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Originally Posted by Terrontress
Even if someone has a ticket but fails to show it, if for example they have left it at home and can prove that they own one, they will still be fined.
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If it is a weekly/monthly/annual ticket you have 14 days to produce it and the fine will be struck out. And they will know if it was issued before you got caught
We have heard of not one case where a passenger was fined incorrectly, i.e. boarded unstaffed station and fined, thats where action can be taken. It is your responsibility to arrive in good time to buy a ticket
Travelling without a ticket is permitted under specific conditions, fare evasion is where you board without a ticket outside those conditions
Now we can argue all day about the queue at the booking office and the stupid TVM's but staffed station board no ticket, fine you got done no comeback.
IE have had the right to issue standard fares for decades that has not changed, the amount they can charge has, what did change was cases in the courts started to get thrown out on the basis of pay at the other end. So the posters started to appear in 2004 actually
The rules are simple, extremely simple
If you can purchase a ticket at the station you board at you must, failing to do so may result in a fine