Sam Williamson said he is being prosecuted by Government-owned operator Northern because he used a railcard at the wrong time
A train passenger fears receiving a criminal record and being fined hundreds of pounds over a £1.90 underpayment for rail travel. . Writing on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter , Mr Williamson stated that he used the Northern app to purchase a ticket from Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, to central Manchester last month.
On Tuesday he received 'a lovely letter from Northern Trains telling me about how they wanted to prosecute me', he wrote. He added: 'I've emailed the revenue protection team with all the info I can, so I hope this will work out OK. However, I'm understandably worried that an innocent mistake over a confusing and opaque rule that only saved me £1.90! will lead to a punishment of £100s and a criminal record.
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