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Did they cancel trains elsewhere to free up stock/drivers? It's odd that GTR can't fulfil their weekday timetables but can drum up extra services on a Saturday. Call me an old cynic :)

It would be interesting to know where these 15 trains on stand by were as I can't see that they would all have been berthed at Lover's Walk Depot in Brighton. That would have meant having to get trains from Eastbourne or Littlehampton or, at a push, Selhurst Depot, and that is disregarding the...

As somebody who regularly commuted to Victoria on the first available train (the 03.50) I found that at least 75% of the time the train seemed to be replaced by a double-decker bus to Haywards Heath or Three Bridges. I used to get a warning when this was going to happen and instead rode up by...

While not knowing the facts of what length trains Southern were laying on and how many extra trains (if any) the fact remains that after the show at Preston Park there was a maximum window of 90-odd minutes to catch a train towards London (which is where I suspect the majority were heading) I...

I'm not so sure - while I'm no lover of GTR they fulfilled their train-running obligation last night. The timetable was there for all to see and published well beforehand. Had GTR run later trains people would have just left it even later to head to the station. Every year this happens and...