Remember a couple of weeks ago, when we reported South West Trains were being spoilsports and not allowing Oyster customers to use PAYG? Weeeeell… TfL “sources” claim SWT have decided to join the party. With too many other things to concentrate on (like battling the …
Image by Redvers under theCreative Commons licence Oh frabjous day! After having been talked about for, oh, ever, the Standard says Boris is about to announce that Oyster cards and pay as you go will finally be arriving across the entire rail network by the …
Boris may have dumped Oyster operator TranSys last month, but back in November they and TfL were playing nice and managed to put together an Oyster phone trial. The “Oyster Wallet”, a pimped-out Nokia handset that could be used to pay for tube journeys and …
You wait ages for a story about Transport for London (TfL), and then loads come along at once. After the earth-shattering news that TfL staff sometimes use taxis (*clutch at pearls*), and heaps of other problems, today they lost a case in court as a …
Thames Water chase quick buck with luxury flats over super sewer Penny pinching Boris takes early break from Transys, the original Oyster operators, to find cheaper alternative Stop and search at Climate Camp causes consternation The Evening Standard unreservedly apologises to Prince Phillip over prostate …
For the second time in a fortnight, a major fault has crippled the Oyster system. A “technical problem” is currently afflicting Pay As You Go cards on the Tube, say TfL, who have wisely decided to leave all Underground station barriers open until the problem …
Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been shivering at a summer garden party: Last cat standing: Blackjack, the last of 186 stray moggies at the Olympic site, is rescued by the Celia Hammond Trust. It’s really not OK to run people over, no …
Oyster cards will soon be accepted on all mainline trains, or at least they will if Boris gets his way. This first steps were taken yesterday when the mayor signed an agreement with First Great Western, who will implement Oyster on all of their London …
The BBC have been busy analysing the Mayoral marketing campaigns, slogans and dress sense. S’pose tomorrow it will be diet and diction. St-Martins-in-the-Fields-in-the-middle-of-the-city has reopened following its refurbishment. Statue round-up: whilst plans are already afoot for a memorial to London’s wartime evacuees, the RAF are …
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