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UPDATE!!! My appeal's been accepted! I only have to pay £4.90 instead of the £20 penalty fare. Spending a total of £9.80 is still worse off than buying the £6.90 return ticket, but I'm happy with the outcome. My appeal was accepted because I did wait a bit in the queue and did immediately...

I waited 4 minutes and still had to wait! It's either miss my train or try to buy the ticket on the train. It's not like I sat there doing nothing. I approached the train guard straight away. If I'm a fare dodger I would have gotten off the stop earlier and got away with it! I'm being punished...

There were several people in front of me in the queue after waiting 4 minutes. I pointed out easily getting away with it to make a point I'm not a fare dodger. I could have done that and nobody would have stopped me. I stupidly went to the train guard on the train, and waited until my final...

I've been issued with a penalty fare for failing to show a valid train ticket. It was a short journey so I was issued £20 penalty to pay, which I'm appealing. There was a queue at the self-service and ticket office. I did queue up to buy a ticket in the ticket office, but after 4 minutes my...