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Southern strikes: Commuters “losing jobs”

MP claims employers are rejecting job applications from commuters who use Southern Railway

20 Dec

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Southern strikes continue

Southern Railway passengers face further strikes and disruption, following the failure of talks between the company and the drivers’ union ASLEF.

20 Dec

Southern 455819 at Clapham Junction. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Mayor of London presents business case for TfL taking on new routes

Devolving inner-suburban services to TfL would deliver the equivalent of £4.30 for every £1 spent says business case submitted by Sadiq Khan.

25 Oct

GTR 700109 at Blackfriars on May 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Enhanced Delay Repay to start on GTR

Better compensation for late-running trains will be introduced on Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) within the next six months.

25 Oct

Southern 377613 at East Croydon on November 26 2013. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Prime Minister defends DfT over Southern

Prime Minister Theresa May says the Government was “not sitting on its heels” over Southern Railway’s poor performance.

3 Oct

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Operator’s social media campaign backfires

GTR launches social media campaign inviting passengers to take sides, but many passengers angry at an apparent attempt to undermine its own staff.

3 Oct

Southern 377162 at Clapham Junction. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Conductors offered £2,000 ultimatum to settle dispute

Govia Thameslink Railway offers a lump sum of £2,000 to each conductor, to settle the dispute.

3 Oct

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29th Class 700 delivered to UK

Ahead of planned increase in the number of '700s' in traffic with GTR, there are now 29 of the electric multiple units in the UK (from an order of 115).

21 Sept

GTR 387109 at London Blackfriars on May 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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GTR consults on 2018 timetable changes

Govia Thameslink Railway is consulting passengers on a major recast of its timetables from 2018, when the Thameslink programme is due to be completed.

20 Sept

Southern 377215 at Harrow & Wealdstone on September 18 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Nationalise the railways, says TUC

The TUC Congress in Brighton has repeated its call to renationalise the railway as a way of ending the “chaos”.

19 Sept

Southern 377118 and 377446 at Clapham Junction on January 3 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Cancellations “worst since records began”

Nearly 3 in 10 GTR services failed to reach their destination on time between June 26 and July 23, according to figures from the ORR.

19 Sept

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More Southern services restored

Southern Railway restored more services to its emergency timetable from today.

19 Sept

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DfT unlikely to repeat GTR model

Rail Minister Paul Maynard said it is unlikely that DfT will “wish to let such a franchise in the future”, when discussing GTR.

19 Sept

Southern 377107 at Clapham Junction on January 3 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Rail fares increase of 1.9%, as watchdog urges Southern fares freeze

Regulated rail fares are set to rise by 1.9% in January 2017, following the announcement of the Retail Price Index figure on August 16.

30 Aug

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RSSB: “No evidence of increased risk” from DOO

RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board) says there is no evidence that drivers (rather than guards) operating train doors increases the risk of passenger harm

18 Aug

GTR 700110 at London Blackfriars. NETWORK RAIL.

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Network Rail tests ETCS on Class 700 on 'Core' Thameslink route

Trial of ETCS Level 2 signalling between St Pancras and Blackfriars with a Class 700 electric multiple unit has taken place.

8 Aug

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ASLEF to pay £250,000 legal bill over GatEx dispute

ASLEF must pay £250,000 in legal costs to GTR, after final High Court ruling against industrial action over the operation of 12-car trains on Gatwick Express.

27 Jun