"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 06:57:21 on Sun, 25
Oct 2009, Buddenbrooks remarked:
It depends on whether travelling without a ticket is a civil or criminal
offence.

It's a criminal offence (modulo some exceptions where tickets weren't
available to buy at the station where you boarded).
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I am still googeling for any reference to an arrest for having no valid
ticket while on the wrong train.

However I did find a BR explanation of how a contract with them comes about
:#

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/reques...an_elderly_per

A ticket forms a 'contract' and the 'terms and conditions' printed
on it are part of that contract and are binding on both parties as
there has been 'consideration' by an exchange of money.

So BR terms and conditions do not apply as no contract has been made.

So we are back to either common law or statute law, which would be in
Hansard or Parliamentary Acts not T&Cs