Tube, Tram and Metro Station Car Parks. No Keeper Liability

For parking charges issued at a car park on one of four transport networks: London Underground, London Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line and Croydon Tramlink (Transport for London and Tramlink land); Tyne and Wear Metro (Nexus land); and Nottingham Express Transit, including its Park and Ride sites. Parking on all four is regulated by byelaws that impose both criminal and civil liability, so the land is not "relevant land" and the operator cannot transfer liability from the driver to the registered keeper. Quotes the applicable byelaws by number, and answers both December 2025 Orders head on: SI 2025/1256, which put National Rail station car parks back inside keeper liability, reaches only the Strategic Rail Authority byelaws, and SI 2025/1258, which removed the parking charge liability from those byelaws, amends only those same byelaws. Neither touches the byelaws applying here. Secondary ground: no valid contract formed. Tertiary ground: no landowner authority proved. Not for National Rail stations, and it defeats keeper liability only, not a claim against an identified driver.

£15

TfL, CROYDON TRAMLINK, TYNE AND WEAR METRO AND NOTTINGHAM TRAM LAND ONLY.

For charges issued in a car park at:

• a London Underground, London Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line or Croydon

Tramlink station, on land belonging to Transport for London or its

subsidiaries;

• a Tyne and Wear Metro station, on land belonging to Tyne and Wear

Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus); or

• a Nottingham Express Transit tram stop or Park and Ride site.

NOT for National Rail station car parks. The law changed on 26 December 2025

and keeper liability now applies there. Use the standard private parking

letters instead.

NOT for council PCNs (TMA 2004) • NOT for TfL road penalties such as ULEZ,

Congestion Charge, red routes or bus lanes • NOT for Police notices.

CHECK THIS FIRST. This letter only works if the car park is genuinely land

belonging to one of those four networks. Some car parks beside a station or

tram stop belong to a council, a developer, or a private landowner instead.

Look for byelaws displayed on site, or wording on the signs naming Transport

for London, Nexus or NET, and keep a photograph of what you find.

WHAT THIS LETTER DOES AND DOES NOT DO. It argues that the operator cannot

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