Teenager fined £129 after sitting in 'wrong first class' of 'very full' train
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA teenager was left flabbergasted when he was fined more than £100 for sitting in the 'wrong first class' of a Thameslink train.
Theo Griffiths, 19, from Boston, Lincolnshire, was hit with a penalty fare of £129.50 while travelling on a train to London Kings Cross after sitting at the front of the train.
He had a standard ticket, but assumed he could use first-class seating on the ‘very full’ train, after messages that the first class area may be used if the train is busy.
However, Thameslink policy is that the rule only applies to the first-class carriages in the rear of the train and not the front.
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