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Train drivers do a brilliant and skilled job. On Saturday, I saw a Southern driver get out of the train at Purley Oaks to close a gate that was open at the top of the platform (up direction). Last year I saw a GWR driver get out to close a crossing gate and had to manoeuvre past an enormous...

As the TOC strikes are going ahead, it makes little difference to most routes, there will be no or a severely reduced service on strike days.

Very poor show to have no trains on the North Downs line for four days in a row.

Here's a controversial thought: why don't they make season tickets cheaper? It might just propel some uncertains into taking the plunge so revenue increases. I purchase an annual season, but have had to amend my choice of ticket because it has become too expensive. (I no longer have zones 1-6...

Will any services be running?

The 'London’s Rail & Tube services' map shows Stratford International (both Rail and DLR) in zones 2/3. However, there is a note at the bottom to say that travelcards aren't valid at Stratford International Rail. So the map is confusing.

SWR at national rail enquiries and local departure boards (Epsom) were showing all trains cancelled as at 07.00. However, this was wrong as I got the late-running 06.49 from Waterloo to Guildford via Epsom. I also saw a train at Effingham Junction going in other direction virtually empty, it was...

GWR now suspended, will this be until end of day?

They have to put bus fares up, and many other fares as well. In Surrey, a typical 5-mile bus journey costs over £5. Except for the 465, which runs as far as Dorking, because it is a TFL bus.

Good news, thanks for the update.

No real improvement on December. Still no service to Guildford via Epsom. During the earlier strikes many months go, they did have service on this line.

There was a terrible road accident on New Year's Eve concerning BA staff. The more that can be done to improve public transport to the airport, the better.

Also landslip south of Guildford and multiple other flooding events in the South. This affects another route to Gatwick Airport - a lot of people will be travelling today.

Even without the strike making the new timetable meaningless, there would be chaos for SWR due to the line closure between Epsom and Motspur Park.

Is it true that the RMT is planning more strikes in 2020?

Both the 06.34 and the 07.04 from Epsom to Waterloo were cancelled this morning. Shortage of train crew was the reason. People from Epsom itself have an alternative (Southern to Victoria or London Bridge), but people in some of the stations further down, such as Worcester Park, do not.

Awful so far. Various reports of cancelled and short trains. Short trains should not be happening. All trains should be max length. Signal failure (again) in Wokingham area. Us fare paying passengers/customers being treated like dirt yet again. Most of what I want to say is unprintable.

It appears to be, yes.

Due to an incident on London Bridge (the bridge), London Bridge Station is closed. Trains are passing through without stopping. Trains are not starting from London Bridge. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/236856.aspx

The hourly bus is much slower than the train. They could have arranged the train times such that a change at Wimbledon was realistic (Epsom to Guildford), but with an hourly service there would be a 54 minute wait. The only acceptable way to get from Epsom to Guildford is Southern to Dorking...