This story has been copied from the BBC Web Site. Members of the train drivers’ union Aslef have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over driver-only trains. The union is accusing Southern railway of wanting to impose changes rather than reach an agreement. The dispute is separate to a long-running row between Southern and […]
The week started badly on the MarshLink with engineering work from the weekend overrunning. We received this communication from Southern: All, I happen to be on call and have been told that Network Rail is expecting work near Hastings to overrun tomorrow morning up to around 8am. Below is the statement from NR and our […]
The following is a letter to the Birmingham Mail following events at Falmer last Friday,What do Southern have to do to lose their Franchise for this ‘service’? From PeterGrimley1 I left the ground before the end of the game to get a train because I had a feeling Southern Rail would let us down […]
There was chaos at Falmer after the Brighton v A. Villa match which attracted 30,000 people. It seems clear that Southern are totally incapable of running a train service to handle such events. The RMT letter is reproduced below: Our Ref: HSR/4/5 21st November 2016 Ian Prosser HM Chief Inspector of Railways ORR One Kemble Street […]
Industrial action affecting Southern services The members of the RMT Union are planning to take strike action on various dates in the upcoming months. These include: Tuesday 22 November and Wednesday 23 November Tuesday 6 December to Thursday 8 December Thursday 22 December to Saturday 24 December Saturday 31 December to Monday 2 January If […]