If there are going to be no compulsory redundancies how do we know the figure of job losses will be 750? If nobody takes redundancy then doesn't that leave the figure at 0? Am I missing something here?
People will retire, people will want to move on to new non-TfL jobs, that sort of thing. What TfL are saying, effectively, is that they won't try to replace the first 750 members of staff who decide to leave. (Obviously I'm simplifying things a bit there; whether or not a staff member is replaced would, I expect, depend on their role to a large extent.)
The compo vouchers issued for tube delays are currently only redeemable at ticket offices
Not that this changes the value of your point much, but for what it's worth, the vouchers can be used at National Rail stations too to pay for any ticket that includes tube travel.
I'm sure I've heard of newsagents adding Railcards - along with a handful or NR stations.
There is a mention somewhere on TfL's Oyster help pages that supposedly newsagents can add railcards. However, I tried it once and didn't have much luck.
Appropriately trained staff can already do many Oyster functions on the Poms (LU TVMs), including adding of Railcard discounts, and have been able to do so since 2011.
Now this is interesting. Does that mean that if I turned up at my nearest tube station when the ticket office is closed, and asked for a railcard discount to be added to my Oyster, a member of staff should oblige me and do it for me on the TVM? Or would that member of staff be most likely to tell me to go away and come back when the ticket office is open?