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Commuters face combined strikes on bus and Tube

20.11.09
London faces a wave of bus and Tube strikes that could cause chaos for millions of passengers as unions walkout over pay and conditions... 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

Third day of trains chaos as drivers refuse overtime

13.11.09
Commuters experienced a third day of delays today as drivers on one of London’s busiest rail lines refused to work overtime... more

MPs’ fury at Thameslink chaos as commuters left stranded

12.11.09
NEW: MPs attack First Capital Connect and union bosses for leaving thousands of commuters stranded due to a driver shortage on Thameslink trains... 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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Call for talks to prevent week-long rail strike

09.09.09
Rail bosses have demanded urgent talks with union leaders to prevent a week-long strike on National Express East Anglia... more

Waste of time? Now Twitter helps you catch the right train

01.06.09
Thousands of London commuters could soon be relying on Twitter to make sure they do not miss their train... more

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

Rail commuters face major strike

19.02.09
London's busiest rail commuter lines face shutdown in the biggest co-ordinated strike action since the early Nineties... 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

Railway cancellations

02.02.09
Southeastern was forced to cancel all services into London with no trains running into Cannon Street, Charing Cross and parts of London Bridge and Victoria... 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

Railway staff threatened with sack over ticket office protest

22.01.09
Staff working for a commuter rail company were warned they could be sacked if they tell commuters about plans to close ticket offices... 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

Mr Brown's new message on jobs

12.01.09
If summiteering were the key to reversing the downturn, Gordon Brown would have the recession well in hand... 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

FirstGroup defies the gloom with 44% more

05.11.08
Transport: Britain's biggest passenger transport combine, FirstGroup, declared itself recession-proof as it delivered a 44% leap in profits... 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

Travelling in Britain

24.07.08
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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

Commuters seconds from bridge disaster

29.05.08
An investigation has begun into how part of a bridge fell on to the main railway line into Liverpool Street station... 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

London transport on 31 December

29.12.06
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