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Says who? Of course it's late FFS.

According to this article, a train commute is about 18p a mile whereas a Ford Focus would cost 31p a mile. http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/commuting-costs-how-much-your-1760975 I think that's misleading though, as the cost of insurance and car would be spread over more miles if...

I was on the 727 this morning.

Yep, I ended up on the 19:10 to Redhill after they CANCELLED the one previously bound for Redhill. I rarely bother going from Reigate these days (despite living a 7 minute walk away) because if the trains aren't late, they're full. Although I did this morning, funnily enough.

I really am going to have to get my arse into gear and start claiming. It's been a shambles recently. A properly company might have struggled with the weather conditions so there was never any danger of the current train clowns coping with them properly.

I wonder when First Capital Connect customers are going to be charged extra to pay for the repairs?

You might be right but I think it's a fine line. The service is totally unacceptable as things stand, but the terms required to permit refunds often seem frustratingly out of reach: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/dec/18/how-claim-train-delayed "As a general rule, companies will refund...

This. The impression I get is that Southern spend far more on "revenue protection", now that record numbers are using the trains (because they have no realistic alternative) than actually improving their disgusting service levels.

Got in on my usual 7:23 from Redhill. Train seven mins late, which is unusual as that particular service is nearly always punctual. However in 8 years commuting from Reigate/Redhill, it remains the only service I have ever known Southern to run that is reliable, mind.