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I have been stopped two and half months ago for travelling without a valid railcard, interviewd under cautions and warned that I'd have received a letter from the TOC in the following 3-4 weeks. This has not arrived (yet), but I'm planning to move to a different address in approx 2 months...
Thanks again cuccir and najaB, your messages are really comforting.
The company is GWR, I have seen in their website that they are usually keen to settle things out of court for first time offenders. I really hope so. Of course I told my girlfriend about the story. Although she is angry at me...
Hi Falcon,
My Railcard expired in November 2016, my gf's is valid until October 2017 (she's one year younger). It is almost 8 months that I'm not a student anymore, but my railcard covered a much longer period, that's why I wasn't too worried to check its validity last week. Very stupid move...
Thanks for your reply najaB.
Although I haven't received the letter yet, I can't find a way of sleeping at nights.
When interviewed, I was shocked and I'm not even sure I passed the message correctly. I'n not a native English speaker, and if I have had more time I'd have probably been able...
Hi all,
I hope you could help me with a problem that has been leaving me sleepless for days.
To cut it short, I was caught on a train with my gf's student railcard. The problem was (it is hard to believe to me too) is that I took by mistake her card (only the bit with date on) and left on...
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