Got caught with the wrong railcard!

[nottoosure]

@nottoosure. A follow up question. With your various London Bridge to (from) Clapham Junction tickets, have you ever actually entered or exited through the ticket barriers at Clapham Junction?

Yes I always always scan my ticket at Clapham junction

 

[fandroid]

I'm sorry but the OP has made the classic mistake of avoiding paying full fare for economic reasons and then just continuing until they get hit for a far larger sum than they can ever afford. All for a fairly modest saving. Tempting fate in that way with a 16-17 Saver while growing visibly older by the day shows a total lack of risk awareness, to put it politely!

 

[D400.50050]

For future ref. Trains are expensive yes. But consider going by bus instead. Not sure where in S Bermondsey but the number 1 will pick up at S Bermondsey Station. Take that to Elephant and Castle London Road stop. Get off walk around the corner to the London College of Communication stop and pick up.the 344 to Clapham Junction. The hopper fare is £1.75 so £3.50 return. You get 70 minutes to get off the first and on to the second bus. Yes time consuming but better than walking 40 minutes waiting for a train to Clapham.

 

[Coleridge]

Yes I always always scan my ticket at Clapham junction

I think it is more pertinent whether you always scan your ticket at London Bridge, as it might seem to an investigator that you might be boarding at Lee but only buying a ticket from London Bridge.

If your ticket history shows that all your tickets are scanned at both ends of your journey, then you're in a fairly strong position.

 

[Egg Centric]

It was London Bridge to Clapham junction about 3 times a week maybe. From start of June to start of September essentially

Is June the first time this or something similar has ever happened (at least on that account)? It's worth bearing in mind they can and almost certainly will go back several years

 

[KatieLouLou]

Is it only me left wondering why someone who lives in South Bermondsey is walking to, and getting a train from, London Bridge to Clapham Junction, and paying a higher fare than simply walking to Queens Road Peckham and getting a quicker and more frequent overground line train... (which I suspect is cheaper and, presumably, by using Oyster you can add the railcard to to get a discount)...

 

[Fawkes Cat]

Is it only me left wondering why someone who lives in South Bermondsey is walking to, and getting a train from, London Bridge to Clapham Junction, and paying a higher fare than simply walking to Queens Road Peckham and getting a quicker and more frequent overground line train... (which I suspect is cheaper and, presumably, by using Oyster you can add the railcard to to get a discount)...

We've touched on the issue earlier in the thread but it's not the main problem that the OP has - they've been caught and have admitted (or have little option but to admit) using a 16/17 railcard discount that they're too old to claim. So if the railway were to choose to take them to court, there's very little doubt that the OP would be found guilty (or plead guilty).

The plausibility of their story about what journeys they actually make only comes into play if the OP is hoping for an out of court settlement. I'll admit to earlier having been a little confused as to where they were living and going to, but your point only emphasises what some of us have said above - namely that the story as given seems unlikely, so if it is true the OP will need to come up with evidence to confirm its truth: without that confirmation, the railway will assume that they're being lied to - and treat the OP as someone who will only learn their lesson by being taken to court.

 

[Andymo]

Sadly another medical student of which there have been a few of late. The OP has to recognise that medical students and doctors are meant to hold higher standards of probity than the general public by society and the regulator (GMC). Any conviction will be of interest to the GMC, a one off minor offence will likely come to nothing but repeated offences with forethought or concealing that offence or its full extent might result in censure. The OP needs to consult a defence organisation like the MDU asap for general advice on convictions and how they effect fitness to practice-this is generally free to med students if they register. The aim should be to avoid prosecution at all cost and if this looks unlikely they should consult a solicitor, with a much lower threshold for doing so than a non medic.