Moment influencer confronts ticket inspector who says his ticket isn't valid and threatens him with a £154 fine - so, who do YOU think is in the right?
- Jack Taylor was travelling from Newcastle to London and got charged extra
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A man has filmed an interaction with a ticket officer after being charged more money for getting on the wrong train.
Jack Taylor was travelling from Newcastle to London and decided to hop on an earlier train than the time listed on his ticket.
He paid a whopping £100 for the three-hour journey down south but was shocked when he was pulled up by an inspector.
Just 30 minutes into his trip, Jack was told that he had to pay £154 for a brand new ticket to continue his journey to the capital city.
The man, who is believed to work for LNER, said: '£154 please and 15 pence.'
Jack Taylor was travelling from Newcastle to London and decided to hop on an earlier train that was listed on his ticket
A rather shocked Jack then said '£50?' before being corrected by the man who said the total was '£154 sir'.
The content creator, who has 265,000 followers on TikTok then said: 'Oh it's too much money, I can't pay.'
The ticket officer then said: 'It's not negotiable sir, we need to see your ticket again please sir. You've got a few options.
'You get off at Darlington, I charge you to Darlington and if you get in any other train my colleagues will know about it and that's a different conversation.
'Option two, £154 please and you can stay on this train and get to London.'
Jack then said he didn't have the money to splash out on another ticket, so he was charged an additional £9.40 to get off at Darlington.
He asked the man: 'Do you feel mean doing this?' To which he responded: 'No sir. Everyone else on this train has paid the exact same price. You bought the ticket. Have a good journey sir.'
A rather unimpressed Jack then posed with his issued ticket to the camera before filming himself getting off at Darlington.
Jack got charged an additional £9.40 to get off at Darlington by a ticket officer
This situation caused a debate in the comments, with some people defending Jack and others were on the officer's side
'Well I'm having to disembark the train and wait here for an hour-and-a-half. What do I do with all of my time here?
'I'm going to have to start a small bonfire,' he joked.
This situation caused a debate in the comments, with some people defending Jack and others were on the officer's side.
One wrote: 'Ticket inspectors were definitely the kids that reminded the teachers they'd set homework just as everyone was leaving.'
Another said: 'Getting penalised for getting an earlier train is insane.'
A third penned: 'I've never seen ticket inspectors crack down harder than those on LNER, they are the harshest by a country mile.'
A fourth commented: 'Advance tickets are like plane tickets, you're locked into your booked time you chose. You can't get on an earlier/later flight at an airport [and] can't do the same [with] a train.'
An LNER spokesperson said: 'We always encourage customers to ensure they have a valid ticket for the service they are travelling on, particularly if their ticket is booked for a specific train.
'Our station teams, Train Managers and Revenue Protection colleagues are available to provide advice prior to departure in the event a customer has a query about their ticket.'
