Southern Rail to Cancel 350 trains A DAY!

Going down from Victoria with a friend. Planning on getting the 1006 as we are going to the matinee. Pvt msg me

Overtime ban on drivers means that there are no direct trains from London to Chichester now. Southern rail slowly throttling the south

Yeah I live in Brighton and it's a nightmare. Last train home last night was half hour late

Trains were supposedly on strike last night but I got from Purley to London Bridge in the quickest time I've ever managed that journey, approximately 25 minutes, wouldn't mind but I cancelled going for drinks with a friend at London Bridge two days previously because of concerns about the industrial action - bastards!

The government is being absolutely useless about the whole affair, just ignoring it and hoping the whole thing will go away, Chris Grayling gives the impression of someone who doesn't have a clue about how to buy a train ticket, let alone actually travelling on a train on a regular, peak-time basis.

If an industrial dispute is legal, what do you think the UK Government should do?

Previous UK Governments have already changed the law many times, to disfavour workers with grievances.

It was true in general though. Days lost to strikes were much higher when rail and other industries were nationalised. What do you want the government to do ? Bring troops in to run the trains ? Put fares up to pay the drivers more ? Ban strikes ?

Require the parties involved to go to binding arbitration.

The 'track' got nationalised after Railtrack went broke, which was caused by disasters, where multiple people lost their lives.

Also that's. It true there has been more strike days since privatisation.