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New weekend closures mean more Jubilee line misery

24.08.11
Mayor Boris Johnson is accused of breaking a series of promises over the Jubilee line as Tube bosses announced more weekend closures... more

We spend three days a year delayed on the Tube

14.06.11
Passengers are spending almost three working days a year delayed on the Tube, shock figures have revealed... more

Bakerloo line branded the worst as delays on Tube keep soaring

03.06.11
Serious Tube delays of 15 minutes or longer have soared in frequency, and figures have revealed the Bakerloo line is the worst offender for serious delays... more

Waterloo jams set to be eased by converting old platforms

25.05.11
Commuters have welcomed plans to ease chronic overcrowding and speed up journey times at Waterloo station... more

London drivers who leave engines running face £120 fines under Boris Johnson plan

03.03.11
Motorists who leave their engines 'idling' will be hit by fines of up to £120 under plans drawn up by Boris Johnson... more

Deal close for mobiles on Underground

21.02.11
Passengers will be able to use their mobile phones on three Tube lines in time for the Olympics under a deal being considered by Boris Johnson... more

Victoria is the new nightmare Tube line

05.01.11
Victoria and Jubilee lines top a new London Underground 'league of shame' based on customer complaints... more

West London unwraps Boris Johnson's C-charge 'Christmas present'

22.12.10
Boris Johnson says the abolition of the western extension of the C-charge zone is his 'Christmas present' for west Londoners... more

Ken Livingstone’s running mate Val Shawcross aims to win back women voters

07.12.10
Val Shawcross, confirmed as Mr Livingstone’s running mate, dislikes the “knock-about conflict” that dominates politics... more

Cyclists feel less safe on Mayor's superhighways

30.11.10
Mayor’s cycle superhighways scheme called into question as it emerges that the majority of cyclists feel safer on ordinary roads than on the distinctive blue routes... more

Tube staff ‘must face tougher security checks’

09.11.10
Boris Johnson under pressure to order 'urgent' improvements to security checks on Tube staff after it emerges that bosses were not aware a driver was accused of terror offences... more

Cyclists to give Boris bike feedback

13.09.10
Cyclists are being asked to take part in an investigation into the Boris bikes scheme and the Mayor’s “cycle superhighways”... more

Ending hot school dinners will be a ‘real blow to parents’

23.08.10
Parents in Croydon fear their children will go without a hot meal at lunchtime as the council announces it is ending its contract with a school catering company... more

Boris Johnson appoints 'efficiency czar' to save £2.4bn

08.04.10
Boris Johnson has appointed a new 'efficiency czar' to help him deliver £2.4 billion in savings over the next three years... more

Commuters' fury over Thameslink's 'pathetic' refund offer

27.01.10
Rail commuters who suffered two months of disruption on Thameslink today condemn compensation of two weeks’ free travel as 'an insult'... more

First Group moves closer to losing Thameslink

22.01.10
Rail and coach giant First Group comes closer to losing its Thameslink franchise as tens of thousands of commuters again suffer major disruption... more

TfL to charge 40p a minute for travel information

30.11.09
Bosses at Transport for London are facing a public backlash over plans to make passengers pay more for travel information by phone... more

Musicians stage protest over rules that could drive them off the Tube

05.11.09
Tube musicians took part in a mass busk outside City Hall in protest at what they call draconian new measures... more

Boris: Bendy buses are on borrowed time

24.07.09
When the last number 507 of the day slips into the forecourt of Waterloo Station at 32 minutes past midnight, it will mark the beginning of the end of the bendy bus... more

Anger at rail ticket office cuts

24.02.09
Protests against plans to reduce ticket office opening hours at King's Cross and other stations grew... more

Tubes and buses running but more disruption on the trains

04.02.09
Thousands of London mainline rail commuters suffered a third day of disruption... 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

Commuters hope for cheaper tickets from fare zone review

06.01.09
Thousands of commuters may get cheaper tickets from a new review of the capital's fare zones... more

Boris scraps £3billion of Ken’s transport projects for London

06.11.08
Plans for £3billion worth of new transport links across London have been scrapped because of a lack of funding, the Evening Standard has learned... more

No jail, even a child jail, is the answer to knife crime

03.11.08
As Boris launches his teenage knife crime strategy today, could there be at least a faint chance that we're already over the worst? ... more

Ignore the bleatings of the bendy bus brigade

27.10.08
Following the brilliant success of its efforts to defend Lee Jasper, LDA croynism and Ian Blair, the London Left has hit on yet another sure-fire electoral winner... more

Scrapping bendy buses 'will bring misery for passengers'

22.09.08
Mayor Boris Johnson has come under fire over plans to scrap bendy buses on three key routes across the capital... more

Assembly asks train passengers to help banish 'cattle-trucks'

16.09.08
Passengers are being asked to recount details of their commuting experiences to the London Assembly to help an investigation into overcrowding... more

Mayor 'going cold on vital scheme for cross-river tram'

08.09.08
Boris Johnson is under fire after appearing to put plans for the Cross River Tram Link in doubt... more

TfL takeover boosts calls for Tramlink extension

02.07.08
Boris Johnson is facing fresh pressure to extend the Croydon Tramlink after it was taken over by Transport for London this week... more


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