Livingstone Pledges To Take Over Suburban Rail
Metro rail services would follow the London Overground model.
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Southern And South West Trains Order More Carriages
A bit more room for crushed commuters by 2013.
Book Review: Do Not Alight Here By Ben Pedroche
Track down London’s many ghost stations.
Door Opens On Train Travelling Through London At 109mph
A ‘near miss’ at Wembley Central.
Video: The Future Transport Hub At Old Oak Common
A vision of west London to come, with a bizarre soundtrack.
London Transport Costs Rise For Cars, Buses, Trains
Fares and charges increase for many London commuters as the capital returns to work.
Snow: Another Morning Of Commuting No Fun
If you’ve got no place to go, today is a textbook winter wonderland in London. If, like most people, you’ve got to travel in for work, well the going is still tough. Let us know how you got on…
Next Week’s Tube Strike Will Go Ahead
Union members are to stage another 24-hour strike from Sunday evening, meaning that most of the Tube network will be subject to closures and severe delays all day Monday, 29 November.
Thameslink Upgrade To Go Ahead
Transport secretary Philip Hammond today announced that the Government is to proceed with the full Thameslink upgrade programme.
More Tube Woes As Sleek Deutsche Bahn Train Visits St Pancras
The Tube network called in sick again today, with another mid-tunnel breakdown. A Victoria Line train got all stroppy between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park leading to a two-hour wait for 400 passengers followed by a hike along the tracks. Disruption was, needless to say, …
In Pictures: The Connaught Tunnel
A piece of Victorian railway engineering is being brought back from the dead as part of the Crossrail project. Built in 1878, the Connaught Tunnel was part of the railway between Stratford and North Woolwich, and passed along Silvertown, beneath the passage that connected the …
