Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Its been a few months now and I've received a court summons. I've
been given 3 options; to plead guilty and not attend, plead guilty
and attend or plead not guilty. What would be the best option?

From what you said here in February (using a relative's Freedom Pass for
part of your journey), you are clearly guilty of the offence, and you
won't be able to persuade the magistrate that you're not, so you should
plead guilty.

Otherwise, just explain in detail what you did and why, say that you
realise it was stupid, and that you're very sorry.

But certainly PLEAD GUILTY.

There's no doubt about it, and the magistrate won't thank you for wasting
everybody's time claiming otherwise.