Southern Rail STRIKE details

[wellquickwoody]

It will cause more trouble if the courts stop the strike rather than allow it to go ahead

What form might this 'more trouble' take?

 

[Ernest]

What form might this 'more trouble' take?

I've bean SWORN to secrecy but it INVOLVES deporting all BORING Tories to Australia

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Can only say as I found today, but travelled on three different Thameslink trains. All were twelve carriages long, all were punctual, all were practically deserted. Seems a long long time ago now when Thameslink were considered the poor relation on the London-Brighton line.

They do get a bit pushy and shovy in rush hr times.

Trick is to get an early morn thameslink up as Btn doesnt really do early mornings (tho the 657 was canx today due to lack of driver!) and scoot across to victoria on way home. Thankfully the RMT have ensured I dont even need to use my oyster on the tube thus saving me money AND delay repays as well. It really is marvellous.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Sorry. Just to be clear, do we expect trains from London on Friday night for the match? And will there be trains from Brighton or Lewes to the ground?

 

[Peter Grummit]

Sorry. Just to be clear, do we expect trains from London on Friday night for the match? And will there be trains from Brighton or Lewes to the ground?

There should be some service but very difficult to say how many trains. It will be the first non-strike day since the drivers' overtime ban came in. There are no trains from Seaford to Falmer.

Previously on days of reduced service, there have been replacement buses between Lewes and Falmer for fans but there has been no announcement to this effect for Friday (to my knowledge).

PG

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[wakeytom]

Severe lack of a train service mixed in with an accident by polegate this morning meaning moving around the East side of the patch is impossible today

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Severe lack of a train service mixed in with an accident by polegate this morning meaning moving around the East side of the patch is impossible today

Everyone should go back to bed and wait until this all blows over.

 

[wakeytom]

Everyone should go back to bed and wait until this all blows over.

Problem is with the trains there is no finish line in sight.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Severe lack of a train service mixed in with an accident by polegate this morning meaning moving around the East side of the patch is impossible today

Roads must be busier with people not trusting the trains, especially on a strike day but also generally some people are now preferring the car or bus. What an absolute clusterfck. And yet Grayling keeps saying "nothing to do with me".

 

[Taybha]

Roads must be busier with people not trusting the trains, especially on a strike day but also generally some people are now preferring the car or bus. What an absolute clusterfck. And yet Grayling keeps saying "nothing to do with me".

. And yet Grayling keeps saying "nothing to do with me".


There's a lot of that about

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

There should be some service but very difficult to say how many trains. It will be the first non-strike day since the drivers' overtime ban came in. There are no trains from Seaford to Falmer.

Previously on days of reduced service, there have been replacement buses between Lewes and Falmer for fans but there has been no announcement to this effect for Friday (to my knowledge).

PG

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Surely Southern should throw the towel in NOW and allow profit Paul to get some buses laid on.

TBH if I was the club I would be doing this as a matter of course because you just cannot trust southern at the moment. Plus the drivers are still working to rule.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Surely Southern should throw the towel in NOW and allow profit Paul to get some buses laid on.

TBH if I was the club I would be doing this as a matter of course because you just cannot trust southern at the moment. Plus the drivers are still working to rule.

The club have already organised extra buses and an additional park and ride at Sainsburys West Hove.

It won't be enough, though, as the SASTA Rail 'service' will disolve on Friday night.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

The club have already organised extra buses and an additional park and ride at Sainsburys West Hove.

It won't be enough, though, as the SASTA Rail 'service' will disolve on Friday night.

Exactly. Need those fleet of buses at the pier and stuff like last time.

 

[Jameson]

I'm sure this has been discussed before but I don't have time to read back through 500 pages; but how does the club pay Southern the travel subsidy? Up front or as we go? I do hope we aren't paying it.

 

[Gazwag]

What form might this 'more trouble' take?

Hopefully the strikers will grow some balls and picket Falmer station on Friday night

 

[Hotchilidog]

The DOO Thameslink services seem to be deficient in the D dept today. Typical. Sadly Grayling and maynard are completely washing their hands of this and there appears to be nothing anyone can do about it. It is utterly maddening.

As for friday, I have the day off to make sure I get to the game hassle free, and it will be bus or walk home for me after.

My only hope is that after the Villa debacle SASTA may actually pull their finger out for once and try and get some decent publicity by heroically coming to everyone's rescue and doing their job for once.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Hopefully the strikers will grow some balls and picket Falmer station on Friday night

Oh... Oh.... can Ernest be there....

 

[pearl]

The DOO Thameslink services seem to be deficient in the D dept today. Typical. Sadly Grayling and maynard are completely washing their hands of this and there appears to be nothing anyone can do about it. It is utterly maddening.

As for friday, I have the day off to make sure I get to the game hassle free, and it will be bus or walk home for me after.

My only hope is that after the Villa debacle SASTA may actually pull their finger out for once and try and get some decent publicity by heroically coming to everyone's rescue and doing their job for once.

stop hoping cos they won't, they don't care about publicity, they don't need to be heroes, they really do not give a damn

 

[Audax]

Just discovered that because I have not bought 12 weeks of rail travel since April I cannot claim back any kind of refund for the upcoming strike days on my recently purchased monthly ticket. 1-0 to Southern I guess

I thought that "bought 12 weeks since April" thing was about the *extra* compensation that the government announced recently, and does not apply to standard Delay Repay.

 

[Hotchilidog]

stop hoping cos they won't, they don't care about publicity, they don't need to be heroes, they really do not give a damn

Sadly this is true.