Smoking on thameslink

[j2trappy]

i was smoking a fag on the train from east croydon to New cross and 2 ticket checkors got on and told me to put it out. they kept saying they would call the police if i didnt give them my details so i gave them some random names for a house on my estate.is there anything they can do i didnt buy a ticket off them and pushed through the gates

 

[jon0844]

i was smoking a fag on the train from east croydon to New cross and 2 ticket checkors got on and told me to put it out. they kept saying they would call the police if i didnt give them my details so i gave them some random names for a house on my estate.is there anything they can do i didnt buy a ticket off them and pushed through the gates

I doubt they'll do much if you pushed your way out, but they'll have likely noted a description or used their bodycams to capture you - and will make a report so that other staff, REOs, BTP etc can look out for you another time. At some point you'll meet someone who can and will detain you, and then they'll accumulate the reports and take the appropriate action (for the ticketing offences, rather than the smoking).

Probably best to keep your head down!

 

[Fawkes Cat]

I doubt they'll do much if you pushed your way out, but they'll have likely noted a description or used their bodycams to capture you - and will make a report so that other staff, REOs, BTP etc can look out for you another time. At some point you'll meet someone who can and will detain you, and then they'll accumulate the reports and take the appropriate action (for the ticketing offences, rather than the smoking).

Probably best to keep your head down!

This is perhaps worth reinforcing. The OP tells us about 3 (maybe 4) offences in one incident (smoking, failing to give their name and address, not having a ticket (? - unclear) and not going through the barriers properly). Any one of these and the railway in all honesty would probably let it go. But three or four? That's drawing attention to yourself. Not only will the OP's description have been recorded, but the two ticket checkers will have told all their colleagues about it in the mess room. So everyone will have their eyes open for the OP - and next time they will be picked up for even the smallest breach of the rules.

And since one of the failures is a false address, the police may well be called - while arguably railway staff might be able to arrest you, the police undoubtedly can, and if they don't really know how to find you (because you gave a false address) holding on to you so that further steps can be taken is a decent plan for the railway.

If the OP is going to continue to use the train, they need to follow the rules. Otherwise they will end up in court with a fine and a conviction that they will have to tell future employers about for a while.