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Jubilee line closures to go on next year

09.10.09

Weekend shutdowns on the Jubilee line are expected to continue into next year, the Standard has learned... more

Tube Lines says sorry for Jubilee disruption

03.09.09

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Passengers' fury at weekend works

27.08.09

Tube users have inundated a probe into weekend shut-downs on the Underground with complaints about endless station and line closures... more

Northern line could close from 10pm on weekdays for upgrade

26.08.09

Tube passengers are facing more problems with plans to close sections of the Underground�s busiest line from 10pm... more

Northern line could close from 10pm on weekdays for upgrade

26.08.09

Tube passengers are facing more problems with plans to close sections of the Underground�s busiest line from 10pm, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Finance row risk to Olympic upgrades

25.08.09

Row over the cost of the next stage of the Tube modernisation could prevent large-scale improvements being ready for the London Games... more

The Jubilee line and the failures of PPP

25.08.09

The regular weekend closures on the Jubilee line are frustrating for passengers and infuriating for the owners of the 02 entertainment venue in Greenwich... more

Boris rages at Tube firm as upgrade to Jubilee line causes chaos

25.08.09

Boris Johnson reads riot act to private firm causing Tube chaos after 'grave doubts' whether �500 million upgrade will be completed by Christmas ... more

Treasury must rue the day it ever decided on PPP

25.08.09

Annual report on the Tube public-private partnership should send a shiver down the collective spine of Londoners returning to their desks after the summer break... more

Summer of pain for O2 fans as works shut Jubilee line

07.07.09

Fans who have paid hundreds of pounds to see events at the O2 were today warned of transport disruption all summer because of closures on the Jubilee line... more

�2bn funding row threatens work on three Tube lines

06.07.09

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O2 not thrilled as Jubilee line shuts for Michael Jackson's big tour

20.05.09

Michael Jackson�s comeback at the O2 is to be marred by Tube chaos... more

Tube upgrade �put at risk by tensions in TfL partnership

18.05.09

Tensions within the private-public partnership responsible for upgrading the Tube network are putting improvements at risk, a senior official warned... more

MPs� expenses row: the Speaker must go

18.05.09

While the crisis over MPs� expenses is claiming an increasing number of parliamentarians, the focus is now shifting to the embattled Speaker, Michael Martin... more

Ministers and Met in the dock

17.04.09

It has not been a good week for London's police or for their ultimate boss, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith... more

Mind the gap: departing Tube chief warns of �2bn black hole

17.04.09

Gordon Brown's �30 billion Public Private Partnership to refurbish the Tube has wasted public money, says the managing director of London Underground... more

�1bn shortfall brings Tube upgrade to halt

19.03.09

Improvements to Tube stations and the Underground network have been halted because of a �1billion funding shortfall, a report reveals... more

Paying the price of PPP's failures

19.03.09

A report by the London Assembly's Transport Committee on the state of the Underground will do little to raise passengers' mood... more

Cash shortage threatens �1bn Tube line upgrade

25.11.08

The �1billion upgrade of the Piccadilly line was at risk of being axed as the Tube cash crisis worsened... more

Tube upgrade at risk in �1.4bn shortfall, says LU

13.11.08

Major Tube upgrade projects could be under threat unless extra funds are found to plug a �1.4 billion cash shortfall, the boss of London Underground has warned... more

Back these vital public projects

20.10.08

AHEAD of a week of figures likely to confirm that a severe economic downturn is already under way, the responses from Labour and the Conservatives are very different... more

It�s official: the PPP is bankrupting our Tube

11.09.08

The independent arbiter has ruled that Tube Lines wanted �2.1bn more for its new upgrades than the work was worth. Is it time to face facts and ditch the PPP? ... more

�2bn shortfall in cash needed to upgrade Tube

09.09.08

An alert over a £2billion black hole in plans to upgrade three key Tube lines has been issued... more

�4,600 for some as Tube bosses agree strike deal

20.08.08

Tube workers who threatened eight days of strikes will receive pay increases of up to £4,600, it was revealed... more

Tube strike called off at last minute

19.08.08

The Tube strike has been called off at the last minute - with Union bosses set to thrash out the details of a deal on pay and working conditions... more

Tube boss: these strikers aim to bring down our firm

18.08.08

The main Tube union has hit back at accusations it is orchestrating an illegal political strike... more

Commentary: Just 280 members vote for action ... this is about politics, not pay

18.08.08

Last week the RMT got what they wanted: the go-ahead for yet more strike action on the Tube. As a result of just 280 of their members voting to strike, millions of Londoners face disruption going to work on Wednesday... more