FirstGroup refuses to sign a three-year extension to run the First Great Western route into Paddington, forcing the Government to tender the franchise as a long-term contract much earlier than it had planned... more
Boris Johnson and Transport for London accused of blocking the appointment of a former Tube boss to a troubled private firm upgrading three vital Underground lines... more
Thanks to a policy of deafening us - sorry, keeping us "informed", commuters can be sure they will be kept abreast of closures by a series of announcements... more
Tens of thousands of Tube commuters suffered major disruption today, just as London Underground bosses boasted the system was the best in Europe and reliability is improving... more
Gordon Brown's £30 billion Public Private Partnership to refurbish the Tube has wasted public money, says the managing director of London Underground... more
The Treasury has told the Mayor he must fill a looming £1.4 billion hole in the capital’s transport budget. Yet it was Whitehall that got us in this mess from the start ... more
All Tube users are familiar with unconvincing excuses, and Tim O’Toole’s resignation last week as head of the Underground produced a vintage crop... more
Major Tube upgrade projects could be under threat unless extra funds are found to plug a £1.4 billion cash shortfall, the boss of London Underground has warned... more
The departure of first deputy mayor Tim Parker is being seen as a blunder by Boris. But it was the millionaire businessman's own thirst for power that led to his downfall... more
London's top five transport chiefs earned more than £300,000 each last year despite continued delays and overcrowding on the Tube and bus network... more
Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell have been secretly giving advice to Labour campaign chiefs on how to get Ken Livingstone re-elected, it emerged... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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