Indigo railway parking notice

ok , I expect they will falter when you demand a POPLa code

this is the latest rubbish from Indigo

"Thank you for your email.

I can see that in this instance, the charge was issued for a breach of the advertised terms and conditions by on privately owned Railway land. Charges issued on Railway land are referred to as Penalty Charge Notices because they will have been issued under railway Byelaws as well. Whilst I am sorry to learn if you were unhappy with the outcome of the appeal, it is not something I can address. The BPA has no authority to intervene in the appeals process.

As the charge has been issued on railway land, then please be be advised that the BPA has temporarily removed the requirement for our members to provide a POPLA verification Code when an appeal is rejected. This is due to complaints being made that POPLA are not able to oversee appeals made where railway Byelaws are concerned. Until a solution is found, if a motorist remains unhappy following an appeal’s rejection, they can appeal further via a Magistrates Court; our Code from which you have quoted does not reflect this at the moment as the decision is temporary. Unfortunately, as we cannot advise you how long the requirement will remain lifted, you will now need to use the Magistrate’s Court to appeal further.

The British Parking Association (BPA) has campaigned at length for clarity on the clauses in Railway Byelaws pertaining to parking to be improved, and the Government committed at a meeting in January to provide clarification but due to various circumstances, some beyond their control, this has not been forthcoming. In the meantime we will continue to work with Government to achieve a resolution to Railway Byelaws Clauses.

Please also be aware that when a charge remains unpaid, then in due course it will be escalated to debt recovery. This is standard procedure. The cost of the charge can increase as the debt collection agency add on their costs. With that in mind, I would suggest that you now either pay the charges, or seek legal advice to contest it via Magistrates court.




I hope this information is of use."



note the words "seek legal advice to contest it via Magistrates court.


you have sought legal help , and now you will await the TRAIN OPERATING COMPANYs invatation to contest it via Magistrates court

they will have to start court action (in order for you to contest) within 6 mths of the incident

basically , as indigo cannot assist anymore , no point in dealing with them

"date of the alleged parking incident", I favour.

But seeing as the POFA cannot apply on this land, they were OK to send the first letter after 75 days purely because they didn't have to try to follow POFA deadlines or wording. It's irrelevant when they've described this as a 'byelaws penalty'.

What I mean is, you can't say the NTK was served too late, because it wasn't.

There is no applicable NTK deadline and no regulation at all of these fake penalties at railways.