Author Topic: Not Parking Wholly in a Bay in Port Talbot Train station with ticket issued by APCOA  (Read 370 times)

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This car had a parking ticket placed on it after parking at Port Talbot Train Station and not parking wholly in a bay.  The car park was congested and others had parked in a line which this car was then parked alongside with the driver not realising that it was out of a bay and certainly not blocking anywhere.  They purchased a ticket for the full stay using the mobile app.  They returned to car and found a ticket very much mimicking a council issued pcn.   

Here are the pictures.

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Would any of you legends be able to suggest the next steps.

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Railway land is now ‘relevant land’ for the purposes of PoFA 2012 (the ticket is dated 27 January I think), so that defence can no longer be used. It is the experience here that APCOA doesn’t “do” court, so this is the one case when you can choose to ignore - obviously come back if they change their tactics.
Otherwise, do you have any defence, there not being sufficient room to park simply means you need to park somewhere else?

The only defence is the driver parked where he thought was a bay, paid for the full cost of parking and boarded a train.  The signs are ridiculously small as per the photograph but im sure they must meet standards.  If there is no legitimate defence then should i suggest the driver pays the £50?

I am conscious that the driver would have to pay the £50 before midnight tonight if there is no suitable defence.  Is that the best course of action?