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• Reference: 2009/3772
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Can you confirm that an electrical fault in a Track Recording Vehicle based at the Neasden depot on London Underground caused £200,000 worth of damage to track at Swiss Cottage, and if so, why this happened and what is being done to ensure there is no repetition ?

• Reference: 2009/3773
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

What instructions are bus drivers given about permitting buggies for twins to be taken on board London buses and for them to use the space for wheelchairs - as it is reported that many drivers are refusing to take such buggies unless they are folded ?

• Reference: 2009/3774
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Now that Oyster will be available on national rail as well as TfL services, can the system be adjusted so the One-Day Travelcard can be loaded on to it, in much the same way as a weekly, monthly or annual ticket can currently be loaded on to the Oystercard ?

• Reference: 2009/3775
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

In view of your Answer to my Question 1552/2009 on 17 June, are you still hopeful that the 24-hour Freedom Pass will be extended to national rail services in London from January 2010 ?

• Reference: 2009/3776
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

While we understand the need to preserve commercial confidentiality, is it possible for you to give a 'ballpark' figure for the cost to London Councils of extending the Freedom Pass to 24-hour use on national rail services in London ?

• Reference: 2009/3777
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Will you instruct Network Rail, TfL, Tube Lines, First Capital Connect, Thameslink, London Overground to communicate directly with councillors in the boroughs affected with rail closures at weekends and for longer periods? Do you share my astonishment that the idea of communicating direct with elected councillors was not a course of action that London Overground had considered or exercised?

• Reference: 2009/3778
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Are you alert to the effect on takings and business experienced by traders in West Hampstead and Kilburn with the repeated closure of West Hampstead (Overground and Jubilee) and Kilburn Tube and Brondesbury Overground Stations? Will you authorise compensation payments to those negatively affected traders where the works have been extended or delayed?

• Reference: 2009/3779
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Can you instruct TfL to ensure that all stations suffering weekend closures have station specific leaflets on the closures available all week and weekend that identify a) the precise closures for the coming month b) the bus replacement provision c) precise maps of the bus replacement pick-up locations d) signs at the bus stops confirming if they are indeed the locations for the replacement buses and e) the alternative bus, train and Tube routes that might already exist and are available?

• Reference: 2009/3780
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Will you instruct TfL to ensure that the drivers and staff of rail replacement bus services announce which station they are arriving at when the normal rail/Tube line is closed?

• Reference: 2009/3781
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Will you consider giving compensation payments in 2010 for holders of 7-day Travelcards and Season Tickets in NW6 who have endured a 5-day service whilst paying for a 7-day service for most of 2009?