由于滥用法律程序,英国铁路公司对逃车的起诉无效。 UK rail company prosecutions for fare evasion are nullified due to legal procedure misuse.

Paul Goldspring首席法官宣布北方铁路公司、TransPennine快车公司和大西部铁路公司提起的500多起铁路逃车案无效。 More than 500 rail fare evasion cases brought by Northern Rail, TransPennine Express, and Great Western Railway have been declared null and void by Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring. 这些案件是使用1889年《铁路管理法》不允许的单一司法程序(SJP)起诉的。 The cases were prosecuted using the single justice procedure (SJP), which is not allowed under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889. 北方铁路暂时中止了某些起诉,并正在审查其执行罚单的办法。 Northern Rail has temporarily suspended certain prosecutions and is reviewing its ticketing enforcement approach.