Sentences with phrase «oyster cards»

Totally agree with Oyster cards and food markets!

Most school - aged pupils would find the concept of paying a conductor on a bus laughable in the face of Oyster cards and contactless payment.

Boris Johnson will announce today the integration of river services into the wider transport network, enabling Oyster cards, a form of electronic ticketing, to be used for the first time.»

Physical tickets are increasingly a thing of the past with Oyster cards and contactless bank cards soon set to replace them.

London's transport infrastructure will be boosted by # 11 billion, Oyster cards possibly rolled out nationwide and several rail lines will get funding for electrification — but the Department for Transport budget will be cut by 37 %.

In London Oyster cards are used for 78 per cent of bus and tube journeys.

The business behind the Oyster cards and contactless payment systems used in London is called Cubic Transportation Systems.

During «International Use It or Lose It Week,» Hilton Hotels & Resorts ambassadors will be positioned at five commuter rail stations across London distributing branded Oyster card holders to remind consumers to visit the Hilton Urgent Vacation Care Center website and use their hard - earned vacation time.

-- I didn't realise today was the deadline but I have already booked today as an annual leave day — My alarm didn't go off — I forgot my wallet at home — I had a puncture — Car battery was flat — Oyster card ran out — I was abducted by aliens — I had to take Transfer Kitty to the vet — Oh its 1 September today?

I asked him if he had rail season ticket and an oyster card he said he did.

You also have to factor in travel (even being in London my Oyster card took a battering) and accommodation.

On the rare occasion that I reach my underground station and realise I've left my Oyster card at home, I get a Travelcard and claim it back through IPSA, justifying it by saying that I'd had to travel from Westminster to the constituency that day.

Paula - Marie Brown, IET Head of Transport, said: «Over recent years, travelling on the London Underground has been transformed by noticeable changes in technology, for example with the introduction of the Oyster card and WiFi on station platforms as well as the introduction of new rolling stock.

Having surrendered the cars among assets transferred to his wife, Eboue now has an Oyster card and relies on London transport — while doing his best to avoid being recognised.

But perhaps the sharpest rebuke was delivered by journalist Iain Martin who summarised the latest development: «The Boris solution to the Irish border seems to be... the Oyster card.

He also introduced the congestion charge, Oyster card and bendy buses.

but to slap its Oyster card down harder the next time in the hope that the message will get through.

Armed with only an Oyster card and a hammer, Deeley spirals into the heart of the Chinese Triad underworld.

- Mirror, mirror... - Oyster card - Prior knowledge assessor - QI starter - Ticket to ride!

You can also get this discount added to your Oyster card if you live in or near London.

See our Oyster card reclaiming guide for a how - to.

Download the Visitor Oyster Card Special Offers Booklet here to discover all participating venues.

Show your Visitor Oyster card at museums, theatres, restaurants, bars and more to receive exclusive discounts and complimentary food and drinks.

The system is very precise and it's similar to the Oyster card in use at London Underground stations.

Pick up an oyster card (# 3 refundable) when you arrive and charge # 10 to it.

The cheapest way to get around London is to get a visitor's, Oyster Card.

The Visitor's Oyster Card is capped at # 6.60 per day if you stay within Zones 1 and 2 (which most tourists will do).

Keep your Visitor Oyster Card handy while on a stroll.

Oyster card is very useful if you like it too.

An Oyster card public transport travel game, called Chromaroma, has been launched, which hopes to transform the daily commute on the Tube from a somewhat hellish experience into a fun - packed joyride.

In this genre, created by Activision's Skylanders series, special action figures can be placed on a USB portal, which then renders them into the on - screen action (using a rather unglamorous technology close to that which sees an Oyster card open a Tube station's gate).

I quickly got my hands on an Oyster card, which is a smartcard charged with credit that costs 50 percent less per trip.

The Court of Appeal confirmed that the test in section 1 (2)(b) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) is an objective / subjective hybrid, with the objective element to be addressed by reference to «the man or woman on the Boris Bus with their Oyster Card in 2017».

Contactless debit and credit cards from HSBC, First Direct, M&S Bank, MBNA, Nationwide, and Santander can be used with Samsung Pay, and it also works anywhere you'd use TfL Oyster card in London.

In the capital, you're probably be best off getting an Oyster card, a plastic card to which you can add money, including weekly / monthly / yearly travel cards.

They «cost» # 5, which will be given back to you when you give the oyster card back.

Benefits: - Basic Salary of up to # 38,000 - 25 Days Annual leave + Bank Holidays - Oyster Card - Pension - Plenty of OT Responsibilities: - PPM's and Reactive maintenance - General building services tasks - Emergency lighting, Fire alarms, FCU's, AHU's, HVAC plant, Water treatment - Landlord and Tenanted areas of large blue chip companies across a large estate - Working as part of a small maintenance team Requirements: - Apprentice Trained - Electrical or Mechanical & Gas Trained - Client Facing - Commercial Building Maintenance Experience We are able to interview straight away if the right candidates are available so to avoid missing out please send your CV today.

Foot Mobile Electrical or Gas Qualified Maintenance Engineers Required - London - Basic Salary Up to # 38,000 + Plenty of OT + Oyster Card You will be given a small portfolio of buildings to carry out PPM and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance and general building maintenance tasks.

But still... here at H2H HQ we'd be cashing in our Oyster Card faster than you can say «lower the drawbridge», thank you very much.

Customised travel card / ID / pass / Oyster card / business card / holder, You choose the picture.

Not exact matches

Finally taking away a selection of beautiful mushrooms (I went for Portobello, Chestnut & Oyster but you can use any you like in this recipe), I decided risotto was on the cards.

And don't miss this very important explanation of how being upset causes us to access the flight or fight part of our brains in 52 Tool Cards: Understand the Brain on Pearl in Oyster (PIO)

Pearl in Oyster (PIO) continues with her 52 Tool Cards series with 52 Tool Cards: Motivation and 52 Tool Cards: Follow Through.

And to help us with that, Pearl in Oyster (PIO) explains how to use Natural Consequences in a gentle way as she continues her 52 Tool Card Series.

The advance of Oyster and contactless bank cards have increasingly made the offices unnecessary to anyone but tourists, who will now be directed in how to use the ticket machines by members of staff.

Daily «caps» on Oyster and contactless card fares will also not now be covered.

Like an RFID tag or London's Oyster travel cards, the lens gets its power from a nearby loop antenna — in this case taped to the patient's face.

Macmillan is home to some of the greatest and most beloved writers around — from Sci - Fi and Fantasy luminaries Ursula K. LeGuin, Elizabeth Bear, and Orson Scott Card to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa to celebrated social critics Greil Marcus, Louis Menand, and Michel Foucault — and they're all available to read right now on Scribd and Oyster.

Plus if you now use your contactless card instead, or if you've an old Oyster, you can claim back old credit.

It gives you 50 % off Oyster pay - as - you - go fares, or allows you to pay the children's rate for weekly or monthly travel cards.