Recent content by RichardC

The stupidest thing about all this is that if I was dishonest enough to give a false name and address, I would have been ale to walk away scott free. Instead, I was compliant and honest, gave my true details and still they threw a TIR form at me because their method of verifying my address...

Okay, so I tried to call Transport Investigations Ltd, as they deal with customers in these situations... Telephone: 01345656655 <----number not in use. (Reminds me of the council worker's speech in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.) Anyone know the right number for this that...

Okay, some answers: I was stopped in Cathays station. Sherman Theatre side. I was not in a queue, just in the path beside the platform. The ticket office was closed. It was a Thursday and around 6pm I asked for a return ticket from Pontypridd to Cathays Yes, I had cash AND a visa debit card What...

According to the Arriva Trains Wales Revenue Enforcement policy (http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/RevenueEnforcementPolicy/) it says: "Customers can make genuine mistakes.. If this is the first time a customer has been identified within this process they should not normally be taken to...

Thanks for the replies. If I want to write a letter asking for an out of court settlement, to whom would I write, please?

Okay, thanks for the replies. If I want to write a letter asking for an out of court settlement, to whom would I write, please?

I had no idea that passing the machine was illegal. As an example, I watched at least 20 students get on the train at Taffs Well yesterday - bypassing the ticket machine - and they bought tickets from the guard. Are they also criminals too? By your definition, they are. Except they were able...

I was travelling from Pontypridd (PPD) which does have a machine, but as it was after 6pm, the office was closed.

Last week, I took a train journey as I usually do, from my home station to Cardiff. The guard on the train saw me and even said 'hello' but he didn't come around. I got off at the destination and RP officers stopped me. Now, I was aware that I had no ticket and I was not purposely evading...