London Underground’s change of philosophy on Tube closures reflects a months-long reassessment following the final collapse of the Public Private Partnership earlier this year... more
As a new £10m train breaks down this week, the future of the Tube looks uncertain amid collapsed contracts and threatened 40 per cent spending cuts.... more
London Underground insists there is no disruption to Tube services again despite a strike by maintenance workers which union leaders said had caused problems... more
Union leaders renew calls for last-ditch talks in a bid to avert two 48-hour strikes by London Underground workers which threaten disruption from next week... more
Tube chiefs launch an 11th-hour bid to avert this weekend’s strike by maintenance drivers which will bring major disruption to the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines... more
Boris Johnson pledges to slash number of evening and weekend closures on the Tube after securing a deal to bring some of the busiest Underground lines back under state control... more
Mayor Boris Johnson is to axe Tube Lines, the private sector consortium responsible for the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, 'within days'... more
Mayor Boris Johnson is set to take legal action as a £1.3 billion funding gap threatens the upgrade of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines... more
Boris Johnson and Transport for London accused of blocking the appointment of a former Tube boss to a troubled private firm upgrading three vital Underground lines... more
Tube passengers are enduring “unacceptable” disruption to services following the Government’s “flawed” part-privatisation of the Underground, a report by MPs says... more
Tube passengers face second threat of strike action as union leaders give Tube Lines until Thursday to guarantee there will be no job cuts or changes to working conditions... more
Gordon Brown has put a brave face on the economic downturn by declaring today that “we have got through the storm together”, though he warns there will be “bumps in the road ahead”... more
Thanks to a policy of deafening us - sorry, keeping us "informed", commuters can be sure they will be kept abreast of closures by a series of announcements... more
You would have thought we had learned our lesson on Tube closures by now. With Tube Lines, it is as though the city was in the grip of a bunch of rogue builders... more
Upgrades to Jubilee and Northern lines under threat as private firm carrying out work loses claim to be paid an extra £327million of public funds... more
Boss of Tube Lines - the consortium modernising a third of the Underground - said it should not be used as a political 'punch-bag' by opponents of the PPP... more
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