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The chaos begins: Tube strike starts in London tonight with more rail and air stoppages on way this week

09/01/17 01:37

The Tube strike has started in London tonight with further chaos on the way this week with more rail and air stoppages. As thousands return to work tomorrow having taken the first week of the New Year off, many Zone 1 tube stations will be shut from 6pm today for 24 hours. Passengers will face more misery with Southern Rail, London Underground and British Airways staff all walking out in ongoing wrangles over working conditions. Southern Rail drivers are on another walkout in their quarrel over who will open the doors on trains and their counterparts at Arriva Rail North are being balloted on Tuesday on whether to take industrial action which would hit commuters in Leeds, Hull and Manchester. ...read

Thousands in New York and Boston brave the freezing temperatures as they join commuters around the world for the No Pants Subway Ride

09/01/17 00:44

Across the world commuters rode transit systems in just their underwear for the event's 16th anniversary. Freezing temperatures and snowy weather did not hinder New York subway riders.

Tube passengers strike a pose ahead of Underground stoppage as they drop their TROUSERS for No Pants Day

08/01/17 22:49

Bemused passengers on the tube awkwardly averted their gaze today as hundreds of commuters stripped down to their underwear across London for the bizarre annual tradition.

Last-ditch bid to avert Tube strike misery for millions with 11th hour talks ahead of planned action starting Sunday evening

08/01/17 15:33

The way of industrial unrest has spread to the Tube after months of walk-outs on the busy Southern Rail routes. Train workers in the north are poised to join the winter of discontent next week.

Triple whammy of strikes is ON! Desperate 11th hour talks to solve rail, air and tube disputes FAIL as minsters tell companies 'be nice to staff who are late'

07/01/17 16:07

A 24-hour strike by London Underground staff will leave commuters stranded this week, with workers set to walk out for 24 hours from 6pm on Sunday.

'I'm ME, Not MEAT': Every advert in a London Underground station is replaced by vegan propaganda

02/01/17 22:22

A London tube station has been plastered with Vegan propaganda. Every advert at Clapham Common station has been replaced by posters persuading people to stop eating meat.

London Underground station was evacuated because Tube worker burnt his DINNER

01/01/17 18:07

Passengers and staff at Golders Green station in North London were asked the leave when the fire alarm went off. Police later revealed that smoke filled the station due to an overcooked apple pie.

Armed police will patrol the Tube for the first time ever on New Year's Eve as London remains on high terror alert

30/12/16 21:20

Major cities have increased security at big events following the Berlin Christmas market massacre last week, which killed 12 people when a lorry ploughed through a crowd of people.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is on the rack over train chaos as angry passengers and MPs from all parties blame him, new poll reveals

29/12/16 13:58

A new poll revealed an overwhelming majority of commuters believe Chris Grayling, pictured, was wrong to block moves to hand control of the Southeastern rail network to Transport for London.

Crisis talks to be held to halt a New Year walkout set to cause chaos on London Underground

28/12/16 14:41

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association are due to walk out from their jobs on the London Underground for 24 hours from January 8.

Now TUBE workers plan a walkout for the first day back to work in January as the Christmas of discontent spreads into New Year

23/12/16 14:16

The RMT announced the new strike action today following a ballot of members over what it claims are staff cuts. The RMT and Aslef plan to stop Southern from January 9 to January 14.

BREAKING NEWS: Baggage handlers call off 48-hour strike at 18 airports - but travellers still face Christmas chaos on rail, Tube and air

20/12/16 18:04

Unite had been been involved in a pay dispute with Swissport, which threatened strikes by baggage handlers and other ground staff at 18 airports on December 23 and 24.

MORE strike misery for passengers: Now London Underground workers threaten to 'escalate industrial action'unless a dispute over jobs and ticket office closures is resolved

14/12/16 10:48

Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) are banning overtime in protest over London Underground staff being moved from ticket offices onto station concourses.

Horrifying moment a schoolgirl dices with death by stepping over a LIVE rail as she walks across Tube lines

09/12/16 13:46

Passengers were gobsmacked as the teen crossed the tracks at Latimer Road station in west London, with RMT bosses complaining it highlighted the dangers of leaving stations unstaffed.

He's beneath you! Oscar-winning millionaire Eddie Redmayne snubs chauffeurs as he's spotted taking the London underground AGAIN

30/11/16 07:47

He's got an Oscar, BAFTA and Tony award under his belt, millions in the bank, is the star of one of this year's biggest box office smashes and used to go to Eton.

