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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 5:34 am
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Reason077
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Originally Posted by Swiss Tony
Would they? I was on their train without a valid ticket and I believe that's my problem. I'm just happy I got away for an extra £4.60 and caught my connections, rather than getting hit with an £80 fine and no doubt missing my overland train as the paperwork presumably takes time...
Yes, they're actually pretty reasonable about this sort of thing. A silly location for a reader at an unfamiliar station is a pretty good excluse IMO. I've always gotten my penalty fares refunded even in a few cases where it was kinda-sorta my fault.
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