So on Saturday I travelled from Bridgend to Cardiff Central via train at around 5:30am, and naturally the stations were deserted and no one was around collecting tickets. I know you get fined for avoiding fares so thought I'd just call them on Monday and pay up over the phone.
so I called them up and said what happened and if I could pay retrospectively - Lady on the GWR helpline said I couldn't pay for the ticket in the past, she asked if I had been fined so I said no but wanted to avoid that just in case. No can do.
Just sent them an email too with the same question. But just saw on my facebook feed that a lady was fined £600 for travelling between a substation in Cardiff without a ticket.
Chances of me being fined? It seems pretty extortionate to fine people £600 for being unable to pay their ticket, particularly when you try to pay for the ticket after and they don't want your money