How To Pay A Penalty Fare And What Happens If I Used Someone Else's Details?

[Very_scared]

I couldn't pay for a train ticket today so I had to fill out my information for a penalty faire but I panicked and used an old friends name and address but I used my card to pay the amount for the ticket. Obviously it was a different name so I said it was my friends card. I've made a terrible mistake and I'm very worried now, will I get away with this and what will happen to me if I don't? I don't talk to the person anymore and we are not friends btw, I just want to pay the faire and get it over and done with, how do I pay it and what will happen to me ?

[murraymints]

oh well... think it probably is like that most places Eddie..with ticket barriers... security too must be a consideration these days especially in greater London

[murraymints]

obviously the op felt otherwise clarion.... however doubt she has much to worry about...

[baza]

In 1889 the Regulation of Railways Act stated that you should have the correct ticket for the journey. The Penalty Fare Act 1989 revised 1999 says that you should have the correct ticket or you may be liable for a penalty fare ( £20 plus the cost of a single journey to the next stop). Reading the OP it seems that a ticket has been purchased and I assume the penalty was included therefore the name and address is only a box ticking exercise. Things may have changed a little since I retired as an Authorised Person for Penalty Fares and Revenue Protection Inspector.

[Peter Pedant]

blimey - s/o is working hard to get their answers removed
anything good or just the usual ?

er... I would be inclined to wait and see
there is no loss involved - so you could argue later there was no criminal intent

There is the issue of the receipt being sent to Mr X and not yourself - I would face that when it occurs
( yes someone has used my address and yes I took it further)

it also depends on whom you gave your name and address to ( mr X's that is) - the police have a right to the correct name but if it was a transport operative he may not have.

[Peter Pedant]

Baza - did you have to shoot anyone
in the course of your employment ?

or chuck them out of a moving train - when the windows used to open that is

[baza]

Peter, no I was always ready to close the window after the scumbag climbed out of it. The wording of the Act states that you can request a name and address, if a false one is given then there is not a lot that can be done, unless it's Mickey Mouse or the like. Should that happen then the goalposts move and PACE and fraud come into play.