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(of the Gatwick Express) I suppose if they are desperate, they could always resume the practice of "fibbing" and at Gatwick station showing non-Gatwick Express Victoria-bound trains as terminating at "Clapham Junction" and/or charge people the GatEx fare regardless of which train they catch.

Thanks for the replies and opinions. I would never expect the driver to get involved in "forcing" a passenger off. But I do think the bus shouldn't move until the space is clear. If this was a general policy then buggy users would know there's no point in refusing to move. It does feel like...

I was with my paralysed 83-year old mother who is in a wheelchair hoping to board TfL's SL5 service. When it arrived, the driver got off the bus and said he couldn't take my mother because there was a pushchair in the wheelchair space. I asked him to ask the person to move, the space is coloured...

Some years ago I remember Croydon trams would display conventional L-plates when drivers were training.

I tried to buy a TfL Annual Bus and Tram pass for cash in the Croydon Tram Shop. They told me they could only issue monthly/weekly tickets for cash. The annual pass is £988 and this is too much cash for them to handle...

Several months ago I went to Morden station to load my gold card. It was mid-morning. The chap near the machines hadn't a clue and doubted he could do what I wanted. I was armed with some text from this forum and very politely suggested we could perhaps "give it a go". After the first couple of...

At the moment in our area, Special Deliveries are not being signed for. The postie just writes a code on a tablet - always the same - ("XR") to say it has been delivered. We've had a few things go astray because: 1) delivered to the wrong address which might not have happened had the recipient...

I was quite well prepared with various foodstuffs ready for a lockdown. Then I got the virus myself (pretty certain). For a week I've eaten practically nothing! And currently have no sense of smell and very little taste.

Curious, is this actually true? (Obviously not the case in outdoor sections...)

Personally I do not think staff should be saying this if there is no policy of exercising discretion when the passenger does subsequently produce the evidence. If appealing, I would mention what the inspector said. I suppose staff sometimes makes these comments to pre-empt a confrontation.

No doubt there is proper industry jargon for what happened on Sunday. Was travelling from Redhill to East Croydon last Sunday evening on a Thameslink. Departed Redhill a few minutes late. I was in the 10th carriage. The train stopped at Merstham but the doors didn't open. The driver made an...

In the case of S84(3), I think there is still no offence because the item is "correctly delivered" if it has been delivered to the correct address regardless of whether the addressee lives there. Royal Mail delivers to addresses not people. Note S125(3) S125 (3)For the purposes of this...

I agree. Referring to the Postal Services Act 2000, as posted before, s84(1) creates an offence, when to somebody who opens post "in the course of transmission". Interpretation is given in S125: S125(3)(a) "a postal packet shall be taken to be in course of transmission by post from the time of...

Mail is delivered to an address, not to a person. So whilst it is an offence if, say, you opened a letter with your neighbour's address on it, it is not a specific offence to open something with your address on it, even if somebody else's name. Of course there might be other offences involved...

I was impressed on the treatment of my mother on her first run out since suffering spinal injury which leaves her in a wheelchair. Simple journey: East Croydon to Brighton, friendly staff ramp in hand ready to meet her. But one thing lacking: the staff happily got the ramp out and saw her into...