We have been pushing the lighting of the stairs with TfL. This has now been raised with the Facility Manager (who lives in Forest Hill), head of Customer service, his boss and various other people by TfL, so hopefully we will see some action soon.
Oyster top ups should now be available from the TVMs (Ticket Vending Machines). and will be available from the Ticket counters soon (23 May 2010 at the latest). A date for Annual season tickets on Oyster is not yet available due to technical reasons.
The Oyster validators were removed from Forest Hill's side gate; the idea is that the ticket offices (but not counters) remain open until after the last train so that people can touch in and out.
Jim Dowd will be raising the matter of the train cuts in Parliament on Friday 5 February in a Private Members Bill / Adjournment debate "Rail services in the Sydenham corridor after May 2010"
Please PM me if these matters do not improve and I will chase TfL/LOROL.