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TfL Website Sign-in Issues

22/06/2021

Is anyone else having problems signing into their accounts on the TfL website? Every time I try to log in I have to complete the wretched captcha puzzle at least…

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Chris D. 02/07/2021 at 10:11 on Can You Use a Contactless Card/Device in the Middle of a Journey?It also asserts that: “You cannot use a Santander Cycle to go between the two” Which is also false (regardless
Matthew Hayes 29/06/2021 at 17:06 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesHi Mike, Hopefully that is the case, I was able to add the discount at Shepherds Bush Overground who bizarrely
Matthew Hayes 29/06/2021 at 11:20 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesHi Mike, that is what I thought. Headstone Lane have told me the same thing and said to use an
Matthew Hayes 28/06/2021 at 13:33 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesI tried to put my Rail Staff Leisure Card (PRV) on my Oyster at Watford High Street yesterday and was
Dave Banks 26/06/2021 at 10:35 on TfL Website Sign-in IssuesYes me also, gave up after 4 attempts. The pictures are abysmal quality and you have to get far to
Elizabeth Howard 25/06/2021 at 10:31 on No More Oyster at Ticket OfficesI had my NR railcard added by the staff at Victoria Underground, they knew exactly what was needed and once
Elizabeth Howard 25/06/2021 at 10:28 on Oyster Facilities at NR Ticket OfficesI work for the MOD and get a travel warrant for an annual Zone 1 & 2 travel card. Previously
Nick 23/06/2021 at 15:46 on TfL Website Sign-in IssuesMe too, thought it was just me! Rarely use the website these days just the app but wanted to check
Robert Turner 23/06/2021 at 08:05 on TfL Website Sign-in IssuesYes - I had to do it even more than three times, and tick "I am human" 3 or 4
Miles Thomas 09/06/2021 at 10:54 on Special Short Hop Fares in Zones 1-2Something I have observed in the past is the large number of people changing from tube to bus at St.
Chris D. 30/05/2021 at 10:28 on Introducing: Longer ReadsRSS is working for me (using Feedly as the reader), including displaying of contact, though I missed the posts for
Paul Balmer 23/05/2021 at 08:15 on Introducing: Longer ReadsThis is a great site and I appreciate the great efforts you put in to running it so I am
Si Hollett 17/05/2021 at 19:57 on What to do about Vauxhall"But just how are they going to show the zones on the map?" AFAICS, no one is confused by the
Dan Kyle 16/05/2021 at 16:01 on Kennington Re-zonedHi Mike, unless I am misremembering the previous situation, it seems like TfL have also changed the evening peak rules
Martin Phillp 13/05/2021 at 18:07 on Oyster Facilities at NR Ticket OfficesI'm fortunate that my local newsagent knows how to add discounts to my Oyster card, but I have to purchase
Chris D. 09/05/2021 at 10:27 on Kennington Re-zonedMy last Northbound journey from Kennington (Kennington - Leicester Square) was on 27 April and charged as a zone 2-1
Amy Biden 26/04/2021 at 19:14 on Capping ExamplesHi, I travel between zone 3 to zone 1 and vice versa- National rail & Underground tube (AM at 7.40-08.30
Frank Barr 13/03/2021 at 20:29 on Railcards and DiscountsI went to add my Disabled Railcard to my Oyster Card at Hertford East station. Greater Anglia are no longer
Chris D. 02/03/2021 at 23:58 on Hopper Time Limit ReducesInteresting - I always assumed the reason for the 10 min grace wasn’t to do with out of sync clocks,
Robert Turner 22/01/2021 at 08:37 on Extortionate National Rail Fare IncreasesThis also means that the NR and TfL fares are still diverging. The Off peak Zone 2-6 tube fare, even

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