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Title: Berkshire train fare dodgers told to pay rail fee fines Post by: Marlburian on April 30, 2021, 18:28:26 Some whopping fines. (https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/19268978.berkshire-train-fare-dodgers-told-pay-rail-fee-fines/)
Title: Re: Berkshire train fare dodgers told to pay rail fee fines Post by: rogerw on April 30, 2021, 19:32:13 Despite what the article says, these are fines, compensation and costs and not fees. The level also suggests that they did not bother to respond to the court or did not supply details of their income.
Title: Re: Berkshire train fare dodgers told to pay rail fee fines Post by: Electric train on April 30, 2021, 22:11:46 Despite what the article says, these are fines, compensation and costs and not fees. The level also suggests that they did not bother to respond to the court or did not supply details of their income. I agree, they obviously ignored the fixed penalty notice Title: Re: Berkshire train fare dodgers told to pay rail fee fines Post by: grahame on May 01, 2021, 07:23:43 Despite what the article says, these are fines, compensation and costs and not fees. The level also suggests that they did not bother to respond to the court or did not supply details of their income. I agree, they obviously ignored the fixed penalty notice They may have done ... but doesn't "the railway" have the choice of issuing a fixed penalty notice or taking someone to court if it believes they were intentionally travelling without a correct ticket? Title: Re: Berkshire train fare dodgers told to pay rail fee fines Post by: Electric train on May 01, 2021, 09:47:16 Despite what the article says, these are fines, compensation and costs and not fees. The level also suggests that they did not bother to respond to the court or did not supply details of their income. I agree, they obviously ignored the fixed penalty notice They may have done ... but doesn't "the railway" have the choice of issuing a fixed penalty notice or taking someone to court if it believes they were intentionally travelling without a correct ticket? They do, and usually save this for the fraudulent use of things like season tickets. The fixed penalty automatically add a surcharge for travelling without a ticket. TfL for example do not give you the option to buy a ticket on board a train they just issue fixed penalty 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 |