• Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Recent content by John1991

  1. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Hello again guys, I wasn't expecting a reply till October roughly, however i'm glad this came through earlier. Good news is, I was issued with Fixed Penalty Notice, for £80 plus the £6 fare I was short on. I payed this immediately over the phone and received a receipt of payment via email...
  2. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Thanks very much for all the extra help guys, am I to understand now that once they receive the letter, I still wont hear back for quite a while? as I've seen on some other threads, ppl can sometimes be waiting around 5 months John1991 --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Ok I have...
  3. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Thanks for the response, I will most likely be writing this up and sending it Monday by recorded delivery ( good idea? ) , obviously its going to be my neatest writing but does that have any sort of impact? John1991
  4. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Thanks I never thought about it like that John1991
  5. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Well i suppose i didn't, I've caught it from Bolton before and paid under 5 pounds i think, and when he told me the fair to be honest i was shocked cause it was 1.70 or something like that, i had about 3.5 on me at the time i was expecting closer to that range. john1991
  6. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Thanks for the quick reply bb21, I think it best to post for all to see and make any comments (and hopefully learn from my mistake) So here is the full draft as it stand so far, I've tried to make sure it's not too long as i need to write it out by hand (why is this?), the only thing i can't...
  7. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Hello again guys, it's been a while now, more than the 6 weeks, but I received my letter today, and was wondering if you could guide me with the reply a little bit. The letter itself from the debt recovery and prosecutions unit says : "On Friday 19th April 2013 you were spoken to by an...
  8. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    it was a one way fare, wasnt expecting to come back till sunday. and i panicked infront of the guy who questioned me, i just wasnted to get out of there
  9. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Thank you for your further replies, as far as the guard on the train i didnt notice one, but i did fall asleep half way through the journey. Then i proceeded to go up and pay at the first attended off the train. I will keep you updated, and let you know when i get my letter John1991
  10. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    thank you, and thanks again for replying so quick :)
  11. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    thank you for your quick replies, and i do understand the severity of the matter, when the letter comes, may i post again for further advice on responding? John1991
  12. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    aye its my first time, but all of these other posts seems extremely serious which is what worries me John1991
  13. J

    Help needed: Ticket from closer station!

    Hello everybody, Late yesterday, i boarded the train from darwen to manchester victoria, now for the most part i kept nodding off on the train, but when we reached manchester and walked up the stairs, they had a barrier as they sometime do to catch people out. I went over to the guy selling...

Top