Recent content by becon-t

Not possible. The blocked list is updated every night. So if your card is blocked it would not have been able to be used from first thing today. When touching the reader the light would have gone red, beeped twice and the display read contact tfl. The unblocked list is updated regularly, this...

On my bus times app, for my local bus stop which serves route 8 and N8 which runs the new bus for London, it is saying from the 9th August "you will be required to board through the front door only validating Oyster on the rear next to the driver". Has anyone seen this for other routes? I've not...

No lol. Yes I am older but already work in the industry and I'm perfectly happy with my current role, but I've had a suspicion that they choose younger people for certain roles which this FOI seems to collaborate. The whole older people aren't as good at tests etc doesn't hold water with me.

Please you can't be serious. Younger people better educated and educational standards have improved over the last 15 years! What utter rubbish.

Well they are saying that the 16-30 age group that made up 35% of the ages applied got 53% of the jobs, and that if you applied later in the campaign you had a much lower chance of being successful, I think the differences they are highlighting do seem to be significant.

Whilst looking for an FOI request came across this. It does seem to prove from their own data? https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/last_full_time_train_operator_ca#outgoing-727969

But The Trainline's app is one of the best apps out there, I use all the time, simple and easy to use and purchase a ticket, well worth an extra 50p compared to navigating train companies dreadful complicated sites.

I'm interested to know where was the OP's railcard. Surely you would just put the ticket with your railcard in your wallet?!!! Why do anything else?

An RPI can see when and where a contactless card was last touched in. That's it. But that's all they need to know in keep st circumstances.

Well if this is the standard of new staff.........Typical of "me" culture, cannot and will not understand that rules are there for a purpose. Then starts a tantrum because they have made a mistake and cannot comprehend they have done anything wrong......