The Latest Breaking News from Elizabeth

Severe delays are continuing on the Elizabeth Line for a second day after a fire broke out by a railway line in Maidenhead.

A new record was also set when 650,000 passengers used London’s newest train line on one March day

Grant Shapps, who at the time was Transport Secretary, claimed the announcement was an “act of breathtaking political cynicism”

The soaring popularity of the Elizabeth line was revealed on Thursday as figures showed a 41 per cent increase in passengers in three months. The £20bn line, which opened through central London last May, carried 62.2m passengers between October and December – up from the 44.1m who used the line…

Stations are being added in a rolling programme that will cover all below-ground Tube stations and the Elizabeth line by the end of next year

One in six of all UK rail journeys are now made on the £20bn cross-London line

Elizabeth line, Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express services have been affected by damage to overhead electric wires.

Mayor says retaining Old Oak Common as HS2’s southern terminus until Euston’s now-likely opening date of around 2040 ‘not a viable option’

Sadiq Khan is imposing the biggest fares hike in more than a decade on London transport

The extension would support new homes and jobs, Thurrock Council says

The railway stretches from Reading in Berkshire and Heathrow Airport in west London to Abbey Wood in south-east London and Shenfield in Essex.