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Off-peak rail travellers will suffer 15% rise in new year ticket prices

16.11.09
Rail passengers face massive hikes in ticket prices, some as high as 15 per cent... more

Double dose of rail delays

15.10.09
Up to 100,000 passengers using mainline services to and from Paddington face a 'double whammy' of disruption in rows over working conditions for train drivers... more

Ten years on, Paddington crash survivors tell of battle to recover

02.10.09
Bereaved families and survivors of the Paddington rail disaster describe their harrowing battle to rebuild their lives... more

Rail firms ‘picking pockets’ with 50% rise in car park charges

15.09.09
Rail bosses were condemned for raising station car parking charges by up to 50 per cent to offset January's small cut in rail fares... more

Rail firms double prices to make up for peak fare cuts

04.09.09
Rail commuters face a record 143 per cent increase in the cost of travel as train companies sidestep government regulations aimed at keeping prices down... more

Greyhound bus to launch in London with £1 fares to coast

19.08.09
Greyhound bus is coming to Britain for the first time in its 95-year history — although it will serve rather more prosaic routes between Victoria and the south coast... more

Off-peak fares soar on First Great Western

13.08.09
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Citi’s upbeat earnings view keeps the Footsie buoyant

23.07.09
The end of the global earnings recession is in sight, according to heavy-hitting broker Citigroup ... more

London to Cardiff train times to be cut by electric lines

22.07.09
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The trains now arriving... are a record 90% on time

26.05.09
Record numbers of trains are now running on time, as Network Rail reveals 90% annual punctuality for the first time since records began in 1992... more

Revealed: FirstGroup's secret £50m bailout from taxpayer

13.05.09
First Great Western, the much-criticised Paddington-based train company, has received a secret £50 million bailout from the taxpayer ... more

Don't pay rail fines, says Ken Livingstone (who travelled without a ticket)

23.03.09
Ken Livingstone, who once led a crusade against fare dodgers, has called on ticket cheats to refuse to pay fines after being let off a £20 penalty... more

Livingstone caught without a train ticket

18.03.09
Ken Livingstone has been caught travelling on a train without a ticket despite declaring "freeloaders will not be tolerated" when he was mayor... more

Here we snow again... London hit by more travel disruption

06.02.09
London was hit by heavy snow again today, causing yet more disruption after five days of freezing temperatures... more

Snow havoc returns to roads and we’re running out of grit

05.02.09
Heavy snow showers swept across central and southern England again, causing travel disruption and a fourth day of school closures... more

Transport round-up

03.02.09
Find out how London's transport network is coping...... 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

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

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

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

Now can we nationalise the railways, too, please?

20.10.08
The High Court of Conventional Media Wisdom may has ruled that Gordon has rescued his premiership but from the latest polls, at least, it looks as if someone forgot to tell the voters... more

Train that runs on soya and seeds

12.08.08
Train bosses are testing a new biofuelled train in a bid to avoid spiralling diesel costs... more

Travelling in Britain

24.07.08
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Welcome to Southwold, the new Islington-on-Sea

21.07.08
Londoners' holidays in the past were simple, predictable affairs. Now, in a more liberated age, our leisure options have blossomed, and even the politicians are catching on... 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

Boris plans to 'Oysterise' overground rail services by next May

12.05.08
Boris Johnson unveils sweeping plans to get all overground railway stations in London to accept pre-pay Oyster cards ... more

Fares shake-up to end train ticket confusion

24.04.08
A major shake-up of the rail fares system designed to make it easier for passengers to buy the best-value ticket for their journey is to be introduced next month... more

£29m penalty for worst performing rail firm

26.02.08
The country's worst performing rail company, First Great Western, has been ordered to hire new drivers, guards and engineers, pay passengers more compensation and cut fares... more

Boss of worst rail service: It'll take time to improve

22.02.08
The boss of Britain's worst rail service has admitted the company did not know what it was letting itself in for when it won the franchise... more

London transport on 31 December

29.12.06
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