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How many trains are they cancelling now? I heard in the first couple of days it was up as high as 25% or so of scheduled trains cancelled. What that tells me is that Southern are trying to operate seriously understaffed. Trying to run a business 25% reliant on staff being willing and available...

I think, for both of you, take a step back and actually have a look at the facts without your blinders on. The truth lies somewhere in the middle, and in this specific instance I think that ASLEF have hit the nail on the head: the ORR report is clear that DOO can be safe on the Southern network...

The Victorians actually built what should now be a working BML2. It has since been broken up, with Uckfield to London Bridge being a shadow of what it should now be. Not to mention the loat cross links between the current BML and the Uckfield and Tonbridge lines. If those links still existed...

This is evidence that the UK privatised train franchise system is failing. Ticket prices have now risen high enough that it is in many cases more cost effective for commuters to travel by other means. I'm one of those who made that choice. For the vast majority of my life I resisted getting a...

From what I understand, the newer Thameslink trains have better DOO oriented tech onboard, so realistically comparing Southern and Thameslink in terms of DOO is an apples and oranges situation. Until Southern get the new trains as well, they can't operate DOO as well as Thameslink do.

If they're on £49k, it's not just the 40% tax rate they'll be paying if they work any significant overtime. £50k is the threshold at which things like Child Benefit start getting withdrawn, so it is plausible that for many of the drivers they actually have very little incentive to accept the...

I've not used the C2C line at all, but I'd hope the technology they're using is far more advanced than what Southern will be expecting their drivers to use. I've not used the Brighton line for a while, but I expect the tech hasn't been updated recently and even at a big station like Gatwick the...

Cancellations count in terms of Delay Repay. But if it's planned in maintenance stuff, then no probably not. I've stopped staying on top of the Maintenance schedules given that I stopped using Southern (or any trains) about 18 months ago. Got so sick of their garbage service from Uckfield that I...

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.