F*cking nightmare of a bastard commute

[Bungle73]

That's my understanding, too.

One thing I've noticed, as will everyone who's a regular traveller on Southern, is that the service is appalling (trains almost invariably late and frequently cancelled) on days when there aren't strikes.

ETA - the whole thing is unbelievable and I do think Labour should be exploiting this shambles more to make a case for renationalisation.

If the railways were nationalised instead of an isolated strike it would be network-wide strike. Think about that.

 

[existentialist]

If the railways were nationalised instead of an isolated strike it would be network-wide strike. Think about that.

Good. This fragmentary destruction of our rail system would be better addressed on a system-wide basis.

And since it is clear that we can trust neither government nor private enterprise to reflect the best interests of our public transport systems, it falls to those working within them to exercise that role.

 

[Orang Utan]

If the railways were nationalised instead of an isolated strike it would be network-wide strike. Think about that.

This would be a good thing ultimately

 

[Bungle73]

This would be a good thing ultimately

Really? It was the DfT's meddling that started this dispute in the first place. It was also they that made it so Southern get money whatever, even if not one passenger purchases a ticket, so they have little incentive to end this dispute quickly.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Really? It was the DfT's meddling that started this dispute in the first place. It was also they that made it so Southern get money whatever, even if not one passenger purchases a ticket, so they have little incentive to end this dispute quickly.

And they can do it with one franchise, shut the whole country down and government has to sort their act out.

 

[existentialist]

Really? It was the DfT's meddling that started this dispute in the first place. It was also they that made it so Southern get money whatever, even if not one passenger purchases a ticket, so they have little incentive to end this dispute quickly.

You're not thinking the big enough picture. It's not the details of the government's grubby little deal with Southern that's the problem here, it's the whole fucked-up stitchup that was the railway privatisation setup in the first place.

I hope the unions succeed in ripping Southern and the DfT new arseholes each, so they can fart "On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At" duets together.

 

[existentialist]

And they can do it with one franchise, shut the whole country down and government has to sort their act out.

Good point. If the government were going to make themselves hostages to fortune with a single franchise, they picked a peach in Southern

 

[Orang Utan]

Really? It was the DfT's meddling that started this dispute in the first place. It was also they that made it so Southern get money whatever, even if not one passenger purchases a ticket, so they have little incentive to end this dispute quickly.

It was the privatisation of the railways which caused all of this

 

[Bungle73]

It was the privatisation of the railways which caused all of this

How is that exactly? The dispute is entirely down to the government's policy. Why would it be any different if BR were still around?

 

[Orang Utan]

How is that exactly? The dispute is entirely down to the government's policy. Why would it be any different if BR were still around?

See Bahnhof Strasse 's previous reply. Union resistance would be national.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It's almost as if Thatcher's plan was to make the worker, via his union, helpless.

 

[existentialist]

It's almost as if Thatcher's plan was to make the worker, via his union, helpless.

No! Say it ain't so...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Southern Rail passengers have been left bemused by news that no one at Southern Rail is on strike today.

The company, which has faced industrial action from staff every day since 1492, has stated that it intends to run a ‘normal’ service.

“To be honest, it’s really freaked me out,” said hollow-eyed, soul-crushed Southern commuter Simon Williams.

“I just got to the station this morning at 3am as usual to queue for hours for a bus that may or may not arrive, then all of a sudden this massive green and white tube roared alongside the platform.

“I’ll be honest, I shat myself before I realised that it was actually a train, and you can use them to get to work.”

But Mr Williams was one of the lucky ones, who could remember what a train was.

“Oh God, yeah, it was awful. There was this young girl, a student I think, and she must have never seen a train before, you know, if you grow up in the Southern Rail area then I guess that’s not that unusual, and she just lost it.

“She just ran out of the station screaming. Poor thing.”

It was thought that the network would remain strike-free tomorrow as well, but the union of little men who sell lighters outside stations has just announced a two-day strike because Southern Rail is such a catastrophic collection of bastards.

 

[nuffsaid]

Now Southern Rail wants to delay you by road!

Southern train swaps rail for road, causing fresh delays

 

[ffsear]

 

[Bungle73]

That is reaaally annoying, and he can't even get his facts right.

 

[existentialist]

That is reaaally annoying, and he can't even get his facts right.

I can only imagine how upsetting that must be for you.

 

[ffsear]

That is reaaally annoying, and he can't even get his facts right.

Would you like a pinch of salt?

 

[treelover]

Apparently the One Show covered the rail strikes today, but FB posters are saying they portrayed the strikers(or people behind them), etc as 'sinister, lots of images of placards, etc..

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm getting used to these strikes. The alt routes available to my wife and I (our tickets can be used on the overground on strike days and the thameslink to blackfrairs is quite a nice ride) are not that bad, plus we get the full return fare refunded by delay repay.

Shame to see the media spin on it. It will be horrendous if you end up with packed trains with thousands of people on board and only one person looking after them. . . . And drive the train.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Fuckin hell -go the train into London bridge today - it was like a re-enactment of the last chopper out of Saigon .People don't cope well outside their comfort zone do they ?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

clapham junction currently closed - fire alert or something...

 

[kabbes]

In a moment of irony, I took an alternative route this morning to avoid using the tube, it happened to work smoothly (via some minor miracle) and I arrived earlier at work than I normally do.

 

[ska invita]

I managed to get in to work via a sneaky route on a certain train that only runs twice a day (though it meant getting to work 30 mins early), but its hell out there....just saw a queue 300 deep, snaking around the block for taxis outside St Pancras

Good day for taxi drivers

I quite like seeing so many people walking around

 

[tommers]

I'm working from home.

I am also going to work from home tomorrow, the next day and Friday (thank you Southern).

I might do it Thursday as well as the trains will all be in the wrong place and last time I travelled the day before a strike it took 3 and a half hours to get home and I ended up getting a fucking uber.

This country.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The one good thing is that delay repay is pretty much canceling out the cost of my monthly ticket.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I quite like seeing so many people walking around

Its great in theory and I know where you are coming from, but the amount of near misses and near suicidal behaviour I saw this morning by people just not used to dealing with walking about was quite incredible

 

[ska invita]

This traffic drone fly over is quite entertaining
Tube strike: all lines hit and most central London stations closed – live updates

 

[ska invita]

I'm working from home.

I am also going to work from home tomorrow, the next day and Friday (thank you Southern).

I might do it Thursday as well as the trains will all be in the wrong place and last time I travelled the day before a strike it took 3 and a half hours to get home and I ended up getting a fucking uber.

This country.

Sounds good to me - id love to be doing that

 

[tommers]

Sounds good to me - id love to be doing that

I much prefer it to fucking commuting.

Thanks ASLEF.