Tram driver is suspended after a shocking video showed 'him asleep at the controls doing 40mph' on the same track as the Croydon disaster that killed seven

20/11/16 00:04

The driver was caught nodding off as his tram headed towards New Addington in south London, just three miles from the scene of the Croydon crash.

Revealed: Croydon tram was travelling at three-and-a-half times the 12.5mph speed limit when it derailed killing seven passengers

16/11/16 21:20

The tram arrived too fast at a sharp bend in Croydon, south London, and careered more than 80ft on its right side, shooting off the track at 43.5mph when the top permitted speed was 12.5mph.

Croydon tram crash survivors have arms and legs amputated as arrested driver is bailed and first of the seven who died is named as a 19-year-old labourer

12/11/16 11:01

Teenager Dane Chinnery, 19, has been named as the first victim of the Croydon tram crash, with scores of tearful mourners visiting the site today to leave flowers and tributes.

A young father about to get married, a mother-of-two on her way to work, a 'gentle giant' grandfather and a teenage football fan are named among the seven killed in Croydon tram tragedy

12/11/16 02:02

Mother-of-two Dorota Rynkiewicz, 35, young father Mark Smith and 57-year-old grandfather Phil Seary are feared to be among the seven dead following the tram disaster in Croydon.

Did driver of Croydon death crash tram - who has been arrested - fall ASLEEP at the controls? At least seven dead with toll 'set to rise' and 50 hurt after two carriages careered off tracks and overturned

11/11/16 08:40

The tram overturned near Sandilands tram stop in Croydon, south London, during torrential rain this morning and at least seven people have died while more than 50 have been taken to hospital.

Terrified passengers flee for their lives after thugs throw an exploding firework into a train carriage filled with shoppers and families

07/11/16 11:49

The 'bomb scare' at Hackney Central station in East London sparked a huge stampede involving hundreds of passengers and some people jumped on to the tracks - fearing for their lives.

'So when will they accept legal tender as payment again?' Disbelief as ticket machines STILL reject plastic £5 note WEEKS after it starts circulation

05/11/16 01:25

Muraq Qureshi was left scratching his head after a machine at Edgware Road Station, refused to take his fiver, despite a £236million revamp on ATMs, ticket machines and self-service tills to accept the notes.

Teenager accused of bombmaking after rucksack containing explosive device made up of ball-bearings, powder, wires and timer was found on Tube train says 'it was a prank'

28/10/16 09:42

Damon Smith, 19, of Southwark, south-east London, was held by Metropolitan Police after two members of the public discovered a backpack on a Jubilee line service at North Greenwich.

Heathrow passengers and London West End shoppers face Christmas travel chaos as Tube union ballots drivers for festive strike action

27/10/16 11:12

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said 400 of its members working on London Underground's Piccadilly line will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch industrial action.

Tube terrorist suspect 'asked to be called by Muslim name': Teenager was also bullied because of his high-pitched voice and posed as a woman on the internet

25/10/16 08:27

Damon Smith, 19, who was arrested after a 'suspicious device' was found on the Tube in London, is said to have been considering converting to Islam.

Talk about a one-way ticket! The creepy 19th century train built solely to transport 2,000 corpses a year out of London

24/10/16 12:45

Every day, from the late 1880s to the early 1900s, the London Necropolis Railway ferried corpses from a purpose-built station near Waterloo directly to the Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.

Has a second bomb been discovered? Police find a 'suspicious device' during raid in Devon linked to plot to blow up London Tube that was foiled when passengers spotted a 'bag full of wires'

22/10/16 23:10

Police cordoned off the street in Newton Abbot just before 2.45pm this afternoon. A 19-year-old man arrested in Holloway Road on Friday remains in custody.

Twenty-six people are injured after a party bus crashes into a railway bridge in London and its roof is ripped off

22/10/16 16:26

The collision which saw the roof of the double decker bus torn off took place at around 4am this morning in Tottenham, north London. 21 other passengers were treated at the scene.

Tube bomb plot: 'Lone wolf terrorist left crude bomb with wires sticking out on underground train heading for Westminster and the Shard as police quiz 19-year-old man Tasered in the street by armed officers’

22/10/16 16:16

The bomb, described by police as a 'viable device' was found on an underground train bound for London Bridge and Westmister. A teenager was arrested yesterday afternoon.

