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Transport for London will take over failed Tube maintenance firm Metronet next week.
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Ken Livingstone pledges to contest legal action by Porsche against plans to increase charges for the most polluting vehicles in central London.
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The first Eurostar service from the new £800m St Pancras International reaches Paris on time.
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The new £800m St Pancras International train station opens its doors to the public for the first time.
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The first Eurostar passenger trains to Paris and Brussels from St Pancras International are due to begin.
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The Queen opens a transformed St Pancras station and new Channel Tunnel rail terminal for Eurostar.
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Unions and travel watchdogs react with anger to large pay-offs for the outgoing managers of failed Tube maintenance firm Metronet.
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The government is to levy tax on airline flights instead of individual passengers, to discourage half-empty flights.
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The Crossrail scheme to build a new railway line through the centre of London is given the go-ahead.
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A City banker was sacked from his £2m a year job because he was “not German enough”, an employment tribunal hears.
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