Thousands of London-bound commuters have been left stranded on held-up trains for up to four hours after a power supply problem caused chaos at Clapham Junction, the UK's busiest rail station.
A $6bn £4bnn) proposal for a form of transportation linking LA and San Francisco, Hyperloop would provide subsonic air travel where pods travel in a partial vacuum within a 350 mile-long tube allowing commuters to travel between the American cities in just 30 minutes (faster than even a commercial aeroplane journey).
Trade unions were at King's Cross station on Friday to give commuters special tickets showing how rail fares have risen.
According to TUC figures, UK commuters spend more than twice as much of their salary on rail fares than some European passengers.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is axing its free newspaper for commuters, mX, as more readers choose to get their news from mobile devices.
Rahman said the fire brigade came and cleared a path on the tracks, after which commuters were evacuated one by one and walked out from a public footpath to the station.
Around 7.5 million commuters cram themselves into local trains every day and the fledgling metro and monorail are unlikely to make a perceptible difference in the near future.
The Campaign for Better Transport has warned that super-peak fares would not be effective in managing peak demand, as many commuters have inflexible work times or family commitments.
"The decision is a reflection of the changing reading habits of commuters who now turn to their mobile phones and tablets on their way to and from work," a company spokesman said on Thursday.
Uber responded on its blog by offering Mexico City commuters free rides on Monday, saying: "If Mexico won't stop, Uber won't stop".
Commuters on routes into London from Bedford, Brighton, Kent and Portsmouth, as well as services into Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield, are among those likely to benefit.
