Travellers likely to struggle to get around London this bank holiday weekend amid rail and Tube closures and expected jams on the roads caused by sports events
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Passengers at Euston say they are being treated like 'a herd of cattle' after staff put them in metal pens to prevent a stampede across platforms... more
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
Passengers on Sir Richard Branson's West Coast Main Line - the UK's busiest route - face strike action when they return from their Christmas break... more
Strikes by ticket office staff at Virgin Trains which would have caused travel chaos at Euston tomorrow were dramatically called off following a legal challenge... more
New, cut-price train services are to be launched out of Euston to the north of England in the first ever challenge to Virgin Trains' monopoly on the West Coast Main Line... more
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
Virgin Trains users have voted with their feet as the main inter-city service from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow became the first rail company to admit to falling passenger revenues... more
Transport: Sir Richard Branson has begun lobbying to take control of train services out of King’s Cross and win Virgin Trains a monopoly on fast intercity trains to the North and Scotland... more
Thousands of long-distance rail travellers from Euston will see their fares treble under the cover of timetable changes being introduced next week... more
Forget the Bullingdon Club. Forget too, these troubled times. Eton College has started its own club for those keen to get on, credit crunch or not: The Stockbroking Society... more
Transport: Stagecoach admits that its commuter train services have become a victim of the financial crisis and the loss of up to 100,000 London jobs... more
Late last night, in the middle of Birmingham, I was physically assaulted, called a f***ing c*** and a prick, and left stranded after the last train back to London had gone... more
Arriva, in line with all its rival UK passenger transport companies, reports soaring revenues as Britons get out of their cars and on to buses and trains... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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