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http://www.cityam.com/1408562749/commuters-need-radical-privatised-solution-cut-through-disastrous-rail-blob?google_editors_picks=true I'm afraid I'm not old enough to really remember the pre-privatisation days. Views?

Technically, it's the Queen (on advice from the PM who no doubt takes advice from the Chancellor). You would need to look at grounds for removal (rather than appointment) and the likely future employment to actually consider when it was a role that could be influenced.

Apologies if someone has already asked, it's a long thread. I have an annual season ticket on the Thameslink route; it expires four days after the franchise changeover. Is there anything I ought to know / worry about for the renewal? (Prompted by realising the nectar points deal with FCC was...

I went through there the other day, and would agree with this. Poole is a relatively small station - two lines only; thinly staffed. Bournemouth has more lines, sidings, more platform staff etc. to help provide flexibility for this.

I know - I used to get that service; it was great. Could easily get a seat at Moorgate on the way home. Could have made Farringdon first 8 carriages only. And was largely immune from problems on the southern half of the line. Not sure about the wheelchair point, the brakes are squealing...

Quite right - the bus service was completely inadequate. But the guided busway is still pretty flawed. I really like what they've done in Luton Town Centre (ish) - the way it avoids the ring road etc. and connects with the station is ideal. But it only really links to cross-town buses. Many...

Quick answer is that ticket pricing is excessively complicated (which is partly driven by the franchise system). Even the current ticket machines don’t cope with complicated options. I’ve asked a number of times, and the only way I can buy a gold-card discounted ticket for an adult plus...

From everything above, it seems you didn't have a valid ticket to travel on the bus (unless there were other issues at the time) - so they should have issued you a penalty fare. Completely separate from that, taking your rail-only ticket, in simple layman's terms, was theft. TFL took and...

I'm only a mere passenger, but isn't Holborn Viaduct essentially the existing Northern Entrance to City Thameslink anyway? There are the Snow Hill sidings which can be used for turnarounds from the south, but there is nowhere from the North as the trains melt down at Farringdon going south...

There is a direct train from West Sutton or Sutton to Luton Airport. If you change at London Blackfriars (same platform) you may be able to get a slightly quicker train (save 15 minutes or so - it probably isn't worth changing). The Sutton trains usually stop at more stations north of London...

I guess it boils down to whether you think your bank should have complete responsibility for knowing what you have done or whether you have some responsibility for keeping track of your spending (in the same way as people that write cheques).

The new stations on the Jubilee lines are usually wheelchair accessible = lots of lifts :) The standard tube map shows wheelchair accessible stations if you want a very very quick guide. For other stations with steps you'll need to look more carefully station by station. The Northern line is a...

No. 'Till' (merchant acquiring systems) are increasingly not provided by the banks. For example, World Pay is a big merchant acquirer but was sold by RBSG some time ago. As I said, your bank cannot know what offline transactions merchants have undertaken until that data is handed over to them...

*sighs* it's the cards and the merchants systems; not necessarily the banks systems in the scenario you are describing. Your bank cannot read your mind or your merchants mind. And offline authorisation isn't dying out (only where wifi/3g signals can fill the gap for card terminals in remote...

You didn't read what I said (and I think you've misunderstood the use of online). Online transactions in the cards world simply means payments that the merchant will authenticate with the bank before authorising. Offline transactions are those that merchants don't authenticate with banks before...

As an experienced buggy pusher (two sets of twins), then I'd suggest the risks of RSI. You can spend weeks of your life pushing a buggy; that's not true for a baggage trolley. When you're travelling - given the amount of huffing buggies up and down stairs given the lack of lifts, you often go...

You need to watch the video. It was the father that carried the buggy downstairs. It was left unguarded because it looks like he went back up to fetch a second buggy. It's not clear whether a brake was on or not, but it's not obvious it would have changed the outcome. The buggy was sucked...

In the case of offline transactions, your bank doesn't have the data. It has to wait until merchants hand it over.

I slipped into it the first year I was at uni - when I was mixing mostly with people from the Midlands. It went away again later though!

Yeah; the RPI can't walk through the trains and after the recentish spate of upgrades, almost all stations have barriers closed at peak/daylight times now. Farringdon is probably the biggest remaining risk as you can switch into the underground without passing a barrier...