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It sounds as if I will have to give in and pay. Although I would have been better off being a criminal fare dodger and accepting the £20 penalty fare, than I would have been appealing as the honest daily fare paying person that I am and being stumped with a £23.40 fine from a debt collector. To...

I do not have a season ticket, I was issued the penalty fare for travelling without a ticket from a station where the ticket machine was out of order. It was proven that I was unable to purchase a ticket before travel. And that I was unable to get to the on board ticket officer as the train was...

There is no customer service line, only a payment line.

I have attempted to pay £3.40, but they have refused it saying that I am only able to pay the full amount. The admin fee cannot be removed, appealed or refunded.

It is London Midland

The £20 fine was issued on the spot on 22nd September. On the fine it says you have 21 days to pay or you will incur a fine for late payment, and 21 days to appeal. I signed this document. However, from the discussion with the issuing officer it was not made clear that I would have to make...

I was issued the fine on 22nd Sept. I appealed the next day. The response from penalty services showing the successful appeal was dated 20th October. This states "This appeal has been successful and is now considered closed, however, the fare of £3.40 for the journey you made is still liable...

Thanks both for your responses. Of course I am happy to pay the fare of £3.40 (as I was trying to do at the time I was issued with the fine), and am happy the the appeal was successful. I am just sad that the procedure was not made clear to me when I was being issued with the fine. The issuing...

Hello, I recently was issued a £20 fine for travelling without a ticket. The reasons why are unimportant so I wont go into detail, but I appealed within the time limit and was successful and had the fine reduced from £20 to the fare for the journey (£3.40). This was done through Penalty...