Submitted on Friday 4th November 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 9th November 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
No to Penalty fares and yes to good customer services on Britain's railways.
Train users are being treated as guilty until proven innocent by fare enforcement officers and sometimes fine people even when it is not possible to buy a ticket before boarding. Passengers who are willing to buy a ticket on the train they should be able to buy tickets on the train.
Here are links to news article about this issue.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31149024
https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2015/feb/07/rail-fares-guilty-innocent-train-companies
If you agree that travelers who are willing to buy tickets should be able to buy tickets on the train please sign the petition ans share it around
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition calling on the Government to require train companies, as part of their franchise agreements, to allow passengers to buy tickets on trains.
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