Tyne Tunnel — TT2 unpaid toll appeal grounds

Tyne Tunnel is operated by TT2 Ltd as a Road User Charging Scheme. Unpaid Toll Charge Notices (UTCNs) issue to the registered keeper. A UTCN is a civil charge from the tunnel operator (TT2) — not a council Penalty Charge Notice — so you challenge it through TT2's own appeals process (an unpaid UTCN escalates as a civil debt via a collection agency, not through a parking tribunal). Common challenge grounds: payment was made (top-up, account, app), wrong plate captured, vehicle was exempt class (motorcycle), keeper had transferred ownership.

Legal basis

Tyne Tunnels Act 1998; the River Tyne (Tunnels) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2222), made under sections 3 and 5 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 and section 4 of the Tyne Tunnels Act 1998; the current toll order, the River Tyne (Tunnels) (Revision of Tolls) Order 2026 (SI 2026/403); Transport Act 2000 ss.163-177; Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783); appeals to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal

How to identify this in your case

Check payment evidence (TT2 account ledger, app screenshot, card statement). Compare plate in UTCN photo to vehicle. Check exempt class on TT2 published categories. Check V5C transfer date.

Sample appeal wording

Before you send this

Deadline. A late submission can be turned down without your argument being read. Check your notice for the deadline and how it is counted.
Paying may end it. Paying can count as accepting the notice and can close a challenge already under way. Part-paying or acknowledging an old debt can also revive a time limit that had expired.
The amount can change. Check what happens to the sum if you challenge — it may be held, re-offered lower, or keep rising, and fees or enforcement can continue meanwhile.
Use the official route. Use the method, recipient and form your notice specifies, with any reference, evidence and signature it asks for. Sent elsewhere, it may not count.
Only say what is true. Do not copy any statement of fact unless it is true for you, and check the legal point still applies. Delete what does not fit. It may be treated as your statement.
Careful what you volunteer. Avoid unnecessary admissions — naming the driver or accepting responsibility can remove arguments. But answer anything you are legally required to answer, and do include the evidence your ground needs.
Keep the record. Keep what you sent, the attachments, any receipt, and the reply. Note the next deadline.

Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.

Dear Sir/Madam (TT2 Customer Services), Re: UTCN [NUMBER] — Tyne Tunnel — Crossing [DATE] I challenge this Unpaid Toll Charge Notice on the following ground[s]: [Select applicable] 1. Payment was made on time. £[AMOUNT] paid via [TT2 account/app/card] on [DATE/TIME], reference [REF]. Statement attached. 2. The plate captured is not my plate. The notice photograph reads [X]; my plate is [Y]. ANPR misread. 3. My vehicle is a motorcycle, exempt under the tolling scheme. 4. I was not the registered keeper on [DATE]. V5C transfer attached. The crossing is tolled under the River Tyne (Tunnels) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2222), with the tolls currently set by the River Tyne (Tunnels) (Revision of Tolls) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/403), and enforced under the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1783). On the ground[s] above no contravention occurred. Please cancel this notice. If rejected I will appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. Yours faithfully, [NAME]

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Sources

TT2 — Tyne Tunnels operator
Tyne Tunnels Act 1998
The River Tyne (Tunnels) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2222)
The River Tyne (Tunnels) (Revision of Tolls) Order 2026 (SI 2026/403)
Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1783)
Traffic Penalty Tribunal