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Myparkingcharge. Parking on Railway Car Park

notakid
notakid Posts: 10,362 Forumite
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edited 5 February 2019 at 5:57PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Hello
I have read the stickies but i am a little confused

Today the driver parked in my local free train Car Park in a space big enough for the car but not designated as a car space when the driver returned they had a paper My Parking Charge notice left on the car. I dont think its indigo. It looks like as normal my parking charge paper ticket that other people have posted

I understand the rules are different as it is the railway car Park. And the car was parked incorrectly as it wasn't a proper car parking space.

Is it worth protesting the charge? Or should I just pay?

I will wait for the ticket in the post anyway and won't log in to the website.

Many thanks In advance
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  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    edit your post above, the DRIVER has done blah blah on the day


    NEVER admit to liability, so again, edit your post


    wait for an NTK in the post, then appeal as keeper, same as INDIGO and APCOA railway tickets


    no blabbing about who was driving, only a FOOL does that
  • notakid
    notakid Posts: 10,362 Forumite
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    Thank you x. Have done so .
    But if ever I stray from the path I follow
    Take me down to the English Channel
    Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
    'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
    Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    You should win at POPLA providing you don't blab as to who was driving.

    Railway land isn't relevant land in order to transfer liability to the registered keeper. If you read other POPLA appeals and put in not relevant land you will win.
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    unfortunately this is a MY PARKING CHARGE ticket which is VCS usually (or possibly EXCEL) so there will be NO POPLA available, but the 6 month timeout will apply, so slowly slowly, go for a timeout
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 41,323 Forumite
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    With a 'myparkingcharge' ticket on the windscreen, this sounds like a VCS or Excel charge, for which POPLA won't be available.

    But let's see who it is when the NtK arrives in a few days time.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • twhitehousescat
    twhitehousescat Posts: 5,368 Forumite
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    notakid wrote: »
    Hello
    I have read the stickies but i am a little confused

    Today the driver parked in my local free train Car Park in a space big enough for the car but not designated as a car space when the driver returned they had a paper My Parking Charge notice left on the car. I dont think its indigo. It looks like as normal my parking charge paper ticket that other people have posted

    I understand the rules are different as it is the railway car Park. And the car was parked incorrectly as it wasn't a proper car parking space.

    Is it worth protesting the charge? Or should I just pay?

    I will wait for the ticket in the post anyway and won't log in to the website.

    Many thanks In advance

    is the piece of paper a "card" with "this is not a parking ticket" and a code on it asking you to log onto a website

    clarification needed before more help given
  • Fruitcake
    Fruitcake Posts: 58,219 Forumite
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    Please confirm that this is a car park belonging to a railway station. In other words owned by the train company or Network Rail, and not someone else's car park next to a station.

    If it's part of the railway it will be covered by railway byelaws, but we need you to confirm this please.
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  • notakid
    notakid Posts: 10,362 Forumite
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    twhitehousescat wrote: »
    is the piece of paper a "card" with "this is not a parking ticket" and a code on it asking you to log onto a website

    clarification needed before more help given

    It is a card with a code asking to log into a website

    I'm sure the parking belongs to the railway. However it's a small station which has never charged for parking .
    But if ever I stray from the path I follow
    Take me down to the English Channel
    Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
    'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
    Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more
  • notakid
    notakid Posts: 10,362 Forumite
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    I checked this morning the railway bylaws do apply to the car park
    But if ever I stray from the path I follow
    Take me down to the English Channel
    Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
    'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
    Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more
  • twhitehousescat
    twhitehousescat Posts: 5,368 Forumite
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