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Double the number of trains will now be running on the London Overground following the completion of a three-year £550m upgrade. Services from Richmond to Stratford will now run four times an hour every day during peak hours.

The new timetable is the result of the first major revamp of the line since 1869, which has seen Transport for London (TfL) fund 57 new air-conditioned trains, and a station refurbishment programme to deliver cleaner and well-staffed stations along the route.

A £300,000 funding package from the Mayor of London's Great Outdoors programme has transformed the approach to the recommissioned Brighton Yard entrance to Clapham Junction station, which had been disused for more than half a century.

The restored entrance and improvements to its approach now means Clapham Junction, Britain's busiest station, has step-free access with much reduced congestion. The investment is part of a £14.5 million restoration scheme which has also seen access to the platforms and trains transformed with the installation of new lifts and the construction of a new ticket hall.

A council in England is facing legal action following its decision to cut all subsidised bus services, in what could be a landmark case for the sector.

The challenge comes from a resident in Cambridgeshire who has claimed the county council’s move would leave bus passengers stranded.

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Vince Cable has been accused of a u-turn on his tough stance on transport unions as the RMT threatens the longest series of Tube strikes ever.

The Business Secretary said London Mayor Boris Johnson needed to have a strategy to deal with the dispute. However, Mr Johnson said Government ministers needed to "pull their finger out" and bring in tougher labour laws to prevent such industrial action.

Richmond’s London Assembly member Tony Arbour claimed Dr Cable’s comments contradicted views he expressed to the BBC in March last year when he said the Liberal Democrats, if elected, should look at toughening laws to make it more difficult for rail unions to strike.