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How does the weekly cap on TfL contactless work this week where the cap changes part way through the week?

Passengers flying from UK airports may be flying to a destination within the Common Travel Area (CTA) of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, or further afield. (In the rest of this post I will refer to "CTA passengers" and "international passengers", notwithstanding that...

Eurostar at St Pancras has had a bit of reconfiguration of the passport checkpoint. There are three sets of French passport checks, from left to right as you look at the entrance. The “left” and “middle” are “all passports” queues with agents, and the “right” – so behind the Carte...

Southeastern was one of the last TOCs to the e-ticket party but has finally started to issue them and enable them on their flows. Unfortunately it’s been done in a pretty half-arsed way and currently they will not offer them on most journeys that are to or from a gated station. On one level...

Welcome to the forum. First of all there is no need to panic. Whilst I realise this may feel like the worst thing in the world at the moment, it's definitely something you can get through. You are unlikely to lose your job over a single ticket violation. But from this point forward you...

As of yesterday the Pacific Surfliner route has been suspended south of Irvine owing to track bed damage. This is understood to be due to coastal erosion exacerbated by Tropical Storm Kay, possibly a similar situation to Dawlish. They intend reinstating a shuttle service Oceanside to San Diego...

From today, the DLR will move to most services operating with two coaches rather than three. There will be more frequent service on Stratford to Canary Wharf all day with additional through service to Lewisham during morning peak. Canning Town to Beckton shuttles will be introduced off-peak...

This subforum has a bad habit of overexaggerating the impact of a criminal record on careers – a single conviction for a minor offence is rarely an issue even in national security jobs, as long as it is declared at the first relevant opportunity and not covered up. This particular instance...

A power failure between Gare du Nord and Aéroport CDG has resulted in widespread disruptions and cancellations on Eurostar this afternoon. Gare de l'Est is also affected and riot police have been deployed to "keep order", which has turned out the same as the Champions League match. Train 9O57...

Eurostar has decided once again to only offer bookings on its winter weekend services from London St Pancras to Bourg St. Maurice (calling at Moûtiers and Aime-la-Plagne) as part of package holidays with TravelSki. Tickets won't be sold directly. The services, which have daytime and night-time...

From Thursday, the US will increase the cost of ESTAs (the online visa waiver required for British, Irish, and many other passport holders) by 50%. The ESTA is valid for 2 years so those minded to apply can do so at the old price of $14pp today and tomorrow. (Not sure if this is the best forum...

In news that is unlikely to surprise many of you, £17bn of the £47bn paid out in COVID "bounce back loans" is now considered unlikely to be repaid, with the British taxpayer on the hook for every penny. As much as £4.9bn of the drawings were considered out and out fraud. I sat through this in a...

Shannon Airport has recently abolished the 100ml rule at security citing more advanced scanners. After over 15 years it's a very interesting change.

Ireland announced abruptly yesterday that with effect from this morning, most remaining COVID legal measures were dropped, including: Limits on gatherings 5,000 person attendance at outdoor events and 1,000 indoors 100 person attendance at weddings 8pm closure of hospitality venues Vaccine pass...

The vaccine pass regulations taking effect from Wednesday at 6am have been published (SI2021/1416). They apply to nightclubs, indoor non-seated events with over 500 people, outdoor non-seated events with over 4,000 people, and other events with over 10,000 people. As well as vaccine passes, a...

Not seen this elsewhere but train staff on a CrossCountry service (I cannot work out which one) went to extreme lengths to ensure their passengers reached their destination yesterday. A tree blocked the line at Cam & Dursley, and the driver deployed a saw and with the other train crew members...

PGMBM, a London law firm specializing in group litigations, has filed a judicial review against mandatory hotel quarantine. They seek refunds and compensation for their double-vaccinated clients on the grounds that the policy is irrational, disproportionate, and against human rights. The firm...

SI 2021/907 makes rules about the LAPT and penalty fares thereon. They are in rather less detail than the corresponding provisions on National Rail. A few notable points: The Penalty Fare is set at £25 If a Penalty Fare is paid on the spot in full the passenger is not required to give their...

I really don’t want this to turn into yet another thread about the relative merits of face masks (and I am sure the moderation team won’t either) but consider this. From 19•JLY•21, what if TOCs had one or more separate coaches in which passengers would continue to be required to wear face...

I had occasion to obtain a change of route excess yesterday and got this – it looks like a half-baked attempt to change excesses over to the new(ish) ticket style. I’ve also attached one from last year for comparison.