London Rail Strike

Hundreds of thousands of commuters in south London and southern England along with travellers to Gatwick Airport were facing travel misery on Tuesday as a strike by train drivers was set to bring rail services to a standstill.

Rail workers started a five-day strike today on services acrosssoutheast England, including commuter trains into London, causing major disruption on what could become the country's longest rail walk-out since 1968.

Millions of Londoners struggled to work today as a strike by underground rail staff brought the network to a standstill for the second time in a month over plans for a new night-time service.

Train drivers' union Aslef said on Monday it had called a second 24-hour strike on the London Underground rail network for next month over plans to introduce a new night service.

Britain's capital city braced for travel chaos on Wednesday with a planned London Underground strike expected to be the worst in years, after talks to avert the 24 hour walkout broke down.

Britain's main rail union on Thursday called off a 48-hour strike on the London Underground system planned for next week after "substantial progress" in talks with management.

Millions of commuters were preparing for transport chaos from Monday evening as workers on the London Underground rail network plan to hold a two-day strike in a dispute over plans to cut jobs and close ticket offices.

Millions of Londoners were caught up in commuting chaos on Wednesday, as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes that Prime Minister David Cameron branded as "shameful".

Hundreds of thousands of commuters in south London and southern England along with travellers to Gatwick Airport were facing travel misery on Tuesday as a strike by train drivers was set to bring rail services to a standstill.

Rail workers started a five-day strike today on services acrosssoutheast England, including commuter trains into London, causing major disruption on what could become the country's longest rail walk-out since 1968.

Millions of Londoners struggled to work today as a strike by underground rail staff brought the network to a standstill for the second time in a month over plans for a new night-time service.

Train drivers' union Aslef said on Monday it had called a second 24-hour strike on the London Underground rail network for next month over plans to introduce a new night service.

Britain's capital city braced for travel chaos on Wednesday with a planned London Underground strike expected to be the worst in years, after talks to avert the 24 hour walkout broke down.

Britain's main rail union on Thursday called off a 48-hour strike on the London Underground system planned for next week after "substantial progress" in talks with management.

Millions of commuters were preparing for transport chaos from Monday evening as workers on the London Underground rail network plan to hold a two-day strike in a dispute over plans to cut jobs and close ticket offices.

Millions of Londoners were caught up in commuting chaos on Wednesday, as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes that Prime Minister David Cameron branded as "shameful".