No Southern Trains Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

[KNC]

anyone found out why ASLEF have gone on strike over this DOO rollout, but not all the previous ones?

Check out ScotRail

 

[Gwylan]

There is absolutely no need to go to a ticket office these days as everything you require is automated be it on-line or via a vending machine

I've been to the ticket office three times in recent months: once to get a refund on a ticket as cancellations had meant I wasn't able to get to the theatre in time, so hadn't left Brighton; the other occasions because the machine hadn't dispensed the second part of a return ticket. I'm also going next month to buy a Senior Railcard.

A vending machine is not going to deal with issues like that

 

[bhanutz]

I've been to the ticket office three times in recent months: once to get a refund on a ticket as cancellations had meant I wasn't able to get to the theatre in time, so hadn't left Brighton; the other occasions because the machine hadn't dispensed the second part of a return ticket. I'm also going next month to buy a Senior Railcard.

A vending machine is not going to deal with issues like that

They will all be E-Tickets soon..

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Are they though given the range of options on buying tickets and media available to do it.

There is absolutely no need to go to a ticket office these days as everything you require is automated be it on-line or via a vending machine

Rubbish. I'm currently trying to travel to Hove from Portslade for an evening out. Gone to buy my ticket from the machine - out of order - not unusual ! Just gone to the ticket office and there's a sign on the door saying 'Ticket Office Closed Today ( Monday )'. I will now be travelling without a ticket - why do we employ useless morons to work on and to run our railways ?

 

[vegster]

Are they though given the range of options on buying tickets and media available to do it.

There is absolutely no need to go to a ticket office these days as everything you require is automated be it on-line or via a vending machine

It is just a backdoor way of cutting costs, ticket office staff can advise a passenger on what is the best deal.... a ticket machine can't.

 

[yxee]

I have not used a ticket office since they made delay repay do BACS transfers, but can appreciate the value if you have someone who doesn't know exactly what to do. The machines break down all the time.

Then again the ticket offices quite often don't open on time and are probably less reliable than the machines in the early morning.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Won't work for all routes but Thameslink is running as standard (which admittedly probably isn't great) but helps if you are travelling to Gatwick or London. I'm off to Gatwick for a holiday on Wednesday so glad that this element of the company is still running.


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[Deleted User X18H]

Rubbish. I'm currently trying to travel to Hove from Portslade for an evening out. Gone to buy my ticket from the machine - out of order - not unusual ! Just gone to the ticket office and there's a sign on the door saying 'Ticket Office Closed Today ( Monday )'. I will now be travelling without a ticket - why do we employ useless morons to work on and to run our railways ?

You live in Hangleton, And you're getting a train to Hove from Portslade? Unbelievable

 

[The Clamp]

Rubbish. I'm currently trying to travel to Hove from Portslade for an evening out. Gone to buy my ticket from the machine - out of order - not unusual ! Just gone to the ticket office and there's a sign on the door saying 'Ticket Office Closed Today ( Monday )'. I will now be travelling without a ticket - why do we employ useless morons to work on and to run our railways ?

Perfect argument for closing them permanently. They are never open when you need them anyway. Cheers.

 

[mothy]

Dear aslef. As a commuter on the Brighton main line who has endured months of misery caused by the rmt & southern, you are now going to cause even more misery to the hundreds of thousands of people who use this railway line. Let me be clear - you do not have my support & I have not met anyone who agrees with you. You worry about safety yet not long ago slam door trains were perfectly safe enough.. They are planning driver less cars & I look forward to the day that driver & guard less trains operate. Merry Christmas. We wunt be druv..

My message to aslef - I doubt them northerners will understand the last bit

 

[albionite]

Dear aslef. As a commuter on the Brighton main line who has endured months of misery caused by the rmt & southern, you are now going to cause even more misery to the hundreds of thousands of people who use this railway line. Let me be clear - you do not have my support & I have not met anyone who agrees with you. You worry about safety yet not long ago slam door trains were perfectly safe enough.. They are planning driver less cars & I look forward to the day that driver & guard less trains operate. Merry Christmas. We wunt be druv..

My message to aslef - I doubt them northerners will understand the last bit

I bet you also believed every word the government/ police said at hillsbrough

 

[jmsc]

They will all be E-Tickets soon..

Do you work for the railways? Many tickets can only be bought in person with photo id!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Dear aslef. As a commuter on the Brighton main line who has endured months of misery caused by the rmt & southern, you are now going to cause even more misery to the hundreds of thousands of people who use this railway line. Let me be clear - you do not have my support & I have not met anyone who agrees with you. You worry about safety yet not long ago slam door trains were perfectly safe enough.. They are planning driver less cars & I look forward to the day that driver & guard less trains operate. Merry Christmas. We wunt be druv..

My message to aslef - I doubt them northerners will understand the last bit

We've not met have we?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

We've not met have we?

To be fair southern dont extend to Germany...i feel his pain. You need to suffer the first world equivalemt of trench warfare every day to comment. Sorry.

Im on the 6.06 Thameslink

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Won't work for all routes but Thameslink is running as standard (which admittedly probably isn't great) but helps if you are travelling to Gatwick or London. I'm off to Gatwick for a holiday on Wednesday so glad that this element of the company is still running.


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Set your alarm early and check on the day. A 10pm check as running means a 6.30am cancellation. Its happened NUMEROUS times over last few weeks. Build in plenty of **** up factor.

 

[mothy]

To be fair southern dont extend to Germany...i feel his pain. You need to suffer the first world equivalemt of trench warfare every day to comment. Sorry.

Im on the 6.06 Thameslink

Today I'm getting the thameslink to Croydon. Tram to Wimbledon & northern line. Simple!

 

[mikeyjh]

Anyone know why there is no Gatwick Express service? Or why this train in particular is cancelled between Brighton and Chichester?

 

[ditchy]

Would you want to be on a train travelling at 90mph with a driver not knowing where the signals, stations, speed restrictions etc were ? Drivers are trained in sections so a newbie driver is only trained on a small section which I explained in a past post, so to be a fully competent driver in a big depot like Brighton would take 10 years or more, in the past it was impossible to be one and you could do your entire life as a driver and not be fully competent in all routes and tractions at each depot.

But hey I only troll this thread so why am I responding ?

That for me is where a drastic rethink is probably needed . It seems an outdated method , but thats from an outsider point of view .. cannot see Drivers unions going anywhere near excepting something like that .

 

[Spiros]

Anyone know why there is no Gatwick Express service? Or why this train in particular is cancelled between Brighton and Chichester?

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My guess is that as it's the only train the whole day it was decided that it's safer to skip those stations altogether. I know quite a few people who originally said that they would get the GWR train from Worthing to Brighton this morning. That would cause a proper fight at all of the Southern only stations.

 

[Diego Napier]

Anyone know why there is no Gatwick Express service? Or why this train in particular is cancelled between Brighton and Chichester?

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The 7.40 GWR Barnham to Brighton also cancelled