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The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 1994

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Amount of a penalty fare

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5), the amount of any penalty fare which may be charged under regulation 4 is £10.00 or twice the amount of the full single fare applicable in the case, whichever is the greater.

(2) The full single fare applicable in the case of a person charged a penalty fare while travelling by, being present on or leaving a train, aving travelled on or having been present on a preceding train, is the full single fare in respect of a journey from the station (in this regulation referred to as “the first boarding station”), at which that person boarded the preceding train, to the next station at which the train by which he is travelling or on which he is present is scheduled to stop, or, where that person is leaving the train at a station, that station.

(3) The full single fare applicable in the case of a person, other than a person referred to in paragraph (2), charged a penalty fare while travelling by, being present on or leaving a train is the full single fare in respect of a journey from the station (in this regulation referred to as “the boarding station”), at which that person boarded the train, to the next station at which the train by which he is travelling or on which he is present is scheduled to stop, or, where that person is leaving the train at a station, that station.

(4) Where the first boarding station or, as the case may be, the boarding station is not known to the authorised collector, the full single fare applicable in the case of a person charged a penalty fare while travelling by, being present on or leaving a train is the full single fare in respect of a journey from the station at which the train last made a scheduled stop, to the next station at which the train by which he is travelling or on which he is present is scheduled to stop, or, where that person is leaving the train at a station, that station.

(5) The amount of any penalty fare which may be charged under regulation 4 to a person present in or leaving a compulsory ticket area, other than a person leaving a train, is £10.00.

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