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Travel delays and disruption

  • London Bridge station hit by delays and cancellations as commuters face another evening of travel chaos

    March 16, 2015

    Commuters travelling through London Bridge faced another evening of delays cancellations and disruption – on the same day new efforts to ease overcrowding were introduced. Rush hour commuters have been hit with severe delays and cancellations to services running from the station to the south of London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex due to a signalling [...]

  • London Bridge staff are having hot coffee thrown on them and being spat at by angry commuters as travel chaos continues

    March 10, 2015

    Union bosses at RMT have written an open letter to train operators Southern, Southeastern and Thameslink, along with Network Rail, claiming rail staff are being abused by angry commuters over the travel chaos.    The union claims that staff have been threatened, had hot coffee thrown over them and been spat at by passengers who [...]

  • More fun at London Bridge Station during evening rush hour as freight train breaks down

    March 9, 2015

    Evening commuters going via London Bridge during the evening rush hour are set to be hit by more delays as chaos at the station continues into its second week. After crushes at the station on Wednesday, described as "life threatening" by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, commuters were again left stranded after a freight [...]

  • Tube strike tonight over tube driver sacking for failed alcohol test

    March 7, 2015

    London Underground staff are set to strike tonight from 9.30pm to 3.59am tonight in protest at the sacking of a driver. Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport Union (RMT) are protesting the dismissal, which came after the drive failed two alcohol breath tests. It said a faulty machine had presented false positives before, which [...]

  • Eurostar services suspended after person hit by train in Kent as travel chaos ensues at St Pancras

    March 2, 2015

    Passengers on the Eurostar are facing major delays after services were suspended following the death of a man who was hit by a train in Bearsted, in Kent. The British Transport Police (BTP) were called in at 11:40am. In a statement the BTP said: Medics from South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended the incident, [...]

  • Tube strike dates announced for Saturday night 7 March over driver sacking

    March 2, 2015

    There's more misery for Londoners as Tube drivers have announced the dates for another strike over the sacking of a colleague. The walkout will begin on Saturday 7 March at 9.30pm and end on Sunday 8 March 3.59am, minimising transport chaos by avoiding rush hour but potentially leaving some revellers confused. The London Underground drivers [...]

  • Commuters left fuming (and damp) by two hundred metre queues just to enter Brixton Tube station

    February 25, 2015

    Angry commuters are faced with two hundred metre queues to get into Brixton Tube station because of engineering work being done to the escalators.    The queues, which witnesses claim stretched back as far as the Ritzy Cinema a couple of hundred metres from the station, have become a semi-regular feature along Brixton Road and [...]

  • Rail travel: Do you get the most delayed trains in Britain?

    February 16, 2015

    More than a quarter of train travellers in Britain are hit by delays, with passengers on Southern services experiencing the worst holdups to their journey, new research reveals. The train company which runs major commuter routes into the capital, including the 7.29am Brighton to Victoria “train of shame” which was late every day last year, [...]

  • Bus strikes postponed: Scheduled walkouts for Friday 13th and Monday 16th February won’t take place

    February 11, 2015

    Bus strikes that were expected to bring the capital to a halt over the next week have been postponed, bringing relief to thousands of commuters. Drivers striking over pay have postponed 24-hour walkouts which were scheduled to take place on Friday and Monday, Unite has said. The union representing the bus drivers will enter talks [...]

  • Commuters face more Tube misery as RMT members vote to strike on Northern Line alcohol dismissal

    February 10, 2015

    There's more Tube misery on the way for London commuters – members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union today voted in favour of a Tube strike, after a driver was dismissed for allegedly failing an alcohol breath test before he went on duty. The vote means the strike could take place any time [...]

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