hi, i thought i'd let you know that i got a letter back saying they would accept £61 as an out of court settlement. Whilst im still bitter about the experience , i wanted to thank you all for your feedback. AZ

Thanks all for the feedback, i'll give it a go and see what happens. I still feel aggrieved of being accused of being a faredodger...especially as i just bought an annual pass 2 days back.

dx100uk, thanks for the prompt reply. whats the typical out of court settlement amount. whilst as they say I didnt have a ticket for the journey, I didnt intended to fare dodge. Just wasnt aware which stations have contactless.

Hello, I'm looking for some help regarding a letter I received from Thameslink regarding intention to prosecute. Background to incident. I work in London and buy a monthly season ticket from my Home station, New Malden to London Waterloo. On 18 Sept, the company i work for had a business contingency day and i was instructed to work from our contingency site (i got a call the night before). the contingency site is in Bookham (surrey). So on the 18th Sept I traveled to Bookham by train and tapped in at New Malden to pay by contactless debit card. When I reached Bookham there was a revenue inspector there who informed me that Bookham was not an oyster station. I did try to tap out at Bookham where my debit card didnt work, at which point the revenue inspector took me to one side to explain contact less not support here and took down all my details. I showed the inspector my ticket from New Malden to Waterloo and tried to explain i wasnt fare dodging and had attemted to pay and that i wasnt aware that contact less didnt extend to Bookham. Yesterday, I received a letter from Thameslink, stating that they intended to take the case to the magistrates court and want me to respond with what happened from my point of view. Any advice what i should do? and how serious is this, is it likely to result in a criminal record. Since then I've stopped using contactless, to get out out of the habit if tapping in / out. Feels like a trap. PS, the inspector didnt dispute that i had tried to pay with my contactless debit card, and after i had given all my details mentioned that i would get charged by TFL (whatever the maximum daily fare was) because i hadn't tapped out. Regards, A Zaman