Today I was on the train with one of my younger mates, he is 17. We were going a few stops down and he had yet to buy his ticket. A ‘conductor’ came down asking for tickets, I showed mine and he moved on to my friend, my friend being very skint and wanting a cheaper ticket asked for a child, when challenged by the conductor it was obvious he was over 15. This was when the conductor decided to tell us that he was a revenue inspector (not exactly sure if thats what he said). My friend opened his wallet to get money to pay out and the inspector spotted a child ticket my friend had used earlier that day, the inspector then proceeded to tell him that this was fraudulently using a train ticket and he would be receiving a letter shortly (having just given the inspector his details) telling him what was going to happen.
I was wondering what he would get for this? A penalty fare notice? The fact that he said it was fraudulent use of a train ticket made me think that maybe he could be receiving a worse punishment. My friend is rather worried so I said i’d try and find out more.
Cheers.
