A commuter was shown on Meridian Tonight being charged a Penalty Fare at 
Reading. Apparently he travelled from Wokingham.

I thought on the North Downs Line section of the FGWL network Penalty Fares 
did not apply?

Bob Harris wrote:


> A commuter was shown on Meridian Tonight being charged a Penalty Fare at 
> Reading. Apparently he travelled from Wokingham.
> 
> I thought on the North Downs Line section of the FGWL network Penalty Fares 
> did not apply? 


Wokingham is staffed and on SWT territory. PFs apply.

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They don't. Either
1) Merridian was wrong

or (much more likely)

2) The thugs at Reading don't have a clue (as usual)

He would have to queue up at the excess fare window and pay the correct
amount with no discounts etc. (I assume the Wokingham ticket office was
open)

"Paul Weaver"  wrote in message 
news:1122405639.297212.33740@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> They don't. Either
> 1) Merridian was wrong


To be fair to Meridian, I thought it was FWGL, but as The Doctor pointed out 
Wokingham is SWT staffed. So if he had got on at say, Crowthorne, he would 
have been OK at Reading?

Bob Harris wrote:

> A commuter was shown on Meridian Tonight being charged a Penalty Fare at
> Reading. Apparently he travelled from Wokingham.
>
> I thought on the North Downs Line section of the FGWL network Penalty Fares
> did not apply?


No doubt whinging to the TV cameras.

I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone caught travelling without a
ticket.

IMHO £20 is too low - it should be £50.  Alternatvely hang 'em by the
balls.

I fully applaud Central's name and shame scheme too.

Bob Harris wrote:

> I thought on the North Downs Line section of the FGWL network Penalty Fares
> did not apply?


The boundaries seem to change - or at least that is the impression I
get from the announcements I hear on Southern.

The announcement of our entry into a penalty fare zone seems to crop up
at all sorts of places, the best is just after Polegate station, which
I guess (probably wrongly) means that you can techincally not get
charged until you reach that point?

The fare has gone up too. It's £20 now.

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> I fully applaud Central's name and shame scheme too.


I can't remember who it is, but a company used to (& may still do), put
up posters saying "Your local losers," which was rather amusing. But
don't forget, only someone going to court for non-payment can be 'named
& shamed.'

On 27 Jul 2005 06:11:31 -0700, "Joe" 
wrote:


>> I fully applaud Central's name and shame scheme too.
>
>I can't remember who it is, but a company used to (& may still do), put
>up posters saying "Your local losers," which was rather amusing. But
>don't forget, only someone going to court for non-payment can be 'named
>& shamed.'


Tyne and Wear Metro do this.

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:30:06 +0100, Tom Robinson 
wrote:


>Tyne and Wear Metro do this.


Merseyrail claimed to do something similar once, but sadly all the
pictures were recognisable as being, umm, their RPI squad[1].  Oops.

[1] At the time there was only one such group, so they were easily
identified, and were occasionally noted filling in at ticket offices.

Neil

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