Re: Ticket barriers and the law

Jonathan Morton wrote:
> "Charlie Hulme" <info@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:MSBik.20188$Eo3.1604@newsfe14.ams2...
>> strowger@ls12.net wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'd be interested to hear peoples' thoughts on the following. Would be
>>> particularly interesting if anyone has any example cases they can cite!.
>>>
>>> What offence is committed by someone *in possession of a valid ticket*
>>> who jumps over or otherwise avoids an automated barrier at a railway
>>> (not tube) station?
>>>
>> Behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace?
>
> Ah, that beloved standby - "we can't think of any valid reason for this to
> be unlawful, but we are sure it should be".
>

That's right!

But to be serious, it is a breach the by-laws not to
show your ticket when requested - so a court would have
to decide whether a machine can constitute a 'request.'

There have been many occasions where people have been
obliged to climb over walls etc. to get into or out of
stations when staff have not arrived on time or left
early. I myself struggled to climb over the gate at
Davenport one morning in the days when the station was
supposed to be fully staffed and thus was locked at night.

Charlie
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