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Driverless trains on the Tube by 2021

24.10.11
Driverless Tube trains could operate across the network within 10 years, according to secret documents seen by the Standard... more

Short journeys leave a £11m hole in Boris's bike hire sums

07.10.11
Boris Johnson is facing an £11million black hole in his bike hire scheme because people are not using the vehicles for long enough... more

Guide dogs to be allowed on tube escalators

03.10.11
Guide dogs for the blind are to be allowed to use Tube escalators... more

999 callers gave up waiting for police to answer during the riots

16.09.11
Nearly one in five 999 calls made during the height of the London riots were abandoned after the caller gave up waiting for police operators to answer... more

Commuter fares: Prices to rocket by up to eight per cent

14.09.11
Boris Johnson warns commuters that fares will rise by up to eight per cent on London's transport network... more

Tube delays are a 'drag' on London's economy, says report

13.09.11
Transport chiefs have been urged to tackle the 'unacceptable' level of performance on the London Underground ... more

Seven days of chaos on Piccadilly line as escalators are fixed

13.09.11
Commuters face seven days of disruption as Piccadilly line trains pass through Earl's Court station without stopping because of safety concerns... more

Thames Water refuses to pay passengers for burst pipe chaos

31.08.11
Thames Water has refused to compensate rail passengers after a burst water main caused major travel chaos across the South-East this month... more

Metal thieves target bus stops

30.08.11
Thieves taking metal from London's transport network are costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds every year, it has emerged... more

Years of Tube disruption cost £46m for replacement buses

22.08.11
London taxpayers will foot a total bill of £46.7 million for replacement bus services for the Tube, the Standard reveals... more

Jubilee line upgrade 'fiasco' has cost TfL nearly £16m in lost fares

19.08.11
Delays to the upgrade of the Jubilee line have cost nearly £16 million in lost fares as frustrated passengers use other method of travel, new figures reveal... more

Highgate box junction nets £1m fines in one year

01.08.11
The most lucrative yellow box junction in the capital earned Transport for London more than £1million last year, the Standard can reveal... more

Assembly chief clashes with bosses

29.06.11
The leader of the London Assembly's transport committee has clashed with rail chiefs - saying she could understand what led commuters to climb from a train and walk along the tracks after being stranded for two hours... more

Eight million passengers a month overcharged on Oyster

21.06.11
Eight million passengers a month are overpaying on Oyster pay-as-you-go cards because they are confused by the system or the card readers fail to work properly, new research reveals... more

We spend three days a year delayed on the Tube

14.06.11
Passengers are spending almost three working days a year delayed on the Tube, shock figures have revealed... more

Yellow 'money box' junctions earn TfL £20million in driver fines

01.06.11
Yellow box junctions operated by Transport for London have raised almost £20 million in traffic fines in the last three years... more

Commuters face delay on Oyster top-up

26.05.11
South West Trains admit they do not know when their top-up facilities will be made ready for passengers going through Greater London stations ... more

We have a screw loose, stranded Jubilee line commuters are told

20.05.11
Thousands of commuters were made late for work when a screw fell from a platform-edge door on the Jubilee line... more

No end in sight for shutdowns on Jubilee line

03.05.11
Passengers face fresh Jubilee line chaos as bosses admitted they will be forced to delay vital upgrade works once again... more

Tube commuters 'ripped off' by premium-rate phone number

21.03.11
Commuters checking whether Tube trains are on time are being 'ripped off' by having to phone a premium rate number, it was claimed ... more

There is a good service running on all Tube lines... one day a year

14.03.11
Transport for London ran a 'good service' across the entire Tube network for just one day in the past year... more

Delays on Tube are so bad that 11 million qualify for travel refund

09.03.11
More than 14 million Tube passengers suffered delays of 15 minutes or more for the 12-month period ending in January, new figures reveal... more

Embassies owe £50m C-charge fines as US tops list of those 'insulting every Londoner'

04.02.11
Amount of money owed by foreign embassies in unpaid congestion charge fines is set to break the £50 million barrier this month... more

Disabled motorists to be banned from driving to Olympics

08.12.10
Disabled people will be banned from driving to the Olympics, Games chiefs say... more

South West Trains in U-turn over ban on Oyster cards

15.11.10
The only train company in London that refused to allow passengers to top up their Oyster cards changes its policy after government pressure... more

Lib-Dems: Boris Johnson's plans will cut 7,500 ticket office hours a week

24.08.10
Tube ticket offices across London are to have their opening hours slashed by a total of almost 7,500 hours a week, Lib-Dems say... more

London Assembly asks Southeastern rail firm to explain ‘appalling’ week

14.01.10
Major train operator taken to task over its performance in freezing conditions during the past week... more

Tube overcrowding 'is turning Londoners into selfish animals'

01.12.09
Overcrowding on the Tube is forcing passengers to fight for space and to ignore the needs of the pregnant and people with babies.... more

Road junction to be made safer after death of cyclist

04.09.08
A notorious road junction that was the scene of a cyclist's death is to be made safer... more


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