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Quiet please! Minister backs noise-free carriages on trains

09.09.11
Transport minister Norman Baker today backed calls for more train companies to consider bringing in 'quiet carriages' on London services... more

Tunnel drama as passengers climb off moving train

08.06.11
Commuters were exposed to serious danger in a catastrophic series of failures involving a packed rush-hour train stranded in the King's Cross tunnel... more

Rail cuts 'leave south London commuters out of the loop'

03.06.11
Rail bosses have been accused of betraying commuters by planning to sever links to the heart of the capital... more

5-star hotel completes renaissance of St Pancras

24.03.11
Hotel at St Pancras station reopens after a £150 million transformation that takes the traveller back to the glory days of the Victorian era... more

Rail passengers facing a 46% new year increase in fares

13.12.10
Commuters face an increase in rail fares of more than 46 per cent in the new year... more

Tube and railways shut for repairs over the holiday weekend

01.04.10
Passengers face major disruption in London over Easter with half of the Underground’s lines and numerous rail routes undergoing repairs... more

Rail firms shortening busy commuter trains

03.03.10
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Fewer commuters think trains offer value for money

04.02.10
Passenger satisfaction with rail services has barely changed over the past year and fewer believe train travel offers value for money... more

Bosses of ‘incompetent’ rail firm First Capital Connect meet the public

29.01.10
Commuters tell of their '10 weeks of hell' as they were given a chance to berate the bosses of rail operator First Capital Connect... more

Commuters' fury over Thameslink's 'pathetic' refund offer

27.01.10
Rail commuters who suffered two months of disruption on Thameslink today condemn compensation of two weeks’ free travel as 'an insult'... more

Train company could lose Thameslink franchise

18.01.10
Rail company First Capital Connect could be stripped of its Thameslink franchise if it fails to restore the full timetable... more

Thameslink misery continues for thousands of commuters

12.01.10
More than 200,000 passengers using the Thameslink route are still suffering major disruption two months after train drivers refused to work overtime... more

Train a second from disaster as it hits tractor on tracks

25.11.09
More than 200 passengers came close to disaster when their train, bound for King's Cross, hit a farm tractor on the line... more

Train drivers’ action cuts Thameslink services by half

16.11.09
More than 200,000 Thameslink commuters face further weeks of chaos because train drivers are refusing to work overtime or on their rest days... more

Railway chaos as drivers stay at home and plan Christmas strike

11.11.09
Passengers using one of London's busiest train services face pre-Christmas disruption after a drivers' union ordered a strike ballot over pay... more

First Capital Connect rail strike is called off

11.09.09
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Roads and railways set for bank holiday delays

19.05.09
Travellers face the prospect of busy roads and severely disrupted train journeys this bank holiday weekend... more

Rail workers vote on 24-hour strikes

03.03.09
Voting over train strikes begins today in a move that threatens to shut London’s busiest commuter lines... more

Ticket office cuts 'break the rules'

10.02.09
Passengers fighting plans by First Capital Connect to axe opening hours at 47 ticket offices along busy commuter routes have received a boost from the rail watchdog... more

Battle lines drawn to keep ticket offices open closure

28.01.09
Politicians and union leaders have urged rail commuters to back the Evening Standard’s campaign for safer stations... more

Rail fare rises: bosses quizzed

26.01.09
MPs are to hold a major inquiry into the soaring cost of rail fares amid mounting anger from passengers... more

First Capital to cut ticket office staff at 28 stations

12.01.09
One of London's biggest commuter rail companies is planning to cut ticket office staff in the evenings and weekends to save money... more

Disruption warning over Thameslink work

02.01.09
Rail bosses warned passengers to prepare for nearly three years of disruption as work on the £5.5billion Thameslink upgrade gets under way... more

Inflation-busting rail fare rises 'are national scandal'

30.12.08
Unions condemned London's rail bosses for levying maximum fare rises while reaping "bumper profits" of tens of millions of pounds... more

Passengers feel the squeeze as new trains are stuck in sidings

23.12.08
Commuters face worse overcrowding on key rail lines into London after the economic downturn hit supplies of new trains... more

Thameslink to close its Moorgate branch line

20.10.08
The Thameslink branch line into Moorgate will close permanently from next March... more

Weekend bus users hit by 48-hour strike

12.09.08
Bus passengers face a weekend of chaos as thousands of drivers strike over a new pay deal... more

Passengers fear lack of staff on trains, says poll

08.07.08
London's mainline rail passengers are more worried about lack of visible staff on trains than they are about escalating fares... more

FirstGroup puts Boris on the bus route

14.05.08
Mayor Boris Johnson was warned the Routemaster is not the answer to London's bus problems by leading operator FirstGroup... more

44 new carriages gives Thameslink commuters boost

07.03.08
Commuters on one of London's most notoriously overcrowded routes receive a boost as new carriages are ordered for Thameslink... more

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