Not supposed to be a strike tomorrow but still lots of people taking extra sickies and the trains will be all over the place as a result of today's strike.

May be best to go to East Croydon and then back up on whatever comes first, Selhurst or Norwood Junction.

National Rail Enquiries this morning said there were delays due to Industrial Action. So if there aren't strikes today then somebody is using it as an ongoing excuse for a poor rail service.

Certainly wouldn't put it past them, but the fact there are staff in a depot doing nothing doesn't necessarily make it factually incorrect. They can't, presumably, send those staff on a train to Uckfield (other terminating stations are available) if they are an hour and a half from knocking off and they are refusing to do overtime, or they'll end up in the middle of nowhere at the end of their shift. Not sure how that actually works, but I'm sure there are controls in place for that reason (also it would depend on what those staff are - a room full of conductors doesn't mean you have enough drivers and vice versa).

Not saying you're wrong, but neither side in this is covered in glory, and the commuters are the ones who are suffering, and both will play fast and loose with the truth to suit their own agendas.

Since some c*** stole my Vespa, I have been back on the train and Southern are a complete shambles. South West Trains seem to be fine, how come Southern get it so wrong?

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

Possibly or, as it's an ASLEF post, more evidence that the lazy guards haven't bothered to show for work so the drivers are sitting doing nothing because they won't accept DOO so the trains can't move without a conductor? Get rid of them and these boys could be driving.