Southern set to restore full rail service
Southern will restore its full train service from next Tuesday now that the drivers' union ASLEF has suspended its industrial action.
Topics: Transport
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GTR response to ASLEF offer to suspend industrial action
“We've always made clear our willingness to engage in meaningful talks with ASLEF to find a route forward to end their dispute."
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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."
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ASLEF STRIKE - Southern's alternative options for essential travel only
On the eve of the ASLEF drivers’ 3-day strike on Southern Rail this week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday), the train operator is reminding passengers to travel only if essential.
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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."
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Southern offers travel advice for strikes next week
Southern Rail has confirmed that none of its train services will run during next week's three-day ASLEF drivers' strike (10, 11 & 13 January).
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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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Service disruption on Southern Rail over New Year
Passengers are advised to check before they travel as Southern rail services are expected to be severely disrupted during the RMT’s next three-day strike which starts tomorrow (31 December).
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New Thameslink train transforms passenger journeys on Sevenoaks suburban route
Passengers have started travelling on a new state-of-the-art train on Thameslink’s Sevenoaks to London and Bedford route.
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Award winning Christmas comes to Angmering
Angmering station has had a festive make over thanks to three local community primary schools from the Rustington area, with the designs and artwork going on to win first place in a local Eco Christmas competition.
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Prince's Trust youngsters offered jobs with Southern
This week marks the graduation of nine Croydon youngsters from The Prince’s Trust ‘Get Into Railway’ programme which aims to help young people between the ages of 16-25 achieve employment in various industries, including the railway.
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Southern/ASLEF: Acas talks end with no deal
Commenting on Southern/ASLEF talks at Acas, Nick Brown, Chief Operating Officer of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), Southern's parent company, said: "We're deeply disappointed, as our passengers will be, that ASLEF has been unable to accept our proposals and that we cannot find a way forward to end this dispute with the drivers' union at this stage."
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SEVERE DISRUPTION TOMORROW, WARNS SOUTHERN TRAINS
Passengers on Southern and Gatwick Express have been warned to expect services to be severely disrupted tomorrow, Thursday 15 December, following today’s drivers’ strike and the ASLEF union’s on-going refusal to allow drivers to work overtime.
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Southern and ASLEF talks at Acas
Talks have adjourned for today. We are reconvening tomorrow morning at Acas.
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Art goes down a storm at Cuffley station
Passengers travelling through Cuffley station will have their journey brightened thanks to new artwork produced by local school children.
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Modernised depot to transform Great Northern rail services
Great Northern passengers are set to see a transformation in rail services with the completion of an enlarged, modernised train depot in north London, which is now one of the biggest in the UK.
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Please don't travel, Southern warns train passengers
Southern Railway today advised the travelling public not to travel tomorrow, irrespective of the outcome of today's Court of Appeal hearing to try and obtain an injunction against the drivers' strikes, set to begin at midnight.
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GTR to appeal injunction refusal
GTR, parent company of Southern Railway, has confirmed it has lodged an urgent application at the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision on 8 December refusing an injunction to prevent industrial action by ASLEF.
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Thameslink and Great Northern choose Keech Hospice Care as corporate charity
Thameslink and Great Northern staff have chosen Luton-based good cause Keech Hospice Care as their new corporate charity, and have made a donation of £747 to get the fundraising ball rolling.
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Southern warns of reduced service across network tomorrow, Friday
Passengers on Southern and Gatwick Express have been warned again to expect services to be severely reduced across much of the network on non-strike days from tomorrow (Friday), through the weekend and on Monday as a result of ASLEF’s continued overtime ban.
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