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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

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

London commuters braced for rail strikes

13.08.09
Commuters and holidaymakers are facing rail chaos this morning with strike action crippling some of the busiest lines into London... more

Ronnie Biggs's family urge Jack Straw to reconsider ruling

02.07.09
Great Train Robber's family vows to fight on after Jack Straw refuses Biggs's release... more

Tube unions at war over strike

10.06.09
A war broke out between the two Tube drivers' unions as a strike failed to bring the network to a halt ... more

Driver of Charles de Menezes Tube awarded £1,000

03.06.09
The Tube train driver who fled in terror into the tunnel after police shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell station in July 2005 has been awarded £1,000 compensation... more

Boris: I won’t dock pay of snowed-in Tube staff after all

09.02.09
Mayor Boris Johnson has backtracked on a decision not to pay Tube staff who failed to turn up for work because of the snow... more

Hoon is warned rail cutbacks will result in second Hatfield

27.01.09
Cutbacks in rail maintenance could lead to another Hatfield, Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon was told... 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

Tube unions say no to a no-strike deal

06.05.08
London's new Mayor had a baptism of fire over the Tube as union leaders told him a no-strike deal was not an option.... more

How they voted - leading Londoners reveal their political leanings

01.05.08
The Evening Standard's Katharine Barney found out who backed whom - and why - in the mayoral election ... more

Dunwoody, the battling MP who stood up to Labour, dies

18.04.08
Gwyneth Dunwoody, the longest-serving female Labour MP who has died aged 77, was hailed as a champion of the railways who was prepared to stand up to her own party to defend her beliefs... more

TfL bosses attacked for giving go-ahead to Tube suicide film

27.03.08
Tube bosses were accused of insensitivity after taking money for a new film in which a driver searches for a suicide victim to jump under his train... more

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