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Warning over Tube safety as trains go through red lights

27.08.09
Underground bosses told to dramatically improve safety on the District line after three trains passed red 'danger' signals... more

Bonuses bonanza for Network Rail bosses despite delays

26.06.09
Top bosses at Network Rail are to receive huge bonuses despite the company being warned over delays on the London to Scotland West Coast line... more

Network Rail boss is silent over this year's bonus

01.04.09
Network Rail boss Iain Coucher has refused to say whether he will accept a bonus this year... more

Network Rail promises £35 billion railway revolution

31.03.09
The head of Network Rail has promised the biggest expansion of the national railway system since the days of the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel... more

Fall in season ticket sales as commuters fear losing their jobs

25.02.09
Commuters in London and the South-East are bearing the brunt of the credit crunch... more

Busiest trains carrying 40 per cent above their capacity

04.02.09
London's overground rail network is struggling to cope with growing passenger numbers and is set to get worse, a report warns... 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

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

Transport chiefs stunned as £2.4bn is slashed from spending

30.10.08
Billions of pounds were cut from spending on the railways just 24 hours after the Government said it planned to make "best use" of the national transport networks... more

Train users at daily risk as rail bosses 'dispute flaw'

23.10.08
Rail passengers are being put at risk of catastrophic derailments similar to the Potters Bar disaster, secret data from safety inspectors has revealed... more

Rail bosses told to cut disruption by a third

28.08.08
Network Rail have been ordered to cut disruption from engineering work by more than a third over the next five years... more

Gatwick rail links 'will be unfit for purpose in 2012'

27.08.08
A spending squeeze could leave rail links to Gatwick Airport "unfit for purpose" by the time the London 2012 Olympics start, government ministers have warned... more

Network Rail told: Improve or face competition

03.06.08
The rail regulator has warned Network Rail that it will lose its monopoly if it does not put an end to trains running late and engineering works taking longer than scheduled... more

Branson warns of more misery on key rail line

23.05.08
Sir Richard Branson has predicted further misery for rail passengers on the West Coast Mainline as the route undergoes a £8.6 billion upgrade... more

Richard Branson warns of rail route meltdown

23.05.08
Sir Richard Branson warns that his rail services out of Euston to Birmingham, Manchester and beyond are on the verge of meltdown... more

Summer timetable of rail chaos and delays

02.04.08
Millions of rail passengers were warned of summer chaos on the West Coast Main Line between Euston and the North... more

Arise Sir Ian... and pay £14m for rail fiasco

28.02.08
Network Rail fined a record £14 million for the New Year travel fiasco - on the same day its chairman picks up a knighthood. ... more

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