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Title: Chiltern Railways to be more aggressive on parking tickets Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 16, 2012, 20:54:49 From the Bucks Free Press (http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/beaconsfield/9986519.Rail_firm__more_aggressive__on_parking_tickets/):
Quote Chiltern Railways are being ^more aggressive^ with handing out fines in their station car parks. Speaking at a Beaconsfield Town Council meeting on Thursday, managing director Rob Brighouse said ^a number of people choose not to pay in our car parks^. He suggested drivers without tickets were not being penalised in the past, but said they are now given a warning letter before a fine is issued. He added: ^ve decided we should take a slightly more aggressive approach. People are being fined if they are deliberately parking without buying a ticket.^ There are already some very interesting / topical comments on that article ... :P Title: Re: Chiltern Railways to be more aggressive on parking tickets Post by: JayMac on October 16, 2012, 21:11:57 So Chiltern are now able to issue fines are they? Should someone tell the Ministry of Justice? ::)
They (or rather their agent, MET Parking Services) appear to be issuing parking charge notices/invoices. If they want people fined they'll have to start a Railway Byelaw 14(3) prosecution and present their cases to a magistrate. Title: Re: Chiltern Railways to be more aggressive on parking tickets Post by: EBrown on October 16, 2012, 22:08:15 So Chiltern are now able to issue fines are they? Should someone tell the Ministry of Justice? ::) The chances of this happening given their recent dissolving of the Revenue Protection Department is slim. Very very slim.They (or rather their agent, MET Parking Services) appear to be issuing parking charge notices/invoices. If they want people fined they'll have to start a Railway Byelaw 14(3) prosecution and present their cases to a magistrate. Title: Re: Chiltern Railways to be more aggressive on parking tickets Post by: ChrisB on October 18, 2012, 16:35:50 They (or rather their agent, MET Parking Services) appear to be issuing parking charge notices/invoices. If they want people fined they'll have to start a Railway Byelaw 14(3) prosecution and present their cases to a magistrate. So are you hinmting that these aren't enforeable? I know this subject has been covered at length elsewhere concerning these being issued by APCOA, but can you precis please? Title: Re: Chiltern Railways to be more aggressive on parking tickets Post by: JayMac on October 18, 2012, 18:14:06 I was merely pointing out the incorrect terminology in the quoted article. Chiltern (or their agents) can no more fine anyone than you or I. If they want to recover costs from someone who has failed to pay to park then they can use the railway byelaws and have a magistrate hear the case.
They can however issue a charge for breaking car park 'rules' (including non-payment) and attempt to recover this 'charge' using civil means. This is what most private car park operators prefer to do - even those that could use railway byelaws if they wished. Ultimately that means resorting to the county court. Non-payment of the fee to park may well lead to a positive outcome in the county court for the owner/operator of the car park. Charges for any other breach of car park 'rules' most likely not. As regard to what is going on at Beaconsfield and elsewhere in Chiltern land; the negative publicity where folk are being chinged when only dropping off/picking up will hopefully see Chiltern address these concerns and reinstate drop off/pick up facilities. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |