A judge has quashed over 28,000 rail fare prosecutions by the region’s train operators Northern Rail and Transpennine Express
The ruling addresses the misuse of the Single Justice Procedure by the train Companies
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring quashed the convictions during a two-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court todayand followed a ruling in August that six ‘test cases’ of prosecutions for alleged fare evasion brought by train companies should be declared a ‘nullity’, when he added that others would be dealt with in the same way.
Both Companies issued a similar statement saying
‘Customers affected by the issues raised in court will be contacted directly by HM Courts and Tribunal Service. We are unable to respond to individual queries at this time.
