Trains cancellations - latest

[Earl Aelfheah]

Yeah, it's all pretty poor.

[XIX]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36539137

[woodland]

It is awful - I commute to Haywards Heath and back everyday. It is taking me nearly 2 hours a day to get home sometimes. If I could walk or get a bus I would. It's a bit far though!

[peachy]

Haven't seen you on the 6.55 for a while Kid Kruger!

[Azira]

In case you want to do something about the train cancellations to ED, this petition closes in 8 days: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/116904

[ED_moots]

http://m.nationalrail.co.uk/pj/ldbboard/dep/EDW

A handy link for checking live trains times from ED.

Sign the petition. southern are a joke

[dirac]

I've signed the petition. This is beyond crazy that they are still allowed to operate.

[BrandNewGuy]

6 signatures to go to make it 10,000.

[JohnL]

Signed - 10,308

[bonaome]

This is too marvellous to be true. Probably.

 

[uncleglen]

The ad to the left has a Pakistani email address, and the one above has a Karachi address?

[JohnL]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> The ad to the left has a Pakistani email address,

> and the one above has a Karachi address?

They wouldn't really say "this is a full-time position due to our 24 hour poor service" :)

or maybe ....

[Jeremy]

Southern set to axe 350 trains a day with new timetable...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36701300

[Earl Aelfheah]

...will anyone notice the difference?

[Jeremy]

If there is one train less an hour and they run on time, it will be better than the current service! But that's not really the point...

[uncleglen]

This is them still working to rule over the driver-only trains I suspect...the RMT obviously do not want to lose some of their membership.

[bonaome]

Southern Rail to replace timetable with avant garde poem

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/southern-rail-to-replace-timetable-with-avant-garde-poem-20160704110166

[bzgeo]

I don't really get it how they are still allowed to operate.

Trains in the morning are packed... no safety regulations no nothing.

[Jeremy]

New timetables are here:

http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/revised-timetable

But I think you need to compile several together to get the ED/PR to LB service, so hard to make out what the new frequency will be.

[goldilocks]

Still a 21 minute gap between trains 8:30 - 8:51.

[wroed]

Which timetable is the 8.51 on?

I've only currently found timetable 33 with very a limited service. We've lost the Beckenham and Wimbledon routes from what I can gather.

[d.b]

Surely the government has to make an example out of Southern. Despite woeful service, labour relations, and customer satisfaction, they are guaranteed profits each year. Not only that, but they have gone up year after year, despite requiring large government subsidies to run.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3452793/Go-Ahead-profits-soar-17-amid-deluge-customer-complaints.html

[Carissa88]

I can only see an 8.30 and 9.30? They have also reduced the number of trains leaving London Bridge during rush hour dramatically - 17.11, 18.08, 18.51

[MarkE]

I'm nervous. Southern's new timetable page is on their website, here.

Here's the new map, colour coded to indicate changes.

Timetable #32 (the Beckenham route) suggests that no trains will start/terminate at Beckenham, but that trains servicing West Norwood, Crystal Palace and Gypsy Hill will continue in to Victoria

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No service between London Bridge and Beckenham Junction

Please use alternative Southern, Tramlink, London Overground and Southeastern services to complete your journey. Southern tickets will also be accepted on local buses between West Norwood and Tulse Hill and between Crystal Palace, Birkbeck and Beckenham Junction.

Timetable #33 (the West Croydon route) suggests that the same trains will run as they have done in recent months

There is no posted timetable for the Wimbledon route (at least, not that I can find). The timetable page states:

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No service between Sutton and Streatham via Wimbledon (this service normally operates during the peak only)

Tickets will be accepted on Thameslink services to and from London Blackfriars which will operate to a normal Monday to Friday timetable. Change at Streatham for alternative Southern services to London Bridge.

The inference I'm making here is that we will be down to two trains per hour - those to/from West Croydon. That would be a drastic reduction in service. Their journey planner isn't going to be updated until tomorrow, so until then we're reliant upon digging the info out ourselves.

That being the case, the new commuter services into London Bridge would be as follows:

from North Dulwich: 6:53, 7:27, 8:27, 9:28

from East Dulwich: 6:55, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30

from Peckham Rye: 6:58, 7:33, 8:33, 9:34

There is also an additional service which terminates at South Bermondsey: NDW 7:57, EDW 8:02, PMR 8:09

Notice that some of those services allow extra time between NDW and EDW than they used to (up to five minutes) and between EDW and PMR (up to seven minutes)

The services back home from London Bridge would depart LBG at:

16:10, 16:40, 17:11, 18:08, 18:51.

Yes, you've read that right, basically one train an hour. The off-peak service is actually more frequent than the peak service.

Someone please tell me I'm mistaken.

[TB2]

No you are not mistaken. Best advice is to think about alternative train operators, buses or cycling