Post by timelesstable on Sept 1, 2015 13:55:20 GMT 1
Bus passenger handed £1,300 fine on £2 journey – because National Express back-dated charges for 2 years
Outraged Colette Southern was slapped with the enormous fare on a route in Wolverhampton – but claims she hasn't used public transport for a year
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A bus passenger was slapped with a staggering £1,300 fine after travelling on a bus route which charges £2.20 for a single journey.
Outraged Colette Southern, 25, was handed the fine after she was found travelling on the journey with an expired £14-a-week pass.
National Express claim the fine was so hefty because of back-dated charges – the pass expired two years ago.
But Colette, from Wolverhampton, claims she hasn't used public transport for a year and had to get the bus because a colleague who normally gives her a lift was off work.
An on-the-spot fine for not having paid the correct fare on a National Express service is £35 – but Colette was told to pay £460 upfront.
Outraged Colette Southern was slapped with the enormous fare on a route in Wolverhampton – but claims she hasn't used public transport for a year
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bus-passenger-handed-1300-fine-6347165?ICID=FB_mirror_main
A bus passenger was slapped with a staggering £1,300 fine after travelling on a bus route which charges £2.20 for a single journey.
Outraged Colette Southern, 25, was handed the fine after she was found travelling on the journey with an expired £14-a-week pass.
National Express claim the fine was so hefty because of back-dated charges – the pass expired two years ago.
But Colette, from Wolverhampton, claims she hasn't used public transport for a year and had to get the bus because a colleague who normally gives her a lift was off work.
An on-the-spot fine for not having paid the correct fare on a National Express service is £35 – but Colette was told to pay £460 upfront.