Anti-terror police blow up a suspicious package found on a train near The O2 in a controlled explosion as bomb squad close North Greenwich Tube

21/10/16 00:49

Passengers were evacuated from North Greenwich station in East London as alarm bells rang at about 11am and a huge section of the Jubilee line was suspended.

Commuters face rush hour chaos across London Underground after District and Circle line signal failure

19/10/16 12:38

A signal failure at South Kensington left the Circle and District lines - which run through the centre of the capital - with a reduced service or none at all, and this caused problems for other lines and stations.

‘Let’s go!’ Stocky teenage girl tries to goad a man into fighting her as she chases him across a Tube platform and threatens him with her SHOES - but he refuses to retaliate

18/10/16 11:38

The argument, which was filmed at Debden station, Essex, yesterday, allegedly began after one girl said she 'hated Essex white people'. One girl can be heard asking 'Who's a black c***?'

Passenger dies after being hit by a Tube train at Bethnal Green station

19/09/16 17:04

Police, paramedics and two fire engines raced to Bethnal Green station in East London this afternoon after the person was hit by a westbound Central line service at about 1pm.

Revealed: The London Underground stations and Tube lines where you're most likely to be pick-pocketed

16/09/16 19:59

Statistics compiled by the British Transport Police (BTP) showed that King's Cross St Pancras was the worst for thefts. There were 215 incidents from January 2015 to February 2016 at the site.

They're taking the pee! RMT union launches new 24-hour Tube strike in a row over toilet breaks (and after just 16% of drivers voted to walk out)

15/09/16 13:10

Union leaders have said Transport for London has a 'flagrant disregard' for the welfare of staff and agreed policies and procedures on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines.

'We've all been there!': Embarrassing video of the moment a drunk female passenger uses her hands to eat a takeaway

12/09/16 13:36

The woman, believed to be travelling on the London Overground, can be seen using her hands to pick at the takeaway meal. The clip has been viewed more than 117,000 times on social media.

Shocking moment ranting women launches a flying kick at innocent man on London bus - but falls flat on her BACK and is bundled out

12/09/16 12:31

Footage filmed on a London night bus shows a woman insulting a man before slapping his face. The pair hit each other before the bus stops and the man shoves her out the door.

Tottenham Court Road station is evacuated after a woman was hit by a Tube train during rush hour

08/09/16 10:57

Fire engines, ambulances and police vehicles surrounded the station in Central London, which is used by up to 150,000 passengers daily, and roads around it were blocked off.

Does the new walking Tube map REALLY get it right? We put TfL's step count between stations to the test (and one route is DOUBLE the number predicted)

31/08/16 13:09

In the name of research, armed with an iPhone pedometer and a bottle of water, FEMAIL's Lucy Morris set out to test the accuracy of TfL's calculations at nine central London stations.

It really IS worth walking to Covent Garden from Leicester Square! New Tube map reveals the walking distance between stations with some separated by just a few hundred steps

30/08/16 14:49

Experts fear the Underground could be inoperable within 15 years, with around 1.7billion people projected to use the tubes by 2026. The new map (pictured) is also aimed at getting people fit.

Government fears £4billion ‘super sewer’ could ‘flood the London Underground and undermine Big Ben’s foundations'

29/08/16 16:13

The Tideway project, which will run under the Thames, is being investigated by the National Audit Office, but potential damage to London landmarks are just some of the concerns surrounding it.

Smoking, drinking and being sick on the platforms: How Londoners predictably welcomed the first ever Night Tube

20/08/16 19:22

The hugely-anticipated Night Tube launched in the early hours of this morning and drunken revellers made use of the service - by urinating on the tracks and throwing up on the platforms.

Well, you do meet all sorts on the tube! London Mayor Sadiq Khan is greeted by a VERY colourful TFL worker as London Underground launches its all night service

19/08/16 00:17

Trains will operate through the night on London Underground's Victoria line and parts of the Central line, with the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines following in the autumn.

Dramatic moment mystery passenger risked his life by jumping onto live Tube tracks to pull man to safety as train approached

17/08/16 17:32

Police are trying to trace the Good Samaritan who leapt onto the train tracks at Tottenham Court Road Underground Station in London to save a man who became unwell and fell off the platform.

Thousands of commuters stranded in sweltering conditions as 50ft sinkhole appears at London railway station on hottest day of the year

19/07/16 13:56

The hole, which was around 50 feet deep and six feet wide, appeared at Forest Hill station in South East London during the afternoon and disrupted dozens of Southern and London overground trains.

