Problems Replacing stolen train tickets

[Bletchleyite]

They are advanced purchase tickets for travel on 15/07/19. Ample time to cancel, replace or whatever. I will be asking the conductor to check my original seats if someone is sat there

Given that an unclaimed reserved seat is fair game for anyone, this would seem very unlikely to meet with success.

Of course the guard could do this in a non-accusatory manner if they knew what the ToD CTR of the stolen tickets was (i.e. just check tickets as normal but scrutinise that specific aspect then go off and quietly call the BTP), but they'll probably just decline to do so. In any case it's more likely that the thief would sell the tickets than use them, so while you'd be catching someone out for using a resold ticket which is therefore not valid (and potentially handling stolen goods, though in good faith so a conviction would be unlikely) you wouldn't be catching the thief.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Apart from pointing out how unworkable that is... stolen tickets can also be used to excess up to other flexible fares at a ticket office.

The railway could put names on tickets making the chance of reuse very low indeed, but then we'd get an equal number of whinges from people who gave a wrong name for their mate who now has to buy a £300 Anytime rather than their 50p Advance. (Hang around at a budget airport for a few hours near the check-in or customer service desks and you will very likely see this scenario before long).

E-tickets are the obvious answer to this issue long-term, as I mentioned, because it would be possible to cancel them and issue a new one with a different barcode at very little cost.

 

[WesternLancer]

They are advanced purchase tickets for travel on 15/07/19. Ample time to cancel, replace or whatever. I will be asking the conductor to check my original seats if someone is sat there

Or even better, sit in them yourself and see if anyone turn up to ask you to move.
Tho very unlikely.

More seriously -
Bit of an obv question but did you report it to police / ask local police where you were victim of the theft if anyone handed your bag / wallet in? A long shot but my partners had her bag and purse stolen. The thief was only after cash it turned out - bag and contents thrown over a wall near where she lost it. 2 days later someone handed it in and a conscientious person checked the bag for id and contacted her (she'd not even reported it to police as hardly any cash in bag and she cancelled all the card v quickly).

So she got all the personal stuff back.

On the basis that the theif does not want to take a journey from Euston to Stoke (or wherever) the tickets are probably in the bag which has been dumped somewhere...

Lesson I learned from this and apply it whenever I can is that I go to extra efforts to hand in lost stuff I find. Someone did this for us so least I can do is do the same for another person.

 

[Spirit555]

Or even better, sit in them yourself and see if anyone turn up to ask you to move.
Tho very unlikely.

More seriously -
Bit of an obv question but did you report it to police / ask local police where you were victim of the theft if anyone handed your bag / wallet in? A long shot but my partners had her bag and purse stolen. The thief was only after cash it turned out - bag and contents thrown over a wall near where she lost it. 2 days later someone handed it in and a conscientious person checked the bag for id and contacted her (she'd not even reported it to police as hardly any cash in bag and she cancelled all the card v quickly).

So she got all the personal stuff back.

On the basis that the theif does not want to take a journey from Euston to Stoke (or wherever) the tickets are probably in the bag which has been dumped somewhere...

Lesson I learned from this and apply it whenever I can is that I go to extra efforts to hand in lost stuff I find. Someone did this for us so least I can do is do the same for another person.

It was reported to the Police and a crime number issued less than an hour after it happened. I have not been contacted as yet by them with any update. I have the same philospy about lost items. I always hand them in first opportunity I get whatever they are.

Mark

 

[WesternLancer]

It was reported to the Police and a crime number issued less than an hour after it happened. I have not been contacted as yet by them with any update. I have the same philospy about lost items. I always hand them in first opportunity I get whatever they are.

Mark

Cheers - bad luck - a long shot obv. Any worth in asking at their lost property (ie if the reported goods lost not matched with the handed in stuff? could be worth a call maybe?)