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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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