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So to summarise the view from the members past and present of the rail industry: If I turn up for a train which is late or runs late, it is my fault and not the rail industry.

I agree about the overcrowded bit and the South East needs a major transport overhaul in the next 20 years but sadly some of us don't have a WFH option or have employers that share your admirably Buddhist approach to public transport. Having said all that, I think my train might have been a bit...

Yes because there is loads of room on the roads of the South East should commuters abandon the train.

I don't think anyone (or at least very few people) blame Southern for problems when there are genuine acts of nature like yesterday but anyone connected to Southern don't seem to appreciate that by default a train should leave on time and arrive on time.

Gets near to it in the Summer. Not that a couple of minutes is going to kill anyone but on an average day, they should be on time.

Absolutely (trains are noticeably quicker when less busy) but at the moment the publish a timetable they have little or no chance of following so why not get a bit more realistic? I used to catch a train from Clapham Junction to Woking that was invariably late, so why not timetable it later and...

Why don't Southern (or indeed any other TOC) just announce timetables that they are confident of keeping to? For example my morning train should get into LB at 0811 but is generally ten minutes late, so why don't they just timetable it to arrive later at it's terminus and treat it as a bonus if...

Just tweeted by transport manager: bhafctransport: Confirmation from SouthernRailUK that they will be able to run abt 50% of the normal match day service. #bhafc

So presumably as going via Lewes and Falmer is a legitimate way to get back to Worthing from London today, I won't need to buy an extra train ticket?

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/71895.aspx Apparently anyone west of Worthing should go via Havant to Waterloo if they want to get to London tomorrow.