Issue 43 April 2014 ON THE MOVE PENSIONERS’ EDITION Remembering Bob Crow Moorgate Tributes were paid to Thirty-nine years to the RMT Leader Bob Crow day since the Moorgate who died on 11 March Tube disaster claimed Tony Hall with his son Terry, aged 52. who is named after Tony’s the lives of 43 people, a sister who died London Underground plaque was unveiled at the and Rail Managing station in their memory. Director Mike Relatives of many of the Brown described victims attended a special him as “a decent and service to remember the straightforward man,” crash which happened and added: “No one during the Friday rush can deny his deeply- hour on the morning of held convictions and 28 February 1975. passion for transport Tributes to the victims and the good of his were led by London members.” Underground and Rail His funeral was Managing Director Mike held on 24 March Brown, Chief Operating with thousands Officer Phil Hufton, lining the route from the Lord Mayor of Woodford, where he London Fiona Woolf and Phil Hufton, the Venerable lived, to the City of David Meara, Lord Mayor Archdeacon of London, the of London Fiona Woolf London Cemetery in Venerable David Meara. and Mike Brown Manor Park. Among those present was former Permanent And Tony Hall, Head of Way employee Bob LU’s Track Access Control Franklin who spent six Centre, was there with days and nights working at stock engineer at the time, his family to honour the the site after the disaster. was the first person to memory of his sister, He said: “I wanted to be enter the cab. Terry, who was 21 when here out of respect for Also present was Diane she died in the accident. those who died.” Proudfoot whose father The plaque now Kevin Hafter, Head of Leslie Newson was driving stands on a wall in Moor Operational Learning, the train that crashed. “It’s Place, where the entrance recounted how his father a long time ago now but to Moorgate station used Gordon, who was a rolling it’s still very raw,” she said. to be. otm PENSIONER NEWS otm PENSIONER NEWS Pensioners’ forum summary Travel cards change Main issues discussed at the meeting held on There has been a change to the 26th February 2014 provision of free National Rail l Stephen Field, as Director of photographs for the cards and also travel to some staff who joined Pensions & Reward, would be that details of visits undertaken TfL on or before 31 March 1996. chair of the Forum with effect from were not always provided to the With immediate effect you will this meeting. scheme manager. They asked to be no longer be required to apply l Information was given on TfL kept advised of any steps taken to for free tickets when you want Pension Fund issues, including an address these problems. to travel, but instead will be update on recent developments in l A report was given on automatically issued each year with pension-related matters generally progress being made as a result a National Rail Staff Travel Card for and specific issues, including of ongoing discussion between this purpose. This will be sent to progress on Equitable Life AVC TfL management, Rail Staff Travel your home address via post. compensation payments and the Limited (RSTL) and the Association Full instructions will be posted transfer of payment of pensions of Train Operating Companies to your home address during April to overseas pensioners from Royal (ATOC) to address problems and May along with the Rail Staff Bank of Scotland to Western Union. experienced by pensioners Travel Card. Please note this is l A report was given on the in obtaining and using their for retired employees who are Pensioner Liaison Scheme and concessionary travel facilities. eligible for free travel on a number the pensioners’ representatives The pensioners’ representatives of journeys per year, this is not a expressed concern at the fall in welcomed particularly the new benefit but a change to the the number of Pensioner Liaison introduction to TfL of the National existing benefit. Representatives (PLRs). Means of Rail staff travel card system for encouraging people to volunteer those with limited annual free for the scheme were discussed. travel entitlements, which had The pensioners’ representatives been suggested by them at War wagons welcomed the fact that, as a previous meetings. Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home security measure, photographic ✱ Note: The Forum is a meeting Front to Western Front will open identity cards were now being between TfL senior managers and at London Transport Museum on issued to PLRs to show to representatives from the London 16 May 2014. The WWI exhibition pensioners when making visits. Transport Pensioners Association will tell the story of how drivers However, they were concerned and the elected Pensioners took their buses to the front to to hear that some PLRs had not Representatives from the Pension support the war effort and how yet submitted the necessary Consultative Council. women advanced into the transport workforce for the first time. Your surname begins with/ North Greenwich, Hospital Saturday Fund Telephone number London SE10 0ES 020 7928 6662 Contact A or D 020 7918 4895 0800 015 5073 B or E 020 7918 4697 Simply Health details for C or F 020 7918 4784 Hospital Savings Association 0800 072 6719 01264 353211 G, J or L 020 7918 4720 Transport Benevolent Fund Pensioner H or K 020 7918 4864 Pensioner Liaison 0300 333 2000 I,M or N 020 7918 4897 Transport for London O,S, U, V, X, Y or Z 4th Floor, Transport Friendly Society Enquiries 020 7 918 3797 Wing Over Station, 020 7833 2616 P,Q or T 020 7918 4828 55 Broadway, Tax Queries– HMRC TfL Pension Fund R or W 020 7918 3322 4th Floor, London SW1H 0BD 0845 300 0627 Wing Over Station, Staff Travel 0800 015 5074 (quote ref 083/LT7 and your 55 Broadway, Transport for London, [email protected] National Insurance number) You London SW1H 0BD Floor 1, can log on to the TfL Pension [email protected] 14 Pier Walk, Fund website at www.tflpensionfund.co.uk The opinions and views expressed in the advertisements in this magazine are in no way those of The publishers will accept an advertisement or other inserted material only on the condition London Underground Ltd or Transport for London. 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All subject to the approval of the publishers and their current terms and conditions. advertisements must comply with the British Code of Advertising Practice. 2 otm PENSIONER NEWS In response to our story buses for 40 years, rising about the Year of the Bus from conductor to Area in the January edition, Inspector out of Romford Your bus many readers sent in some station. He passed away great stories and pictures. in 2002, aged 81, having 1 This photograph, received the freedom of taken in the 1960s, was the city of London for his memories sent in by Edward Rolfe charity work in retirement. whose father Frederick (centre front) retired from the Chief Mechanical Engineers Department in 1968 after 37 years’ service at Chiswick and Aldenham. Do you recognise any of the other faces? 2 Mrs Rose Coult sent in this picture of her late husband Fred, standing beside the last trolley bus to leave Barking station. Fred worked on the Advertisement 3 YOuR Payslip ExPlained Your annual payslip is due to be issued at the end of the month; here is a handy guide to some of the key elements. If you have any further queries about your payslip, you should contact the pensions service delivery team, their contact details are included on page 2. TfL Pension Fund Transport for London TfL Pension Fund YourTfL AprilPension Fund Transport for London TfL Pension Fund 4th floor payment will 4th floor Wing over Station include arrears Wing over Station Annual Pension Payslip 55 Broadway ofAnnual pension Pension Payslip 55 Broadway This is an important document. Please keep it safe London SW1H 0BD inThis relation is an important document. Please keep it safe London SW1H 0BD as you may need to refer to it again. toas the you April may need to refer to it again. 2014 pension Name: increase Name: Member number: Member number: NI number: NI number: Tax code: Tax basis: Tax code: Tax basis: These are the pay dates for the next year This box details your Please make sure that your personal details are correct. If not, or if they change, please notify the Fund Office immediately. expectedPlease make sure that your personal details are correct. If not, or if they change, please notify the Fund Office immediately. Please read the notes on the back of this payslip for more information about pension increases and changes to your personal details. Please read the notes on the back of this payslip for more information about pension increases and changes to your personal details.