trustmeimdrunk

The brief was to find a name that best embodied the brand criteria of travel, stored currency, security, modernity and a London theme. OYSTER was conceived, mainly, because of the metaphorical implications of security and value in the hard bivalve shell and the concealed pearl. Its associations with London through Thames estuary oyster beds and the major relevance of the popular idiom ‘the world is your oyster’ were also significant factors in its selection.

From the branding company that thought up the name. Source

cat B platform

Just looked this up and found info on wikipedia about what this means https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_railway_station_categories

I feel like the situation's changed since. Tube drivers striking more about safety than money. More strikes and general annoyances on the franchised (non TfL) rail.

Original tune from The Jam btw, who also wrote 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight'.

If they were truly striking about safety, no pay increase would fix that

Depends how principled they are. Maybe it's cheaper to give them a pay rise than fix the problem, and the staff are happy to take the safety risk for a pay rise of that value. I remember recently there was a lot of noise made about the 'generous pay rise' that TfL offered which the union rejected - the union responded saying that they weren't striking over pay.

Which line do you go on?