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Hundreds of thousands delayed by signalling cable theft

12.09.11
Hundreds of thousands of mainline rail commuters suffered major travel chaos after the fourth theft of copper signalling cable in a week ... more

Rail firms deluged with complaints as fares rise

29.06.11
Rail passengers are making more complaints about late trains and overcrowding as fares soar, a survey has revealed ... more

US school buses delay FirstGroup

11.03.11
FirstGroup, the transport giant which runs the First Capital Connect service into St Pancras, admits its yellow school bus business in the US is strangling its recovery elsewhere... more

Winter trains chaos 'was unacceptable'

02.03.11
Incompetence at Network Rail and cold weather were today blamed for the 'unacceptable' performance of commuter rail services over the winter... more

Thousands forced to stand on 10 worst rail commutes

28.01.11
Tens of thousands of rail commuters are forced to stand for hours because train companies refuse to provide extra carriages, it was revealed... more

City Spy: Another shot in the arm for GlaxoSmithKline

10.01.11
GlaxoSmithKline did very well indeed from the last swine flu panic, and now it can look forwaard to more dosh... more

Passenger fury as rail boss says network is 'working well'

22.12.10
Rail boss provokes passenger fury after declaring the national train network was 'fully open' and 'working well'... more

Big freeze brings chaos to travellers

30.11.10
Early winter freeze makes things tough for travellers with air and rail passengers as well as drivers all struggling to complete their journeys... more

Bank holiday weekend forecast: Cool with lots of traffic

26.05.10
As many as 15 million cars are likely to take to the roads this bank holiday weekend, with travellers warned to expect cool and showery weather... more

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

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

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

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

£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


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