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The head of South West Trains (SWT) is due to “amicably” leave the company at the end of the month. The news regarding Ian Dobbs came after an earlier announcement that 660 jobs were to be axed in a bid to reduce costs.

Ticket office hours at South West Trains (SWT) stations in London and Surrey will be cut by 219 hours a week, new figures show. At least 20 stations will be affected by the cuts and some will be left completely unattended at night and on weekends.

Fourteen railway stations across southwest London are to benefit from a £5.5m scheme to install new ticket gates and ticket machines.

The London Assembly Labour Group call on TfL to refund travelcard holders who were unable to travel on Monday 2nd February due to the severe weather.

The Department for Transport has agreed to increase capacity on some South West Trains routes by 2014, from eight to 10 carriage trains.

A rush-hour trespasser on the tracks at Kingston station has been given a conditional discharge. The 17-year-old from Battersea was spotted crossing from platform two to platform three with a friend at 6.15pm on February 4, Kingston Magistrates’ Court heard.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted the offence. But because he had appeared in another court the day before and been sentenced to a six-month supervision order with a youth offending team for an assault and theft, he was given a conditional discharge.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon, have today reached agreement on funding for phase two of the East London Line, which will complete the London Overground network and create an orbital railway around the capital.

This means phase two of the East London Line will be constructed before the 2012 Games at a cost of £75 million. The scheme will link Surrey Quays on the East London line extension to Clapham Junction, providing direct links to the City and Docklands.

Elderly and disabled passengers are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment to make it easier for them to use railway stations.

Worcester Park, Walton, Mitcham, Earlsfield, Sutton, Wandsworth Road and Herne Hill are all earmarked for a slice of £37m will help improve access to 523 stations across England and Wales, paying for ramps, disabled toilets, lifts and extra parking spaces.

Transport for London has granted a stay of execution to a service which helps disabled people travel in Kingston. But Capital Call, which organises local taxi trips for people with disabilities in areas where there is a shortage of London taxis, could still be axed as soon as June.

Staff West Trains revealed it is to axe 180 jobs including some ticket office and station staff, as well as ticket inspectors.

A pack of school boys threw snow and ice at a moving bus and then assaulted the driver with kicks and punches in full view of shocked parents. The students threw the snowballs at the Go-Ahead 154 bus on Stanley Park Road, Carshalton at 3.30pm on Wednesday near Total garage as it travelled towards Sutton.