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Southern passenger protest tonight...



Feb 23, 2009
22,839
Brighton factually.....
Well who is going or staying as the case maybe...

THE biggest train passenger protest over the Southern crisis so far is set to take place tonight.
The Association of British Commuters will be calling for justice for passengers at London Victoria Railway Station from 6pm.
The protest is justice themed and participators are invited to bring judge wigs, robber outfits and swag bags.
The group is campaigning to fund a judicial review into the Department for Transport’s handling of the Govia Thameslink Railway franchise – Southern’s parent company. It wants the contract between the two parties to be made public

The Association of British Commuters hopes to bring a judicial review – a type of court case – looking at the handling of the Southern Rail franchise by the Department for Transport (DfT).
The believe that the problems at Southern’s owner – Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) – are in part caused by the DfT.
A crowdfunding campaign – on the Crowdjustice website – to raise money to pay for the case passed its initial £10,000 target within days of going live. It has now raised more than £18,000.

The campaigners have eight days left to reach a “stretch target” of £25,000. It will take just over 300 more people to chip in the running average of about £20 which is less than many pay for their train ticket to work.
The group said: “The Southern Rail crisis cannot be resolved until we achieve the clarity that can only be found in essential documents currently redacted or undisclosed by the DfT.
“They have so far failed to reveal these documents, either to lawyers, the public or to the Parliamentary Select Committee for Transport itself.
“Our call for #SouthernJustice is the commuter’s last resort – no progress can be made until the public are able to assess the contents of these essential documents – the only way to determine if, and how, Govia are in breach of their franchise agreement.

“These include documents referred to in the franchise agreement, the breach notice served on Govia on 7 July 2015 (which the DfT has a clear duty to publish) and the disclosure of a complete copy of February’s remedial plan, by which it is possible to assess whether Govia has been compliant.
“We also feel strongly that the public have a right to see the report by Chris Gibb’s project board of 1st September, which has not been made public.
“Much of the media focuses on a simple narrative of unions v management. We believe this depiction is vastly insufficient in analysing the real timescale and issues behind the crisis and, more worryingly still, the dangers behind a unique kind of ‘management contract’ that may see GTR acting at the behest of the government while the DfT continue to avoid all transparency and accountability.”

ABC campaign co-ordinator Emily Yates said: “We cannot move forward without transparency from the Department for Transport, who hold the key to understanding how this rail catastrophe came about.
“Essential documents remain redacted and withheld and this has massive implications for the whole country – the public have a right to see exactly what has been going on behind the scenes.”
Her colleague Summer Dean said: “The need for transparency has never been more urgent. Commuters are not getting the justice or basic service they deserve. Our call for justice relates not only to untangling the truth behind the crisis but is also made on behalf of hundreds of thousands of commuters who deserve proper compensation, health and safety rights, equality of access and a basic level of service and reliability.”

Good luck...
 




Taybha

Whalewhine
Oct 8, 2008
27,135
Uwantsumorwat
Southern announcement, Thank you for participating in tonight's demo, all services home have been cancelled so Ner.
 



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