Rail expansion grinds to a halt amid rail chaos

Defects on overhead power lines look set to derail a plan to provide thousands of extra seats a day on Britain's busiest line

Rail misery as Euston shut by cable failure

Virgin and London Midland forced to cancel all trains in and out of one of London's busiest rail stations this morning

Rail chaos to continue across the UK

Passengers face further problems after overhead wires collapsed outside London forcing the cancellation of services

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Walk the dog in Devon or Cornwall from £132; three nights for the price of two in Italy from £179; a week in Tobago, £675

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'Ghost bus' runs to spare ministers' blushes

Empty route disguises closure of several sections of railway

Bermuda's 400th anniversary celebrations are on offer at a discount

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My hols: actor Daniel Caltagirone

BAA emission controls fail

The airport operator has failed to control pollution levels around Heathrow while pushing for a third runway and more flights

Voters to make Labour MPs pay

Labour faces losing four marginal seats to the Tories in west London following the controversy surrounding Heathrow

Train plan to allay environmental fears

An international rail interchange could be built at Heathrow to compensate for the harm caused by a new third runway

Confessions of a Tourist: lewd lip-locking in the lockup

What it lacked in romance it made up for in convenience, for Joe James

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Trips abroad take a pounding as euro strengthens

Girl born on the Jubilee Line

Polish Julia Kowalska found that her waters were breaking while she was travelling on a London Underground train

Drunken chaos on holiday charter flights

Three men are in custody after they terrified fellow passengers and crew on a flight from Manchester to the Dominican Republic

Travel chaos after air crash on rail lines

Major delays on West Coast Mainline after propeller aircraft crashes into power lines, killing at least two people

Hundreds of rail ticket offices to close

Move will force passengers to use 'confusing' machines and risk being overcharged for cheaper journeys

Tell us your holiday plans, banks insist

Cardholders are being told to register their foreign travel plans to combat fraud, or face having their accounts frozen

Airline offers refunds for the redundant

Cover to be provided in response to the economic pressures people faced and the high levels of job insecurity