On 25/05/2012 14:17, dave wrote:
On May 25, 12:01 am,
wrote:
What happened today, exactly?

Yes, I know that a signal at Embankment went on the blink, but does
anybody have any further detail? I suspect that if the heat wasn't the
cause, then it certainly didn't help.

Can anybody remind me where on TfL's website I can find the form to
claim for compensation, please?

I also wanted to ask a question about daily capping on Oyster cards.

I topped up my card with £5 last weekend at a Zone 2 station, thinking
that this would be sufficient for travel within Zones 1-2 for the day as
the Oyster card would automatically to cap itself. If £5 would not be
sufficient, then I could simply top an extra pound or two. But I was
certain that I would cap out.

I took the tube into town, and then later in the day jumped on an NR
train at Waterloo for Vauxhall, where I changed to a Victoria line train
for Brixton. Lo and behold, I find at Brixton when I tried to use a bus
that I did not have enough money.

So, I topped up my card with another couple of pounds and was able to go
on my merry way. But later, I found that I again did not have enough
cash to use the tube at Elephant& Castle, forcing me to once again top
up an additional £2.

Where did I go wrong? Even if I originally did not have enough on the
Oyster to get it to cap out at £5, I would have though that simply
adding an additional £2 would have been sufficient to let that happen.

Thanks for help and advice.

Signal Track Circuit Failure on one side of the points. A work round
was attempted but just blew fuses. Some drivers reported taking three
hours to get from Upminster to Embankment

How long does it normally take to get from Upminster to Embankment?

What about Wimbledon to Embankment, how long does that take?