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Signal works to disrupt Thameslink for two weekends in June

For the next two weekends, there will be no train service through central London on the Thameslink line between St Pancras and Finsbury Park and Blackfriars and London Bridge, as Network Rail works to upgrade the signalling system. The works … Continue reading

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Official: East Croydon among Britain’s worst stations for delays

‘The failures of privatisation are coming home to roost financially and in terms of dysfunctionality’, according to one railways expert after research shows half of services through Croydon’s busiest station are delayed East Croydon has been named as one of … Continue reading

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Report: Axing rail staff undermines billions in investment

An influential disability accessibility group which advises the government has described the current staffing on some south London rail stations as ‘completely inadequate’. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON A confidential report on workforce “reforms” on the railways from government … Continue reading

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