No Southern Trains Most of Next Week -but will probably still be rubbish on the other days

[oddsonlaughter]

I know there is a bigger thread but was helpful to a few people last time who had not reaslised- like me this time around

NO Southern trains at all from Mon 9th to Sat 14th Jan

Luckily I can work from home but feel really sorry for those who cannot and rely on the trains getting you into work

http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/strike/aslef-strike/

 

[CherryInHove]

Nice. Another £102 saved as I won't have to buy a weekly ticket. Thanks Southern, you're making me richer!

 

[wellquickwoody]

Oh yes, this really might start to wake people up. Gonna be interesting.......

 

[pasty]

Nice. Another £102 saved as I won't have to buy a weekly ticket. Thanks Southern, you're making me richer!

They're costing me money. I've been working from home through the strikes and that means having the heating on when normally it wouldn't be as nobody is at home.

 

[BNthree]

A friend just went to renew his annual season ticket to London. 2.3% price increase while discovering there are hardly any Victoria trains until next week!

 

[Lush]

Oh yes, this really might start to wake people up. Gonna be interesting.......

You mean that the Transport Minister for her Majesty's GOVERNMENT might actually do some GOVERNING? I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[beorhthelm]

delay repay means >£20 a day to work from home, so its not all bad. feel for those that dont have that option, a whole week of this is going to be shitty for many.

however, seeing as RMT stopped negotiating, Southern imposed new contracts and RMT told members to accept, i dont really see how this will get resolved without DOO as the outcome. Southern would have to re-employ all the OBS as guards.

 

[BNthree]

You mean that the Transport Minister for her Majesty's GOVERNMENT might actually do some GOVERNING? I'll believe it when I see it.

Seeing as the Govt gave them the contract so Southern could break the unions that is very unlikely to happen!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not much in the way of recent updates on the Army being dragooned into driving a mega-fleet of commuter replacement buses. Hopefully the Army chiefs told the cabinet exactly where to get off on that bright idea.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Have all the drivers booked cheap skiing holidays that week?

 

[Ernest]

Have all the drivers booked cheap skiing holidays that week?

Pathetic

 

[CherryInHove]

Normally I buy a weekly season ticket even though I only travel up two or three times a week, however obviously next week there is little point buying one due to the strikes.

HOWEVER - I have to go to London on Saturday, so presumably I can buy a season ticket for £102 or whatever they are now and then claim back £21.40 for each day of the strike, thus recouping the full cost of the ticket and essentially get free return to London on the Saturday? Is there any reason that wouldn't work?

 

[Uncle Buck]

Pathetic

Text book.

 

[Diablo]

Pathetic

Something we agree about the "pathetic couldn`t give a shit attitude" of rail employees/unions to their paying customers.

Bring on the guardless/driverless trains..

 

[albionite]

Something we agree about the "pathetic couldn`t give a shit attitude" of rail employees/unions to their paying customers.

Bring on the guardless/driverless trains..

Dull.

 

[Diablo]

Dull.

Worried ?

 

[SUIYHP]

Genuinely scared about what this means for me, I'm graduating this year and will be trying to enter the job market, if companies are going to turn me down because I live in Brighton how the hell am I going to support myself? Im fed up of Southern, RMT and the government, most especially the latter of those three for their complacency. It simply needs to stop.

 

[Springal]

Genuinely scared about what this means for me, I'm graduating this year and will be trying to enter the job market, if companies are going to turn me down because I live in Brighton how the hell am I going to support myself? Im fed up of Southern, RMT and the government, most especially the latter of those three for their complacency. It simply needs to stop.

Luckily a lot of employers now encourage remote working in London, but yes I'd suggest you are at a disadvantage. As I will likely be in 6 months time

 

[dazzer6666]

A friend just went to renew his annual season ticket to London. 2.3% price increase while discovering there are hardly any Victoria trains until next week!

Until next week ? There won't be ANY next week.......

I've changed my schedule and going to be travelling next week which is fine for a week but there is no end in sight to this mess.

 

[albionite]

Worried ?

About what you writing the same comment ten times.

Say it a few more times maybe it will happen sooner, 20 years is a long wait.