other indigo parking solutions

[davethecabbie]

i was dropping off a fare at my local railway station and decided to use the station toilet when i was approached by a person wagging his finger. i asked what the problem was he replied

 

"you cant park there"

"why"

"because you work for ******* cab company and they are not allowed here"

 

this all dates back to a grievance with the previous company METEOR and now Indigo have taken over.

 

I said i was only going in to use the toilet and he said he would give me a ticket.

i just said carry on and went into the station.

 

When i got back outside i was a bit shocked to see a PENALTY charge notice on the car as opposed to a PARKING charge notice which Meteor used to issue and have ignored in the past.

 

This all took place on the station forecourt and not the car park which are both on private land.

 

the question is can ppc's issue penalty charge notices on private land or are they trying to pull a fast one by changing the name.

[honeybee13]

That's interesting. Can we see a redacted version of the ticket please?

 

HB

[DragonFly1967]

If it's a PENALTY charge rather than a Parking Charge, then it'll be issued under the byelaws (14 I believe) for that site. If you can give us the name of the station concerned, I for one would be happy to see what I can find for you.

[davethecabbie]

This happened at Rainham station in Kent.

 

I forgot to mention that the breach of code he stated was that i stopped on double yellow lines and not his initial response of "your not allowed here" so at the time i didnt take much notice of the lines.

 

even so are they allowed to issue penalties for this on private land,

 

he was only a bod in a hi viz vest not a PCSO or traffic warden.

 

Could someone please tell me how to upload the ticket.

[honeybee13]

Could someone please tell me how to upload the ticket.

 

Click on the word upload, Dave, and it takes you to another page with instructions.

 

HB

[ericsbrother]

commonly the train operators and their gophers like to pretend that they are using Byelaw14 when all they want is some money.

 

Fines dont go to the railway co.

If you area taxi it should be Byelaw 15 anyway.

 

Indigo have lost a court claim over railway parking

so I would like to think that they would consider their actions carefully

 

but that means sending you lots of silly letters and then stopping short of suing ( they lose)

or passing it on to the TOC for prosecution.

 

Using the toilet may be enough to kill a byelaw 15 claim as it isnt about touting for business

[ericsbrother]

sorry, that should be byelaw 13 for taxis, 15 is for pedestrians. Taxis are usually accused of loitering rather than parking.