel card before, the rules say no so was going to issue me with a £20 fine. He didn't really listen to be honest so I'm not sure this is why it has resulted in a prosecution.

Ha, yes, I'm an idiot. I just meant didn't know you could use them on buses, I was just commenting on what others had implied in this thread. I didn't refuse to pay it, I asked if he could send it to my flat as I didn't have the money that day. He asked then confirmed my address which is why...

The letter says that the intention to prosecute for "not having a valid ticket in Victoria" which is true, I didn't. However we always intended to buy a Zones 1-2 travelcard, as I said, I was going to Picadilly so always needed this. Which would cover us in Victora from Clapham. I just didn't...

Thanks for that MikeWH. And thanks to everyone for their input on this, will write back their responce once I hear from them. Thank you all :-)

To be honest, I've always just bought my tickets like this, I don't travel there often, maybe once every month or every other month so maybe have spent more this way...which could be why I've never been informed in the past! My tickets were just to travel from Brighton - Clapham as I didn't know...

This is exactly what happened! Phew, glad you made sense of my posts! No intention of avoiding the ticket cost as I needed it to get on the underground. Thanks a lot for your advice :-) --- old post above --- --- new post below --- And thanks Mallard for not being condescending!

My intention was to continue to Picadilly circus so I would have needed to buy an underground ticket for that journey. Whether I paid for that ticket at Clapham, or Victoria it would have cost me the same price so I wasn't trying to avoid paying anything. If I was trying to avoid paying, my...

Hello I'm new on here so I'm sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place. I did see other had posted in here about the letter but my reason is a little different to ones I've read already. Hope someone can put my mind at ease.. I bought a train ticket from Brighton to Clapham Junction however...