74,000 rail fines ‘could have been unlawful’ - full list of UK train companies affected

Conductor checks people's tickets (file picture) (Image: Getty) Last week, the chief magistrate for England and Wales ruled that prosecutions by rail companies against a British woman and five others were "unlawful" and declared them void. Sarah Cook told the BBC that she was threatened with a £500 fine and "jail time" after being caught in a storm over a £2 ticket. She explained that, in 2022, she boarded a train to Barnsley after being unable to buy a ticket at her departing destination or on the train.

She was fined £20 by British Transport Police, which she appealed. "The fine I appealed cause it was £20 which seemed a lot for a couple-of-pound journey and I never heard anything back", she told the BBC . function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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