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Hi all, how is the hearing test performed? Soundproof booth? I currently wear hearing aids and I have mild hearing loss in both ears. Would that be a bar?

I had a similar situation at work a few months ago. Two teenage girls larking about, they were on opposite platforms. One told the other to throw her hat to her over the track. Thankfully I was doing a station check at the time and saw the whole thing. Hat lands on track. One of the idiots then...

There are a lot more stations closed than the map shows. As staff, I've got access to station log books. The map is hopelessly inaccurate, or are TFL being economical with the truth.

The first staff to start work after the strike has ended will be the night turns who book on 2230-2300. There may be patchy services between then and close of traffic. But I wouldn't rely on it.

There will be 100 extra buses, and an 'enhanced' river bus service.

Last ditch talks have just broken up without agreement. Strike is now definitely ON.

Four tests, don't ask for tips, as I failed it! Following information. Reading a passage and answering questions. Understanding information. As above but more technical prose. Mine was about ball bearings. Concentration test. Cross out patterns of dots/shapes as quickly/accurately as you can...

Sounds like middle and senior managers will be spread throughout the line so trains can be evacuated, but they won't be stopping as normal at that station unless it's a dire emergency then?

Open section stations can stay unsataffed. Subsurface and deep level stations have to have a legal minimum number of staff on duty and be fully familiarised with that station. On deep level sections, three consecutive unstaffed stations would result in the train service in that area being suspended.

Drivers are not affected by this strike, so a full service will run. As it's station staff on strike, open section stations can be left unstaffed. It's the big interchange stations in Central London that are susceptible to closing or be completely closed. Also busy stations in Zone 2. There's a...

In general, yes.

The problem is staff shortages at Walthamstow Central. Staff are nicked from Blackhorse Road to keep Walthamstow open. So Blackhorse closes. This is being replicated all over the Tube. Some trains mangers are now filling shifts at tube stations as the shortages are so acute. Even the company...

Fire panel went into evacuation mode the same time as someone decided to go walkies along the track.

A Victoria line train had dragging brakes, lots of smoke produced but no fire. LFB gave the all clear soon after attending.

Completely agree with blue goblin. More Visitor centres are the limit that TFL will stretch to. London Travelwatch's report into ticket selling provisions is out at the end of the month. The union was too slow in reacting to changes the company made to ticket offices over the last 5 years...

I'm in the RMT. It's true. Overtime ban from Wednesday 23rd November. Dispute is around ticket office closures and job cuts. 900 station staff took voluntary severance and left earlier this year. Whilst LU have taken on some part timers and night tube people, there are still several hundred jobs...

I found Scotrail's 170s very pleasant when travelling round Scotland a couple of years back.

Exactly.

Just binge watched all three episodes. Enjoyable enough. Tim Dunn was excellent, as were the others. Not sure about Peter Snow. This was a general interest programme about trains/railways, not an encyclopaedic one. The latest BBC4 'Slow tv' show, following the ride on the canal boat.

Me and the Missus are travelling on it. Can't wait!