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Rail firms ‘picking pockets’ with 50% rise in car park charges

15.09.09
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... more

Rail firms double prices to make up for peak fare cuts

04.09.09
Rail commuters face a record 143 per cent increase in the cost of travel as train companies sidestep government regulations aimed at keeping prices down... more

The trains now arriving... are a record 90% on time

26.05.09
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

Union chief slams 'morally bankrupt' Network Rail

19.05.09
A union leader will launch an angry attack against Network Rail, accusing the company of being "morally bankrupt"... more

Passengers face £2.50 levy for seat on train

12.05.09
Passengers will be charged an extra £2.50 a journey to guarantee a seat on crowded trains... more

'Dick Turpin' rail operators increase cost of railcard by 25%

08.05.09
The cost of a network railcard, which offers families cheap tickets in the South East, is to rise by 25 per cent... more

Rail unions demand freeze on jobs 'massacre'

28.04.09
Rail union bosses are meeting Geoff Hoon, the transport secretary, today in an escalating dispute over job losses, service cuts and fare rises... more

'Dangerous' trainspotters to be banned from King's Cross

16.03.09
Trainspotters could be banned from King's Cross for security reasons, it was claimed... more

Rail ticket office staff to strike in bank holidays row

27.02.09
Ticket office staff and other workers at a train company are to strike for 24 hours in a dispute over holidays, it was announced... more

Ticket office hours cut as rail firm struggles to pay £1.4bn franchise

16.02.09
National Express is to reduce ticket office opening hours on the East Coast Main Line to save cash... more

Tube unions warn of strike

11.02.09
The Tube's two biggest unions combined forces to warn of strike action across the network to prevent compulsory job losses... more

MPs grill rail bosses over fare rises

05.02.09
Rail chiefs faced a barrage of criticism after appearing before MPs to be questioned about inflation-busting fare rises... more

Union urges MPs to end 'insulting' rail fare increases

04.02.09
MPs faced mounting pressure to order a rail fares freeze during the recession... more

Battle lines drawn to keep ticket offices open closure

28.01.09
Politicians and union leaders have urged rail commuters to back the Evening Standard’s campaign for safer stations... more

Safety fears as Network Rail cuts track work to save cash

23.01.09
Fears over more late and cancelled trains escalated as Network Rail announced it is cutting back on the amount of worn out track it replaces in order to save cash... more

Railway staff threatened with sack over ticket office protest

22.01.09
Staff working for a commuter rail company were warned they could be sacked if they tell commuters about plans to close ticket offices... more

Overcrowding fear as train firms seek to cut services

19.01.09
Rail company bosses are to ask the Government for permission to cut services - leading to more overcrowding and unstaffed stations... more

Rail crowding set to get worse as SWT shortens its trains

16.01.09
Commuters face cattle truck conditions after rail managers announced plans to shorten 100 trains to save money ... more

Fares up and rail delays for return to work

05.01.09
Commuters were faced with inflation-busting fare increases as they returned to work - and to a rail network hit by problems... more

Inflation link to rail fare rises 'must be ditched'

02.01.09
Ministers are facing mounting pressure to scrap inflation-linked rail fare increases... more

Inflation-busting rail fare rises 'are national scandal'

30.12.08
Unions condemned London's rail bosses for levying maximum fare rises while reaping "bumper profits" of tens of millions of pounds... more

Unions attack plan to leave stations unstaffed for longer

29.12.08
Main line rail stations serving London could be left unstaffed for longer periods during the day, and late at night... more

White-collar jobs go as TfL axes up to 2,000

15.12.08
Up to 2,000 jobs are to be axed at Transport for London because of the credit crunch... more

Rail fares from Euston set to treble

08.12.08
Thousands of long-distance rail travellers from Euston will see their fares treble under the cover of timetable changes being introduced next week... more

Commuters to face 11 per cent New Year rail fare rise

21.11.08
Commuter train fares will rocket by up to 11 per cent from January, rail operators announced... more

Strike threat to Eurostar in run-up to Christmas

13.11.08
Eurostar staff are threatening to strike just before Christmas - the service's busiest time of the year... more

Mayor scraps Ken plan to axe 40 Tube ticket offices

02.07.08
The Mayor has scrapped plans to close dozens of Tube ticket offices in a decision welcomed by campaigners as a "victory for common sense"... more

Energy costs to force huge rise in rail fares

30.06.08
Annual rail ticket prices will jump hundreds of pounds amid massive hikes of between two and three times the rate of inflation as rail companies are hit by the economic turmoil... 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

Strikes will shut Tube for four days

28.03.08
Tube union bosses have ordered four days of strikes starting on Sunday 6 April... more

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