APCOA managed camera monitored railway station parking session

KeithP

This sign confirms that Railway Byelaws apply...


[click on the image - it's a link to GSV]

Not sure that the mention of 'wheelclamp' is good.

Coupon-mad

All of this confirms that the keeper can't be held liable by a parking charge notice issued under contract law (by any private firm).

And as already stated, if there is a Council camera it can ONLY be used for car-counting purposes (traffic flow info) and the images can't be used for issuing PCNs.  Not allowed since 2015.

Fruitcake

It is infested by APCOA, as is the main station car park.

They are benign and a standard appeal template with a one liner added that APCOA never use PoFA compliant NTKs and it is not relevant land is all that is needed.

The parking contract begins when the vehicle is parked and payment made, not when the vehicle passes the ANPR scamera, no matter what the unregulated parking industry would have you believe.

theconquest

@Fruitcake - You are correct. It has APCOA infestation - https://www.apcoa.co.uk/parking-in/basingstoke/basingstoke-station/

Based on what you've commented:
"The parking contract begins when the vehicle is parked and payment made, not when the vehicle passes the ANPR scamera, no matter what the unregulated parking industry would have you believe."

I'm not even sure whether to pay for the parking to get into contract!

As the car park is fully managed by cameras, I wonder how would they issue PCRs?

fisherjim

theconquest said:

@Fruitcake - You are correct. It has APCOA infestation - https://www.apcoa.co.uk/parking-in/basingstoke/basingstoke-station/

Based on what you've commented:
"The parking contract begins when the vehicle is parked and payment made, not when the vehicle passes the ANPR scamera, no matter what the unregulated parking industry would have you believe."

I'm not even sure whether to pay for the parking to get into contract!

As the car park is fully managed by cameras, I wonder how would they issue PCRs?

I'm unsure what your problem is, you haven't got a PCN from APCOA what are you trying to achieve?

theconquest

theconquest said:

Dear parking vigilantis,

I am a bit curious about a parking situation where:

The parking lot is a council managed area close to a railway station. The ticket can only be purchased via Ringo app and the parking session is automatically managed by cameras.

Full day parking charge is: £9.50

Half day parking from 1PM is: £3.50

It has 20 mins free parking.

If I enter the parking lot at 12:48AM, am I in breach of contract if I start my parking session at 1:00PM?

Many thanks,

@fisherjim - Original query above.

KeithP

Thanks for reminding us that this is 'a council managed area close to a railway station'.

You subsequently asserted...

The car park in question is Basingstoke Station - North Yard car park. 

...has thrown us off track.

The North Yard car park is APCOA managed.

Which car park did you use?

theconquest

@KeithP - Silly of me to assume it was council managed car park.

I can confirm it is the Basingstoke Station - APCOA managed North Yard car park that I used!

Coupon-mad

Nothing to worry about then.  Search for & read ANY APCOA thread.  Show me any poster who has lost at POPLA with our advice?!

There is nothing more to say - if you get a PCN by post it's an easy one to defeat.

Fruitcake

You should be able to edit posts and thread titles so it would help if you would amend this thread title and remove any reference to council car parks from your posts. That way other posters won't be confused into thinking this car park is council operated and end up going down the wrong appeal route.