Recent content by hungover

Thanks for the reply, but nah,as of Tuesday, if I try to do to tappy tap tap, it asks me to put the card in. If I put the card in, it rejects the card. Again, only TfL will accept it. In the meantime, I am, since Tuesday, using the copy of the card that I uploaded to my Google Wallet on my phone...

The time that my account was pennies over my overdraft limit I have no idea if I went over my limit late at night or the early hours of the morning, either way, my card was not "blocked" (as in not valid). Admittedly this kind of stuff is above my pay grade, but I don't see how TfL could know in...

On Tuesday my Barclays debit card developed a fault. It wouldn't work either contactless or via chip and pin insert. Bizarrely it still works via contactless on tubes and buses. I have ordered a new card and uploaded the existing card to my phone so that I can still buy stuff when out and about...

Hi all I was on a single decker bus in west london this morning. The bus successfully managed to pick up passengers at the first 3 stops, however at the 4th stop, after the doors closed the bus refused to move. The driver restarted it twice but still no joy. I noticed that the hatch above...

I was in a pub in Ealing Broadway yesterday evening and people were talking about the woman who had been issued a £80 Fixed Penalty Notice for pouring her coffee down a drain. A fellow in the pub mentioned that he had recently got on a bus at Ealing Broadway to go and pick his son up from...

********** Blushes ************* Yes you are correct. I had incorrectly assumed that it was 7AM rather than 6.30AM. My apologies to TFL, and for wasting everyone else's time.

Was there a peak and off peak system when purchasing single journey paper tickets? Had i travelled via a route that didn't require out of station interchanges the correct fare would have been applied. I don't understand why the system is unable to charge the correct fare. It strikes me as...

Hi all I currently have a zone 3-5 travelcard. Yesterday I had to travel to zone 2. Although I entered Ruislip Gardens station off peak (6.45 AM), my interchange (at White City/Wood Lane) was approx 07.10 AM. When I got to Hammersmith (H&C) I was charged £1.70 for the single zone...

Thanks, just wondered, not something that I had noticed before, regards

Hi all. At 19.10 this evening I was on the eastbound central line platform at Notting hill station. The train on the platform was terminating at White city. As it pulled out of the station, I could see the next train, to North Acton, sitting in the tunnel, it only seemed to between 30 and 50...

You are legally obliged to provide them with your name and address. Failure to do so is an offence. Providing false information is an offence. They are not legally entitled to ask you for ID, but in the majority of cases they will ask, doing so reduces the need to phone through and ask for a...

And if it wasn't a fiver, but a letter or a receipt or a tissue? I think that you can see where I am going with this one. These rackets know that Joe Public will do a quick Google and discover that if they go to court and lose (because they can't afford legal representation) they will end...

I do not have an issue with local authorities employing staff (directly) to enforce bylaws. Litter is a problem that needs to be addressed. However that approach needs to be co-ordinated. Provide bins, educate the public, those that refuse to comply? Fine them. We are talking about for profit...

Watching the "officers" at EB yesterday, they completely ignored two massive guys that dropped their fags as they walked off. Moments later the officers collared a timid short female who dropped a filter-less roll up To be fair, all three of the parties had littered but as a (recent) non...

I am not defending littering. Apropos acceptability, do you realise that if a fiver falls out of your pocket whilst you are walking along you have littered (assuming that you hadn't noticed and continued walking, thereby leaving it)? DEFRA suggest that environment protection officers give...