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To be fair they probably didn't know either. Southern as a whole are very very bad at sharing information. The answer you usually get is "look on Twitter".

Gerald Ratner

Not quite. Frontline staff to me are platform staff, ticket office etc they are the frontline staff. I would happily point out to the guards that the working man their unions are so dearly supporting are actually the people that need to get the train but they don't man the picket line when I...

Exactly. I wouldn't condone abusing frontline staff. In fact this is another angle. Do they consider when the frontline staff when striking? Again serious question.

Yep the Notters rule applies here, Generally 100-150 miles from Brighton and you don't get as many idiots.

I would literally rip it up and start again. There must be some sort of redundancy process and would make it illegal for union influence when signing new contract with the new provider - if they want to remain employed. I'm sorry but it isn't the 70s anymore and normal market forces do need to...

I would guess not much. Ernest has talked about a union warchest...Im sure they are subsidising wages (albeit not full salary) So the only people that are affected genuinely is the working man or woman that needs to train. Ironic really I thought left leaning types were supposed to be sticking...

Yesh got that slightly wrong. I normally venture north on trains as opposed to East. Gatwick express I believe are part of the ASLEF strike and overtime ban. So its thameslink and those trains will he fit to bursting. Mind you they will probably be on time barring the ususal signal failures...

I second that

Amazing isnt it how a government "department" for want of a better word can cripple a whole region. A region that is one of the most affluent and thus pays back into the economy probably ten fold. Incredible.

EDIT: Looks like there are no GWR from Barnham up the line...

Barnham is serviced by GWR as well. I know this because I have had to do the Waterloo-Barnham route before when Croydon was log jammed and had to go the coastal route to get home. Thameslink is an option but with a 55% punctuality rate (at best on a good day) without any risk of a signal...

At a guess drive to Barnham. Park. Get the GWR to Waterloo and same for return journey.

I know we dont see eye to eye on this but I agree 100% however if this doesnt make "the powers that be" sit up and take notice then what will? Serious question by the way.

I doubt the unions would go for this even tho speaking as a non union person granted it seems fair enough to me. My company are the same...however if you had something serious like stress or god forbid worse like cancer then they would of course then support with full pay. Granted not all...

Yes! The one and only stuart storer in Berlin.

It would help if we had a couple of stints in the prem like Reading so these super rich will remember seeing us on the tele.

Yeah and up to Fulham (16/17 season) we had only won games we went ahead so thats another monkey off our backs.

You wait till they have FINNISH or give them some immodium?

No they dont. But the blame does not lie squarely at their door. But they could of course do something original to bring their argument to the public/media like a South Coast football club did when faced with near extinction. I didnt see any lives ruined then (although Archer, Stanley and...