2 h. ago Virgin Group poised to announce challenger to Eurostar after key hurdle overcome

Sir Richard Branson’s company said it hopes to make an announcement shortly about services to rival Eurostar

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3 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Minor delays on the Metropolitan and Waterloo and City line

The Metropolitan line and Waterloo and City are facing minor delays

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2 d. ago London travel news LIVE: M1 crash causes major delays for Luton Airport travellers as Tube disruption continues

The Metropolitan line is facing severe delays

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3 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Minor delays remain on Tube lines after severe morning disruption

The Northern line is facing severe delays due to an earlier customer incident

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3 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on Tube and Overground lines spark major disruption

The Northern line is facing severe delays due to an earlier customer incident

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3 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on two Tube and Overground lines spark major disruption

The Central, District and Windrush lines are running with severe delays

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4 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on three Tube and Overground lines hit morning rush hour

The Central, District and Windrush lines are running with severe delays

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5 d. ago Travel news live: Train and Tube status updates as midweek rush hour kicks in

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5 d. ago Up and over to Down Under: Qantas plan Sydney to London nonstop via the North Pole

Exclusive: CEO Vanessa Hudson tells The Independent: ‘We won’t need to fly over Russia’

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7 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Latest Tube and train updates as Stansted Airport lines hit by signal fault

Passengers heading to Stansted Airport are facing potential delays due to a signal fault.

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8 d. ago Heathrow airport: Urgent probe ordered into power outage which was branded ‘national embarrassment’

Energy secretary Ed Miliband orders grid operator to conduct ‘urgent’ probe into fire which caused ‘unprecedented’ Heathrow shutdown

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9 d. ago Heathrow airport reopens but ‘huge impact’ on travel expected for days – live updates

Planes begin to land at airport but airlines said the closure would continue to have a “huge impact” on passengers in the coming daysHeathrow airport says “flights have resumed at Heathrow following yesterday’s power outage” and the airport is now “fully operational”.It added that and that hundreds of additional staff have been drafted in to help clear the backlog of flights.We can confirm that Heathrow is open and fully operational today. Teams across the airport continue to do everything they can to support passengers impacted by yesterday’s outage at an off-airport power substation.We have hundreds of additional colleagues on hand in our terminals and we have added flights to today’s schedule to facilitate an extra 10,000 passengers travelling through the airport.Given the importance of Heathrow I am surprised that the whole airport had to be shut for a day.I mean, you could understand disruption whilst you change over to alternate systems and so on, but such a complete failure o...

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9 d. ago Heathrow airport closure: Everything we know about the Hayes substation fire and effects of grounded flights

Shutting airport for a day will have cost millions of pounds after 25,000 litres of cooling oil caught light

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1 week ago When will Heathrow airport reopen? Everything we know so far about the Hayes fire and travel chaos

Up to 300,000 customers were set to fly through Europe’s busiest and largest airport on Friday

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Major delays at Heathrow Airport as huge fire causes power outage

Commuters look set for a relatively trouble-some end to the week with few problems being reported on the Tube and rail network early on Friday morning.

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Southeastern trains into St Pancras cancelled due to signal fault

Some Southeastern services into London have been thrown into disarray on Wednesday morning due to a signalling fault.

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1 week ago LIVE updates as The Strand closed in central London after major crash

LIVE updates as The Strand closed in central London after major crash  News Shopper

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Commuters warned of Elizabeth line disruption during morning rush hour

Commuters using the Elizabeth line have been warned of disruption due to a track safety inspection.

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Latest Tube and train updates as disruption hits services into Waterloo

South Western Railway services between Waterloo and Clapham Junction have been disrupted due to a faulty train at Vauxhall.

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1 week ago Silvertown shuttle offering free River Thames crossings for London cyclists for a year

The buses have been designed to store different types of bikes as it shuttles cyclists across the Thames

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