Real-life MMD: Should I claim for train delay?

Prothet_of_Doom

Claim. Give the money to a mental health charity or the sammaritains

DigForVictory

+1 for claim. As some of your taxes will be handed to the rail company unless you take steps to redirect it. If you feel really uncomfortable about this, may I suggest the donation goes to the Samaritans?

Augustus_the_Strong

A nice moral question. But you are not really profiting from someone else's misfortune, but rather from some rules that stop the train companies ripping us off even more than they already do and lining the pockets of their shareholders.

I'd say, claim the £10, and if it would ease your feelings, give it to charity.

quidsy

I was told (take with pinch of salt) that the train company get money back from the goverment to cover these claims. Does anyone know if this is true?

Treecat

I don't know if it's the same with all operators but in my experience (crosscountry trains) you don't actually get cash back anyway. You get travel vouchers to use next time you have to get on their filthy, overcrowded trains. So to me there is no dilemma - claim it.

magentalady

If this was about a month ago then I think I was also affected by the same incident, and I claimed my refund. In my case the train was also further delayed later on in my journey, and a trip which would normally have taken about 4.5 hours ended up taking closer to 8. After spending pretty much my entire Sunday on the train, I don't feel in the slightest bit guilty for receiving some compensation from the train company which will reduce the cost of my next journey with them (especially not when train prices are so expensive to begin with).

The compensation arrives in the form of National Rail travel vouchers, so the 'money' goes back to the train companies anyway.

MR777

Depends on your own viewpoint and the circumstances I guess. Whilst the money is there to be legitimately claimed you may feel it is morally wrong to do so as someone got injured or killed. But what if the 'accident' was due to someone foolishly and selfishly jumping a closed level crossing barrier for example? I'm not sure my moral compass would be flickering too much in such a case.

rachiibell

Another one for claim it!!

Winter_Phoenix

If claiming the money will worry you and give you sleepless nights, then don't do it.

Otherwise, go for it.

Only you know which is the better decision for YOU!

epm-84

The train operator you travelled with will get compensation off Network Rail, who are part funded by the tax payer. If you don't claim compensation you're entitled to off the train operator then the money you're entitled to will just go towards the profits of the rail operators.