Recent content by pizza_tester

Just to give an update, I received a letter from northern rail ‘debt recovery and prosecutions unit’ asking for £4.50 a couple of days ago. I have paid that using their premium number line. I’d like to thank the people on this forum for their advice. I am however disheartened at the attitude...

Mods' note: split from Season ticket expired by one day ... I am however disheartened at the attitude of zero tolerance shown by some members of the forum even when there are mitigating circumstances. Sure, the law is the law but there has to be some leeway otherwise you would...

I am actually quite surprised at how showing my rail pass twice could be misconstrued as an attempt to deceive or avoid paying the fare. If anything I would have said that supported my case in that I did not have anything to hide. I simply forgot. I am also surprised at the ‘black and white’...

At no point was there a mention of penalty fares or the consequences of Northern Rail writing to me. I did not outright refuse the first option. I asked if I could speak to someone to explain my situation. She said there was no one to speak to however, she could get Northern Rail to write...

I wasn't trying to purchase it in the reverse direction . The problem was when I asked for a weekly ticket FROM Halifax to Leeds. The booking office guy then called another staff member (there were a few of them stood outside the booking office), who took me to one side and asked why I was...

I travel from Halifax to Leeds every day on the train. I buy a weekly season ticket one or two days in advance. My weekly season ticked expired on the 24th of May. I normally purchase the next week’s ticket on the way home at the Halifax station as the ticket office tends to be quieter in the...