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The first was hypothetical, the second post was what happened but both would relate to when is a person not a passenger by railway. I hold a season ticket york-huddersfield, policman made accusations which were false and demonstrably so and I'd like to know if such an instance ever occured...
I wouldn't think it's the wrong question, I was going through the station and showed my ticket, as I was going through the car park a policeman claimed I hadn't done, I asked under what legal bases I had to do so (I was ****ed at being stopped when I had already shown it) he quoted the 1889 act...
Ah, so it's complicated.
I'm thinking of the specific example where you haven't travelled but are merely in a station, there is no compulsory ticket areas and barriers have been erected whilst you have been there. Is there a requirement to present a ticket upon request as in 'Every passenger...
Ok since I have had no luck, specifically I'm interested in is there a definition of 'a passenger by rail' as present in the 1889 act. Is it the obvious a person carried by the railways in trains or is it more general extending to the general public present on the railways?
Hi, I'd like to ask the collective wisdom of this site if there is a statutory definition of 'rail passenger' as refered to in the various acts with regard to the railways or is it taken a obvious.
Eg, if you are in a rail station but have not travelled and do not intend to travel are you not...
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