Sheikhs on a train: Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed and his son take a trip on the London Underground (but leave their dish-dashes at home)

19/07/16 04:51

UAE royalty has been photographed riding the London Tube today. The Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum rode the undeground with his son.

Around the world in 80 jobs: Intrepid London Underground worker is travelling 46,000 miles across the globe for charity

13/07/16 14:04

His journey will take him along the 2014 Tour de France route before he blazes across four mountain ranges: the Himalayas, Andes, Alps and Rockies.

Japanese pensioner who waited for 45 minutes before trying to kill a stranger by pushing her in front of a Bakerloo Line train sentenced to a mental hospital

09/07/16 03:20

A Japanese pensioner who waited on a busy London tube platform for 45 minutes before he tried to kill a stranger by pushing her in front of an oncoming train was today locked up in a mental hospital.

London's crazy plan for an elevated airport: Scrapped 1931 design reveals a dangerous wheel-shaped runway at King's Cross

07/07/16 16:34

Designed by architect Charles Glover, the 'Central Airport' for London was launched in an article in the Illustrated London News in 1931. It would have cost £5 million ($6.5 million).

Hundreds of Tube passengers flee packed Central Line train after it broke down by walking through dark tunnels (but at least they had a dog called Trouble to keep them entertained)

06/07/16 17:14

Passengers were trapped inside the peak-time train near Shepherd's Bush station, west London, for 40 minutes before train crews and police led them in single file back to a platform.

She's got a ticket to ride! Make-up free Suki Waterhouse keeps things casual in a tracksuit and sandals as she hops on the train

01/07/16 15:59

Suki Waterhouse opted for a dressed down look as she sauntered to catch a train at Paddington Station in central London on Friday.

'Incredible' 21-year-old who blogged about her battles with mental illness to inspire others is killed by Tube train

28/06/16 22:22

May Patterson was hit at Leyton Underground station, near her home in east London, after falling in front of a carriage on June 15. Her devastated friends have described her as 'sweet and supportive'.

A full work-out session, drying trousers from the window and masturbating: People share the weirdest things they've seen on public transport

27/06/16 16:02

Users on US-site Reddit have been sharing their strangest public transport stories, which range from the hilarious to the disturbing.

Queuin' in the rain! Hundreds of soggy commuters wait in downpour to get into Waterloo station as dozens of cancellations cause yet more misery

24/06/16 01:40

More heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to hit the south of England and East Anglia during the evening rush hour. A family had to be rescued from their home in Romford by boat earlier.

Don't lose your head! Commuter's photo appears to capture HEADLESS MAN waiting for a Tube train

16/06/16 15:17

Benedetta Frizzarin, 27, was on her way home with brother Ireneo, 37, waiting at Waterloo station, when she caught the striking image of the headless man on her phone (pictured).

Terror alert at London rail station as police put up security cordon after finding suspicious vehicle

16/06/16 15:10

Specialised officers arrived on the scene after the Renault Clio parked in the middle of a narrow walkway was reported next to Blackfriars station and it was cordoned off during investigations.

Body-shaming ads will be BANNED from London's transport network, new mayor Sadiq Khan declares

14/06/16 00:03

The mayor has announced that there will be a block on adverts that 'demean' women or encourage them to conform to unrealistic body shapes.

Tiny electrical shop in David and Goliath battle with TfL after transport bosses order owner to change his tube station-style logo

06/06/16 19:55

Rick Footman, 53, has had a shop called The Tube Station for six years, but received a letter from TfL demanding that he change its name and logo, despite being 250 miles from the Underground.

TfL managers who held black-tie dinner at swanky Mayfair club to celebrate the closure of hundreds of Tube ticket offices are branded ‘disgusting and obscene’ by unions

03/06/16 19:43

A leading rail union has attacked the 'disgusting and obscene' spectacle of transport managers celebrating the closure of London Underground ticket offices.

Caught on video: The moment 'Muslim extremist taps out with his Oyster card after trying to behead musician in a Tube station by sawing through his victim's neck'

03/06/16 01:44

Muhiddin Mire, 30, allegedly cut the throat of Lyle Zimmerman, 56, at Leytonstone station in East London, three days after the House of Commons debate on the bombing of Islamic State in Syria.

Caught on CCTV: Moment Uber driver 'tried to decapitate' Tube passenger with blunt knife while yelling 'this is for my Syrian brothers, I'm going to spill your blood'

01/06/16 11:07

Muhiddin Mire, 30, attacked commuter Lyle Zimmerman, 56, at Leytonstone Underground station, the Old Bailey heard. The incident was caught on CCTV footage (pictured).

