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RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23771730-virgin-ticket-staff-set-for-lihtning-rail-strikes.do 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 2009-11-19T11:55:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23771032-virgin-commuters-hit-by-strikes-over-increase-in-fares.do <b>NEW:</b> Passengers using Sir Richard Branson’s West Coast Main Line face a double whammy of fare increases and strike action, it was revealed 2009-11-18T09:07:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23749000-city-spy-virgin-faces-a-battle-in-great-north-rail-race.do RAIL veteran Ian Yeowart is rattling the couplings of Virgin Trains by launching an all-new Great North Western Railways company on Virgin routes into Euston 2009-09-28T06:57:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23748418-gner-gets-back-on-the-rails-with-new-train-services.do 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 2009-09-24T13:29:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23744149-rail-firms-picking-pockets-with-50-percent-rise-in-car-park-charges.do 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 2009-09-15T08:00:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23727364-west-coast-trains-still-running-late.do 2009-08-03T13:18:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23720676-city-spy-the-rail-truth-is-hard-to-track-down.do The bickering between British Airways and Virgin Atlantic continues. BA chairman Martin Broughton ridiculed Sir Richard Branson this week for the Virgin knight’s call for the Government not to bail out BA... 2009-07-17T05:41:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23717573-west-coast-line-complaints-soar.do 2009-07-09T13:48:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23698951-the-trains-now-arriving-are-a-record-90-on-time.do 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 2009-05-26T12:41:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23677192-fenhalls-plays-fast-and-loose-with-valuations.do Sibir, the London-listed Russian oil company, continues to excite much City chat. Two former directors are being sued over loans given to one of its largest shareholders and there's talk of BP's Russian joint venture lining up a bid. 2009-04-17T08:17:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23662518-virgin-train-passenger-revenues-hit-the-buffers.do 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 2009-03-16T09:13:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23635024-mps-grill-rail-bosses-over-fare-rises.do Rail chiefs faced a barrage of criticism after appearing before MPs to be questioned about inflation-busting fare rises 2009-02-05T09:33:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23635100-snow-havoc-returns-to-roads-and-were-running-out-of-grit.do Heavy snow showers swept across central and southern England again, causing travel disruption and a fourth day of school closures 2009-02-05T10:26:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23633495-branson-has-eye-on-the-east-coast-line.do <strong>Transport: </strong> 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 2009-02-03T09:18:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23614501-rail-bosses-face-grilling-over-euston-failures.do Network Rail bosses are in the dock over a string of failures which have brought Britain's busiest railway to its knees 2009-01-08T10:00:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23613310-100000-stranded-as-rail-line-fails-for-third-time-in-week.do Britain's busiest railway was in meltdown with trains in and out of Euston brought to a virtual standstill 2009-01-07T09:46:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23613214-darlings-licence-to-print-money.do The fact that the Government is prepared to consider printing more money to tackle the economic crisis, as we report today, is some indication of how far conventional measures have failed to relieve the credit crunch 2009-01-07T09:20:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23612305-second-day-of-chaos-on-9bn-west-coast-railway-line.do The West Coast Main Line - just reopened with new timetables after a £9 billion rebuild - is in chaos for the second successive day 2009-01-06T09:37:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23603315-700-national-express-jobs-axed-as-rail-passengers-stay-at-home.do <strong>Transport:</strong> More than 700 jobs are to go at National Express as the train, coach and bus company reported a downturn in travelling by the public. 2008-12-17T09:27:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23601960-2-fuse-brings-9bn-upgrade-of-west-coast-line-to-a-halt.do The West Coast Main Line was brought to a halt by a £2 fuse, only hours after it reopened following its £9 billion rebuild 2008-12-15T14:08:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598600-rail-fares-from-euston-set-to-treble.do Thousands of long-distance rail travellers from Euston will see their fares treble under the cover of timetable changes being introduced next week 2008-12-08T16:29:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23596959-club-that-aims-to-give-etons-boys-an-edge.do 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 2008-12-04T08:47:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23596417-stagecoach-jolt-as-city-job-axe-culls-commuters.do <b>Transport: </b>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 2008-12-03T09:18:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23587841-rail-lines-to-shut-for-at-least-four-days-at-christmas.do Londoners face transport chaos over Christmas as large sections of the Tube and rail network shut down 2008-11-17T09:39:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23559049-city-job-cuts-to-hit-go-ahead.do <strong>Transport: </strong>Go-Ahead group shares are set to come under pressure because it appears most exposed to the financial downturn 2008-09-23T10:23:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23518493-welcome-to-southwold-the-new-islington-on-sea.do Londoners' holidays in the past were simple, predictable affairs. Now, in a more liberated age, our leisure options have blossomed, and even the politicians are catching on 2008-07-21T07:58:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23515897-insulted-and-assaulted-by-a-virgin-bureaucrat.do 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 2008-07-14T08:27:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23500320-fuel-price-strategy-is-paying-off-for-arriva.do 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 2008-06-26T07:57:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23486516-good-weekend-to-stay-at-home.do Bank Holiday travellers face severe disruption caused by rail and Tube engineering works, an estimated 18 million motorists on the road and blockaded Channel ferries 2008-05-22T07:34:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23482574-rail-chaos-but-dont-blame-weekend-repairs.do Tens of thousands of rail passengers suffered disruption today when the West and East Coast main lines had to close 2008-05-06T09:16:31Z