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u n d e r a c h i e v e r · March 24th 05, 02:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 24 Mar 2005 01:16:42 -0800, wrote:
I remember many years ago that somebody got off a charge of travelling
without a ticket because they had waited a long time in a queue then

you can escape liability for a Penalty Fare if:
"...there were no facilities in operation for the sale of the
appropriate ticket..."
at your starting station. One could argue that a ticket
office that is overwhelmed by customer demand, or suffering
some other go slow, is not providing a facility, but it
would be a tenuous argument.

There is a a further provision for the "Regulator" to make
rules on penalty fares schemes ... I think at one point
these rules make provision for a "reasonable opportunity to
buy a ticket" but I have no references for this. Nor do i
know if these rules still apply.

None of this has much relavence to the criminal law on fare
evasion.

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u n d e r a c h i e v e r