London mayor Ken Livingstone has welcomed the Government's announcement that the pricing of rail tickets within London will be based on the... continue

A consortium of Balfour Beatty and Carillion has been awarded the contract for building phase one of the East London Underground Line extensions. A... continue

By Rob Wallis
In his first speech as transport secretary, Douglas Alexander addressed the prospects for smartcard ticketing in the UK public transport sector. He... continue

The number of passenger journeys on buses in England in the 2005/06 financial year rose by 0.1% to 4.125 billion. This overall figure masks a... continue

Low income Londoners make much less use of Oystercards than those on higher incomes, even though the smartcards offer significant savings over most... continue

Work has just started on a new station on the Hammersmith and City Underground line between Shepherd’s Bush and Latimer Road stations. The as... continue

The Dispatches television programme hosted by former London transport commissioner Bob Kiley attracted the attention of The Times' TV reviewer, Joe... continue

The refurbished Waterloo and City Underground line is due to reopen next week. Track on the 2.4km line, which runs between Waterloo and Bank... continue

Most of Transport for London's aspirations for higher frequency orbital passenger rail services can be accommodated alongside existing and forecast... continue

Howard Smith has left the Docklands Light Railway where he was director, to join Transport for London's London rail directorate in the new post of... continue

Transport for London is to investigate whether heavy rail services from London to Watford Junction could be converted to London Underground... continue

On 24 July London's Evening Standard was severely critical of the two firms responsible for maintaining the capital's Underground network.... continue

Tube infrastructure companies Metronet and Tube Lines are still failing to deliver projects required by the public-private partnership contracts,... continue

Transport for London's board last week approved plans for a £9.4bn (real terms) investment programme to improve the capital's transport... continue

Mayor of London's Ken Livingstone's announcement of a series of fares increases to fund an investment programme for rail, bus and road schemes (LTT... continue

The Greater London Authority has approved plans for the Olympic Park in east London following the approval by the London boroughs of Newham, Hackney,... continue

A £10bn transport investment programme to improve the capital's transport infrastructure over the next five years will be agreed by the... continue

Public transport users in London face three years of inflation busting fare increases to pay for mayor Ken Livingstone's £2.9bn programme of... continue

The first indications of the compromises local politicians will have to make to secure government support for transport investment emerged this week... continue

TfL has named the four preferred bidders to operate the London Rail concession, which consists of the North London Railway (formerly Silverlink... continue