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A meaningless point, especially as that was not was being asked of Southern... ... combined with meaningless linkage.

The reason is here. It seems Southern could have done something about this, and chose not to... https://insidecroydon.com/2018/10/26/southern-could-have-acted-to-avoid-2-cash-machine-charges/

You'll all be delighted to know that ATMs at Brighton, Hove, East Croydon, Eastbourne and Three Bridges (as confirmed on Twitter) are now charging £1.99 for their usage. Not sure how long this has been the case, but I guess Southern Fail don't want people using their ATMs.

If you follow ABC on Twitter, you'll see they've posted the staff pages online. They include... - telling staff not to allow PRMs (People with Reduced Mobility) on or off the train if it will make the train late(r). - telling PRM passengers that they may not board the train if their...

"Me, me, me...". Thank you Peter Wilkinson. The fact is, the unions and staff went on strike to try and prevent the very thing which is now happening - in short, they wre right the whole time. This is nothing to do with 'power games' and everything to do with health, safety and accessibility to...

Very much NOT this. Blaming the unions and staff, and thinking it's OK to abuse them for this ongoing farce which has been entirely created by the DfT and GTR, is ludicrous. Simster may not care - Lord know he wants to tell everyone he doesn't care while using his scattergun approach to...

Totally unreasonable summation. To go against company orders (e.g. not allow disabled people on or off the train if it means delaying for an extra 30 seconds) is to risk discipline. This is incompetent management, pure and simple. To blame the drivers, OBS and platform staff for this total...

Nope. Printed timetables still exist, and tens of thousands of people still pick them up. They just don't have any meaning with GTR.

Presumably because of the high probability of it being a work of fiction. One day in, and they've announced an emergency timetable on same routes until 8 June.

Seriously? This is the whole crux of the matter regarding GTR's performance. They were warned of staffing issues in 2014, and it has been discussed on here ad nauseum. If it's the first you've heard of it, suggest going for a hearing test. Er... that is precisely what has happened. What you...

No-one has been informed of the timetable changes - just that there will be timetable changes. If you want to know your new timetable changes, you have to go and find them. One place you won't find them - where previously they have always been there - is at the station themselves. As for...

You keep asking question to which the answers are already out there. There aren't enough drivers - this we have known for over four years. Plus many driver need to learn new routes, and the haven't been given the time to do so. GTR themselves have told everyone to be aware of problems, and so...

A totally irrelevant comment.

This is an example of ASLEF's appallingly poor communication. The RMT are no better. They have since clarified the position. It is about pay insofar there are two parallel sets of talks going on. One set is about safety and DOO, the other is about the annual pay review. The DfT have decided to...

The strikes are about safety. They haven't been balloted on pay yet. The unions didn't want fight. They had it imposed upon them. They did at least get prior warning with the government publicly announcing that they wanted a punch up with the unions. Correct about the government using...

When Southern themselves acknowledge that they need to upgrade their technology, who are you to say otherwise? Who said anything about them being 'death traps'? Is resorting to hysteria your best line of argument? As the RSSB point out, DOO is safe - IF certain upgrades and criteria are met...

No, this one is.

Industrial relations were outside the remit of the Chris Gibb report, and he spent less than one page out of 163 talking about it - without talking to the parties in question. So how much value can be placed on that opinion? We also know it's not true, as the disruption started way before any...

If you've really been following the story, you'll know that what you've posted has no value. The truth has been posted on here time and time and time again, yet you choose to go your own way. DOO trains being used since the 1980s isn't the point to make here. Precedent isn't enough to justify...

'Seems to me...'? In other words, it's true because you've told yourself it's true? Outstanding. And again. Why are you commenting when you don't know what you're on about? You've just screamed your own ignorance. :facepalm: