Recent content by smith0

Ah , good point now i think about it

Surely a ￡1000 penalty would be enough deterant .....and if it isn't the train company will make more money from them, i just wonder if honest people have got a crimnal record for this in the past

Got a fixed penalty today, £80 + £1.60 fare. For anyone interested, it took them 4 weeks approx to first contact me by letter, I replied immediately, and then it took another 2 weeks to receive this. The main advice I would give is to be apologetic and make sure anything you send is recorded...

ok, thank you I will send it first class recorded so that it gets there monday/tuesday

received my letter today allowing me to make a written mitigation, I want to send it special delivery tomorrow so that it arrives saturday, is the northern rail debt recovery and prosecution office open on a saturday? will there be someone there to sign for the letter on saturday? thanks

ok thanks

Would it be worth enclosing a cheque for the admin fees and the cost of a full fare ticket from where I got on the train along with my apology and version of events? Or is it safer just to wait for their response after explaining myself and letting them know I'm happy to pay admin fees.

Thanks , I'll make sure I do that I just wish I didn't have to wait in suspense now waiting for this letter that may or may not come !

http://cdn2.vtourist.com/4/6724522-LeedsBradford_to_Skipton_train_Skipton.jpg?version=2 or http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/17/00/2170085_f9c5539a.jpg Are the trains we get here, though I can't see Arriva anywhere on them pictures - maybe I just imagined it or forgot it was ages...

The trains say arriva on the side, so assumed that was something to to do with it all, I'll buy them a new train if it means getting out of this mess! I've never so much as farted on a train before!

I can prove I was at the gym in skipton, that my home is in steeton and that I went to work in Saltaire that day.I can prove I regularly attend the gym without going to work afterwards (which is why I bought a ticket to home intead, just habbit)..... the only thing is how can I prove I didn't...

Hi there thanks for the replies. Yes this was my first time ever, I am 19 years old and the company was northern rail (arriva trains). The station I traveled from was Skipton, which does have a ticket office but I did buy a ticket to steeton & silsden from there. The problem was that I then...

Basically, I've got a new job starting in a few months but if I fail to update them that I've got a criminal record I lose the job. Basically what happened, I bought a ticket from a station with a ticket office to travel 2 stations further on. I forgot I was going to work and stayed on...