As of 08:30 over 92% of Southern services were running to time against the temporary weekday revised timetable, implemented on the morning of Monday 11 July, to reduce the impact on passengers and staff of unpredictable and late notice cancellations.
Network Rail has apologised after a derailed engineering train caused the line from Purely to Caterham to be closed on the morning of Friday 8 July.
Last week members of the Northaw and Cuffley Residents’ Association formally adopted Great Northern’s Cuffley railway station.
Southern is introducing a temporary revised weekday timetable from Monday 11 July to reduce the impact on passengers and staff of unpredictable and late notice cancellations caused daily by unprecedented levels of train crew sickness and unwillingness among others to work overtime.
Responding to the latest National Rail Passenger Survey by Transport Focus, in which Thameslink passenger satisfaction for the period 11 January to 20 March rose, year-on-year from 70% to 74%, Passenger Service Director Stuart Cheshire said:
Responding to the latest National Rail Passenger Survey by Transport Focus, in which Great Northern passenger satisfaction for the period 11 January to 20 March fell, year-on-year, from 80% to 74%, Passenger Service Director Keith Jipps said:
Transport Focus has published the results of the spring 2016 National Rail Passenger Survey. Southern, Gatwick Express and Network Rail have responded as follows:
Railway workers from Thameslink and Great Northern have raised over £1,600 for children with genetic disorders during a Charities Week.
GTR has scooped two top prizes and has been highly commended at the Railway Industry Innovation Awards. The awards reward those in the industry that are pushing forward with innovations.
Thameslink’s new Siemens-built Class 700 train has performed well as it enjoyed its maiden voyage in passenger service on the 10.02 service from Brighton to London Bridge.
Extreme weather conditions have meant that Southern services are severely disrupted today. The forecast is for a return of heavy rain in places on the Southern network from 3pm. As a result, we are advising you to start your journey home early.
So far, over 87% of services operating today on the strike-affected Southern network have run to time. Southern will be returning to its normal timetable tomorrow (Wednesday) but some services may run with fewer carriages than normal because trains will be out of their normal position because of today’s strike.
