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There is one fixed I believe. Although I never get to use it as I have never been in oldfield park on that side of the platform during the opening hour of the ticket officer. I have been on that side a couple of times during the evening (that is the side for trains travelling in the direction to...

The ticket office is the blue booth in the first picture. The pictures were taken this morning at around 9am. There are NO ticket machines by the office. I was on the opposite platform this morning so it might not be utterly clear from the picture but I could take another one if it helps.

Nothing wrong with the address. I left with him my name in the form of Initial.Surname (which was entirely true, I did not make up a different name or anything, just not as complete as my name appearing on a passport, but I did not think that matters at the time of writing that down). He...

Thanks for your analysis. I certainly understand that when everything adds up it does look very suspicious. I don't know what I could say about it. It just happened that when the train was approaching oldfield park when he came to inspect tickets. It was not me getting off the train when I...

If the suspicion you talked about is the suspicion of intention to travel without a ticket, then it is not disputed that there was a suspicion, or that my specific behavior that day created a suspicion. But being a suspicion and only a suspicion, while they surely have the evidence which could...

Well I suppose I could, but what good it would do to me :( I do not really have any hard evidence of him claiming himself a police officer. He said so but obviously I did not record our conversation. I was frightened at that time. Looking back I probably should not just hand someone my driving...

Let me clarify: 1) I can't remember whether he was in uniform, but he does not have a green badge (which FGW conductors have with their names on) on his chest; 2) He had a ticket machine with him on that day and others purchased tickets from him, including the lady standing beside me who...

He said he was a police officer and I think I understood this part well. I was wondering whether he was acting as a plainclothes policeman who worked as a conductor on the train but when he found someone he thought was a fare dodger he then inform them he was a actually police officer.

To my knowledge at that time (as I had been at that station before) there were no ticket machines at the station. However if I'm being utterly honest that was not the thing I thought over very carefully at that time. Because I've seen people aboard the train from oldfield park purchasing tickets...

I can confirm that as of today (23 Oct 2015) there are no ticket machines at Oldfield Park station. Like I said I was there before and to my knowledge there were not any. There still aren't.

No he said he was a police officer, and I trust I understood this part very clearly. Could he be a plainclothes policeman?

I thought about it when I read post #2 and he may well have it. But from what I gathered from above, it seems that it is irrelevant/useless anyway. The reason why I did not have a ticket was not important. The fact that I did not is.

Thanks everyone. I've read all replies and, whilst some are harsh, all are useful and informative. They help me to view this matter from a different angle. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- It was around 6pm on a Tuesday.

The return address is: First Great Western Revenue Protection RP004 Platform 9 Reading Station The address at the top right corner of the letter: Great Western Railway Prosecutions Unit 1st Floor, Brunel Arcade Reading Station RG1 1LZ Tel: 01189579073

He gave me a caution when he got off the train with me when the train stopped at Keynsham. I have assumed therefore he is a police officer? I can't remember his exact words but I definately heard "caution".

Sure. The letter is from Great Western Railway, Prosecutions Unit. And i've uploaded a picture of the letter.

Thanks for your post - points taken and I apologize if I have been over sensitive and over-reacted. With regards to your comments above, you said my time to put my side of the story is now before me. But this is where I get confused. This letter does not say that I have the opportunity to...

Yes he called me on my phone, from a mobile number. I still have my phone record showing this. It was the same man, he instroduced himself as the man who spoke to me on the train, and I also recognized his voice.

Sorry I'm not sure. I can't remember whether he was in uniform. He had a machine so he could issue tickets to passengers. I don't think he had a badge with his name on (I've seen conductors with this kind of badges before so I know what it looks like and where it should be. I did not recall...

Thanks everyone. I'll post back tomorrow after checking whether OLF has ticket machines in place now. I'll take pictures of the station as evidence.