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Scrapping Tube service 'is end of the line for Olympia shows'

14.07.11
Stopping services on a stretch of the District line will trigger the "slow death" of west London's conference and exhibition businesses, it is warned... more

Chaos on the Tube: EIGHT months of disruption on the Northern line

01.04.11
Northern line trains will not stop at Tottenham Court Road station for the next eight months - causing major problems for more than 60,000 passengers a day... more

Oxford Street Tube revamp to cause eight months of delays

08.02.11
Tube and bus passengers face months of disruption as the transformation of two stations in Oxford Street accelerates... more

Wi-fi trial will let commuters browse internet on Underground

29.10.10
Commuters will be able to go online at Tube stations for the first time in a groundbreaking trial starting on Monday... more

New Victoria line trains ‘23 times less reliable’ than the old ones

27.07.10
First new trains on the London Underground for a decade are causing misery for passengers on one of its busiest lines... more

Longer waits and fewer trains after Circle line extension

16.03.10
Commuters on the redesigned Circle line are suffering much longer waits between services and fewer trains, official figures reveal... more

Tube misery as two million passengers face delays after funding slashed

10.03.10
Two million passengers who use Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines face years of delays after major row on Tube spending... more

Student jailed for smashing RBS window in G20 protest

12.02.10
A student who threw a computer monitor through a bank window during last year’s G20 protests was jailed for two-and-a-half years... more

Outrage at plans to shut Northern Line for 20 months

02.02.10
Plans to close the Tube's busiest line on 82 weekends for engineering work sparks widespread anger... more

Signals upgrade to shut Northern line early on weekdays for up to 18 months

01.02.10
Northern line is to close early on weekdays for up to 18 months for a major upgrade of signals... more

Strike cancelled as Tube workers accept pay deal

23.12.09
Threat of industrial action by London Underground workers ends as the biggest Tube union accepts pay deal... more

Tube workers back pre-Christmas action over pay

24.11.09
Commuters on the London Undergound face pre-Christmas disruption after engineering and electrical workers voted for industrial action in a row over pay... more

Tube could halt at Christmas as unions ballot for five strikes

19.11.09
Tube union bosses order four ballots calling for strike action — and are set to announce a fifth... more

Strikes may shut Tube in run-up to Christmas

12.10.09
Tube union bosses ordered a new strike ballot and threatened major disruption in the run-up to Christmas... more

New Tube boss is man who got trains running after 7/7 bombs

14.09.09
The new head of the Tube was named as Mike Brown, now in charge of Heathrow airport... 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

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

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

Light at end of the tunnel as Tube dispute resolved

19.08.09
Dispute over jobs on London Underground which sparked a crippling strike earlier in the summer and threatened further industrial action has been resolved... more

Come on Boris, show us what you're made of

16.07.09
Boris Johnson could be forgiven any annoyance at being attacked as a "do-little mayor" by Stephan Shakespeare, the man behind the pollster YouGov and the ConservativeHome website... more

£60m of cuts on Underground raise safety fears

17.06.09
London Underground makes £60million spending cuts on keys lines including the Circle, District, Metropolitan, Bakerloo, Central, Victoria and the Waterloo & City... more

Tube strike: Second day of gridlock on roads

11.06.09
London was suffering another day of gridlock as tens of thousands of cars clogged the streets to beat the Tube strike... more

Bob Crow quit Tube talks saying: I've got a strike to run

10.06.09
Talks to avert the Tube strike collapsed at the very last minute after both sides believed they had agreed a deal on redundancies, the Standard can reveal... more

Pay offer bid to halt Tube strike

05.06.09
Tube bosses have tabled a new pay offer in a desperate attempt to prevent next week's 48-hour strike... more

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 chief quits £450,000 job

25.02.09
The man in charge of running the Tube has quit after six years, despite Mayor Boris Johnson's pleas for him to stay... more


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