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There's certainly a byelaw that gives officers of the railway the right to remove you without your having violated a byelaw. Byelaw 13(2): "No person shall loiter on the railway if asked to leave by an authorised person"

This is a long shot, but as I'm expensing these tickets to a charity that I'd like to save money (traveling to a trustee meeting), I thought I'd consult the experts before booking. Our travel policy does not allow us to expense coach travel or domestic flights, so the journey needs to be taken...

Have you read this thread? It is not in contention that she and her friends boarded at Stoke Mandeville. The issue is that she said Amersham by mistake and is now being accused of having tried to intentionally fare dodge.

I think it's particularly egregious that, having read this thread and yet having somehow still determined that Tentx is guilty, he decided to throw in what I can only imagine would have been a snide or patronising reference to a 'forum that gives bad advice'. T.I.L. need to have their wings clipped.

This seems very similar to what I said here: I think the crux of the issue is that while technically you don't have the right to demand any special treatment, in practice you would almost always be helped out and endorsed to travel on an earlier train.

Idle curiosity - but 'generally accepted' by whom? R.P.I.s, I assume, or perhaps T.O.C.s speaking through emails?

I think some bloke is right to be concerned that that interpretation of the byelaws may seem to be too literal and would not be upheld by magistrates. Magistrates are often unpredictable and in most cases will make judgements based on common sense interpretations more than on the letter of the...

Notwithstanding instances where someone is reasonable beyond what is incumbent on them (e.g. you bring this to a member of platform staff at Aberdeen and they endorse your tickets for the next ScotRail Edinburgh service), I don't think you incur any new or special rights in this situation. Your...

I can't speak for L.N.E.R., but this happened to a friend of mine with G.W.R. and the guard on the train explained that the policy was that you had the right to sit in First by virtue of the seat reservation, but that you weren't entitled to any other First Class rights. It was even (rather...

As an English speaker who knows no Welsh beyond the word 'Cymru', on my travels through Wales (including complex interchanges, dealing with disruption that left me stranded for eight hours, etc.), I have never found the presentation of Welsh first an issue. The idea that it's "unsafe" or even...

That looks about right, I'd say.

You said in point 2.12 of your original post that a revenue inspector stationed at Bridgend station was called over. Bridgend station is operated by TfW, and so the revenue inspector who took your details and statement was an officer of TfW. Therefore, TfW are the railway operator that is...

As some bloke has said, given the nature of the offence it is very likely that a settlement will be available.

This has been discussed in some detail here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/guards-or-conductors.126687/

Lots of socialists are pretty devastated. If you listened to some of my friends on election night, you'd think the election had been won by the Antichrist. That being said, this fervor tends to calm down over time, and there's a good chance that after a period the site will be restored to its...

https://web.archive.org/web/20150203210900/http://www.railsigns.uk/sect1page2/sect1page2.html The images on this page, and probably others, have been replaced by more anti-Tory propaganda.

Snail's advice is good, though I would also suggest retaining the reference to having planned to live and work in Amersham and the fact that you always pass it on the way into London.

And the area through which you walk, with the strange 1960s park and the dodgy old Sainsbury's, isn't the most salubrious place.

I was speaking exclusively on passenger comfort, though.

Total side note, but as a local I'm really shocked that Diggers gets that much more traffic than, say, St Thomas or Topsham, both of which are at about 250,000 for 2017/18.