Train eviction video: 'Big Man' is charged

[Joeman]

As a regular commuter into London, i practice a "no seat, no ticket" rule. If i dont get a seat i politely refuse to show my ticket. Inspectors dont even bother to challenge me anymore...

In this case if the kid had taken the time to explain the situation clearly, and had the reciept etc to back up his argument, then the inspector would have likley left it alone and it wouldnt have come to this.

[Freamon]

There are some regional railway stations where there are no ticket machines at the unstaffed stations. The only time I've ever had to travel from one, there was a conductor selling tickets on the train. He sold tickets to a couple of people, then didn't bother with the rest of the carriage and wandered off. He came back a few more times during the journey to sell a few tickets to some of the people who got on, but at least 50% of the people who I saw on that train were never approached.

[hugebrain]

I hope they put the thug in prison and the ticket inspector too for deliberately getting the other passengers angry with the kid.

Like all decent people I hate over-paid scum train workers - especially when they charge me extra because THEY decide to close the ticket office, or make me travel in the guards van because I have a bicycle when the doors on that carriage only open onto the track and not the platform...

[Joeman]

I hope they put the thug in prison and the ticket inspector too for deliberately getting the other passengers angry with the kid.

Like all decent people I hate over-paid scum train workers - especially when they charge me extra because THEY decide to close the ticket office, or make me travel in the guards van because I have a bicycle when the doors on that carriage only open onto the track and not the platform...

I often tavel into London Cannon street with no ticket and buy one on arrival. Ive never been charged a fine or had to pay extra... what are you saying to these people to wind them up???

[hugebrain]

I often travel into London Cannon street with no ticket and buy one on arrival. I've never been charged a fine or had to pay extra... what are you saying to these people to wind them up???

They are very polite, they say things like I'm afraid your bike will have to go in the guards' room (not mentioning that one side of it is locked, the side where I want to get out) or they say I'm sorry Sir, you can't use your railcard when you buy tickets on the train (so I have to pay extra to the overpaid thieving scum).

[Joeman]

I'm sorry Sir, you can't use your railcard when you buy tickets on the train (so I have to pay extra to the overpaid thieving scum).

They've tried that on me, and i just told them i would buy my ticket from the "payments due" office at Cannon Street Station like i did last time my travel card expired and they were fine with that. Then the "payments due" office wont let you buy a travel card (only daily tickets) so you ask them to let you through the gate to get to the main ticket office. Great experiment in Social Engineering

[d000hg]

I think you should just be allowed to give people you don't agree with a good right hander. That would sort out the world.

Do you often offer strangers a "right hander"?

[Bunk]

Ah, he's from Polmont. Case closed

[VectraMan]

I never need a ticket on the return trip from Oxford. And when I take the slow train home, there's usually a number of people that get on in the villages that I'm sure use the train as a free service in and out of town. In reality, it'd cost more to pay ticket inspectors than they lose by letting people ride for free. I'm sure they wouldn't publicly admit it, but I'd bet that's the unofficial official policy.