Angry commuter, 25, is convicted of slapping security guard who asked to see her ticket and told to pay nearly £1,500

25/05/16 18:24

Ravjeer Sandhu, 25, was asked to show her ticket to a guard at Slough train station last year - but instead of presenting her season ticket, she launched into a violent rage.

'Call that f*****g justice?': Family's fury as Romanian teenager, 17, is jailed for just TWO YEARS for killing builder, 53, in a rush hour row at a tube station

20/05/16 18:11

John Breen, 53, suffered catastrophic head injuries and died in hospital a day after the assault in Stratford tube station last year. His 17-year-old killer, a Romanian national, was jailed for just two years.

Man, 29, appears in court charged with attempted murder after commuter 'was pushed in front of a Tube train’ at north London station leaving him in a coma with suspected fractured skull and chest injuries

20/05/16 15:56

Devindra Ferguson, 29, has been charged with the attempted murder of Kamlesh Ramji, who remains in a serious condition in hospital after being injured at Kentish Town station.

215 shares Man, 29, charged with attempted murder after Kentish Town incident

Abbey to catch the tube: Downton star Lily James proves she's just a normal girl at heart as she goes incognito on the London Underground

18/05/16 15:17

The actress, 27, was spotted mingling with the masses as she rode the London Underground in the British capital.

Computer programmer left with horrific injuries and terrified of leaving his home after total stranger pushed him under a Tube train

16/05/16 12:25

Devindra Ferguson, 29, shoved software developer Kamlesh Ramji (pictured), 40, onto the tracks on the southbound platform at Kentish Town underground station in north London.

Could eleven wild hedgehogs spike HS2's new depot? Euston plan under threat from tiny group of animals in nearby park

01/05/16 01:41

London Zoo animal experts have joined hundreds of other opponents of the HS2 project as they try to protect the only group of wild hedgehogs in the zoo's inner-city car park.

Abandonded dog is dumped trembling and terrified on a London bus and then left locked in there overnight because authorities feared it might BITE

29/04/16 20:28

An unwanted Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross was abandoned and left to ride on a London night bus for up to 10 hours on Thursday night until an animal charity could come and rescue it.

Londoners are travelling in conditions that would be illegal for sheep, cattle and pigs as TfL predicts 330m MORE journeys per year

26/04/16 11:42

Nearly 22,000 passengers are now arriving in London during the morning rush hour peak - forcing commuters to be crammed in carriages with five people per square metre.

Knife-wielding man terrorised commuters and 'attacked woman, 25, on the platform of Tube station'

22/04/16 13:42

A man was arrested by British Transport Police at Bank Station on the London Underground on suspicion of assaulting a woman and carrying a bladed weapon.

57 shares Knife-wielding man terrorised commuters and 'attacked woman'

Pensioner, 70, is badly injured after young woman SLIDES down middle of Tube escalator during rush-hour and smashes into her

18/04/16 14:07

The smartly-dressed woman was 'sent flying' and left lying face down on the floor of North Greenwich Underground Station at around 7am yesterday morning.

Voice of the 'Mind The Gap' Tube announcements dies aged 62 after a sudden illness

15/04/16 14:46

Voice-over artist Phil Sayer, 62, who previously worked for the BBC as a regional TV and radio presenter, died on yesterday, his wife announced.

Police hunting woman after Asian man 'was racially abused and threatened on a London Underground train'

12/04/16 15:44

The man had been travelling on a Circle line train between Paddington and Euston Square stations when he says he was subjected to abuse from the woman sitting opposite.

Tube worker 'refused to help a young woman who reported a passenger carrying out a sex act on the Central line'

30/03/16 19:02

The woman saw an elderly man performing the lewd act at Leytonstone on Monday, but when she reported it to TfL staff at Bank station she was told there was 'nothing they could do.'

Waterloo's a pretty boy, then? Parrot spotted taking a ride around Underground station - but there's no sign of its owner

23/03/16 13:48

The colourful bird was spotted flying around a conveyor belt at Waterloo station in Central London - and certainly provided a splendid sight for commuters.

Thousands of TfL staff are being paid 'off the books' through personal firms as part of a 'shameful' scheme to reduce their tax bill

15/03/16 00:07

The number of people at getting their salary handed to them before tax at TfL, which runs the Tube, pictured, has almost trebled in the past four years to 2,300 - up from 970 in 2011.