3 day strike by drivers from next Monday. Likely to shut down virtually all Southern services.
The government - using Southern as proxy - are still trying to remove all the guards, and the drivers don't like it any more than the guards.
This will happen again at the end of the month.
I read an article I think in the Guardian about this - I feel for these people. And the money they are paying for passes! I guess when I decry the lack of trains in our province and our reliance on cars, mayhap I should count my lucky stars!
OTOH, Nicole, P, the cost of a season ticket plus the cost of a house some distance away is still lower than the cost of a home (or hovel) in London plus Tube.
The government is finally seeing sense and sitting down with a union. Only the transport gods know if anything will come out of it.
The government (ORR) has just acknowledged today that their study on Driver Only Operation is flawed.
Yeah...London is def becoming for the 1% to live and play...as are many big cities.
