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  • Southern staff support local good causes

    Eastbourne based charity Embrace received a £420 donation from Southern as a result of the effort staff made to support good causes during December.

  • ​Southern calls on RMT to suspend conductor strike

    Southern has called again on the RMT to suspend its strike action after confirming that over 70% of its trains will run tomorrow (Monday 23 January) with a full service returning on Tuesday.

  • ​Response to latest RMT strike date

    “Our CEO Charles Horton spoke face-to-face with Mick Lynch, deputy general secretary of the RMT, immediately after their recording of a BBC debate last Sunday. Charles invited the RMT to fresh talks but we’ve had no dates or times from them."

  • GTR response to ORR DOO report

    “The independent rail regulator carried out a full and comprehensive review, including a thorough risk assessment, of our plans to implement driver-controlled trains on new routes on the Southern network. We warmly welcome their robust report which confirms that our roll-out programme is safe."

  • Southern response to ASLEF announcement

    Responding to ASLEF's announcement this morning, a Southern spokesperson said: “This is a cynical ploy to minimise the impact on ASLEF’s drivers’ pay packets and maximises misery, disruption and hardship for passengers."

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