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Transport for London says London Underground has reached targets of 30% reduction in delays, set out by the city’s Mayor Boris Johnson five years ago.

Transport for London has selected 13 property developers to build a total of 10,000 homes on more than 300 acres of TfL land,

Campaigners in South West call for investment for rail studies, and suggest that money being given to other regions represents “a clear inequality”.

The Government is selling the 67-acre King’s Cross development to Australian pension fund AustralianSuper, in a £371 million deal.

The first ever poems to be displayed on the London Underground network under the Poems on the Underground scheme are now back on display

Retail events are being held at London Underground’s Old Street station, to promote temporary ‘pop-up’ shops

Five companies pre-qualify for billion-pound construction of 250 trains

DfT has written to ORR noting how much competition there will be for free paths into Manchester Airport station, even though it now has four platforms.

Campaign for Better Transport slams plans to roll out paperless ticketing in 2017, accusing the Government of delivering “very little”.

The new Northern and TransPennine Express franchise proposals “were subjected to a financial robustness test, and considered low-risk by the DfT”.