Successful Applicants for TFL Bus Station Controller Vacancy 4th June 2021
Request ID: FOI-0228-2223 Date published: 23 May 2022
You asked
Can you please give me some information about the 19 successful applicants for the role of Bus Station Controller with TfL advertised 4th June 2021?
Can you please tell me which Bus Stations were the 19 successful applicants for Bus Station Controller each allocated to work at?
Were any of the successful applicants allocated the same Bus Station?
Were all the successful applicants for Bus Station Controller appointed Day Controllers?
Or were there also Night Bus Station Controllers appointed in the 19?
If so, how many?
If you can answer the above questions in relation to the below Bus Stations, which I know are currently manned by T.F.L Bus station.
If you can please tell me how many were appointed at each station?
And if they were appointed Day or Night Bus Station Controllers?
North Greenwich
Kingston Cromwell Road
Kingston Fairfield
Crystal Palace
Addington Village
London Bridge
Vauxhall
Canada Water
West Croydon
Golders Green
Brent Cross
Harrow Bus Station
Edgware Bus Station
Edmonton Green
Turnpike Lane
Stratford
Canning Town
Walthamstow
Waltham Cross
Aldgate
Liverpool Street
Euston
Finsbury Park
Victoria
Hammersmith Upper
Hammersmith Lower
Putney Bridge
Shepherds Bush
White City
We answered
TfL Ref: 0228-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 1 May 2022 asking for information about the role of Bus Station controller advertised on 4 June 2021. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act Regulations and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. Your questions and our replies are as follows:
Were any of the successful applicants allocated the same Bus Station? No – they were allocated different rota groups - Bus Station Controllers are not appointed to individual Bus Stations, they are appointed to rota groups. Were all the successful applicants for Bus Station Controller appointed Day Controllers? Yes Or were there also Night Bus Station Controllers appointed in the 19? No. If so, how many? N/A If you can answer the above questions in relation to the below Bus Stations, which I know are currently manned by T.F.L Bus station. If you can please tell me how many were appointed at each station?See above - Bus Station Controllers are not appointed to individual Bus Stations, they are appointed to rota groups. Please see further information below:
Central Region: Victoria Rota-this is the only rota that covers only Victoria- No one was placed on that rota line from the 19. Finsbury Park Rota covers ( Finsbury Park, Euston, Aldgate, & Liverpool Street) -2 Bus Station Controllers were allocated to that rota. Hammersmith rota covers (Hammersmith Upper, Hammersmith Lower, White City, Putney Bridge & Shepherds Bush) 6 were allocated to that rota.
North Region: Walthamstow rota covers (Walthamstow & Waltham Cross) – no one was allocated to that rota. Turnpike Lane rota covers ( Turnpike Lane & Edmonton Green) - 1 was allocated to the rota. Stratford rota covers (Stratford & Canning Town) - 1 was allocated to the rota. Golders Green rota covers (Golders Green & Brent Cross) - 2 allocated to the rota. Harrow rota covers (Harrow & Edgware) - no one was allocated to the rota
South Region: London Bridge rota covers ( London Bridge, North Greenwich, Canada Water & Vauxhall) - 6 were allocated to that rota. West Croydon rota covers ( West Croydon, Kingston Cromwell & Kingston Fairfield) - 1 was allocated to that rota. Crystal Palace rota covers (Crystal Palace & Addington Village) - no one allocated to that rota.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
