Southern Railway has announced it will restore 63 more services to the timetable, including the full West London Line timetable and 34 West Coastway services to destinations such as Hove, Bognor, Barnham and Worthing next Monday (October 24).
Responding to the statment made by the TUC this morning, Charles Horton, Chief Executive of Govia Thameslink Railway which operates Southern, said: "This is simply scaremongering. We'll have a second person rostered to work on every train that has one now - in fact they'll be on more trains."
On the eve of another damaging three-day strike by the RMT on Southern, Govia Thameslink Railway has called on the union to suspend strikes and hold a referendum of its members to allow them to decide for themselves whether they want to accept its 8-point offer plus £2,000 lump sum per person which is back on the table.
Commenting on the Transport Select Committee’s Report, Charles Horton, chief executive of GTR, said: “Clearly this a long and complex report, which we’ve only just received and we now need time to study its detailed contents."
At last night's National Transport Awards, Mike Tyler, who checks tickets and helps at the gateline at St Albans, was highly commended in the Frontline Employee of the Year category.
“Clearly this a long and complex report, which we’ve only just received and we now need time to study its detailed contents."
Commenting on the outcome of today’s talks with the RMT, Charles Horton, chief executive of GTR, said: "Yesterday, the RMT leadership asked to meet with me and I cleared my diary this morning to listen to what they had to say."
Southern and Thameslink were unable to run trains between Three Bridges and Haywards Heath this morning until 7.20am because of problems Network Rail experienced during overnight engineering work.
Southern’s chief executive Charles Horton has this afternoon offered to meet RMT general secretary Mick Cash tomorrow for face-to-face talks to try and find a solution to end their six-months dispute
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the parent company of Southern Railway, has confirmed it will press ahead with its proposals to modernise its services after the RMT rejected its offer to settle the six-month-old dispute and today’s talks ended without success.
Beds and Northants MS Therapy Centre, a charity supporting individuals with multiple sclerosis, has benefited from over £500 as a result of votes by Thameslink staff.
Southern today said it would extend the service it has been able to offer on previous strike days if last-minute talks fail tomorrow and the RMT’s three-day strike goes ahead next week.
