Tag Archives: Gatwick Express

Biggest rail strike for 30 years could see network in meltdown

Posted on June 16, 2022 by insidecroydon

Even Southern, a rail network where its workers are not striking, is asking passengers not to travel next week. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Train operators are appealing to their regular passengers and commuters not to travel next week, when … Continue reading →

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Southern offers hope of relief from East Croydon Crush Hour

Posted on February 9, 2022 by insidecroydon

After nearly three months of misery heaped on inconvenience, long-suffering Southern and Thameslink passengers think they might just be about to spot some light at the end of a very long tunnel of poor service. Southern has this morning issued … Continue reading →

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Rail operator Govia faces landmark £73m tribunal challenge

Posted on November 24, 2021 by insidecroydon

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on a landmark court case which seeks to show that the rail operator behind Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services has been over-charging passengers A legal claim for compensation of up to £73million was made … Continue reading →

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Victoria Station faces 12-day shutdown over Christmas period

Posted on October 31, 2018 by insidecroydon

Christmas is a’coming, just not by train (again). If you’re planning on going anywhere in central London over the end-of-year period, you might as well as forget trying to do so by train, as Southern has announced a host of … Continue reading →

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Railway’s timetabled delays to stretch into fifth day

Posted on January 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

Rail services out of East Croydon, operated by Southern Railways, are to operate on a revised timetable for a fifth day because of the winter weather. The rail franchise announced it would run amended timetables last Thursday, before a flake … Continue reading →

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Southern issue the wrong sort of timetable before any snow

Posted on January 17, 2013 by insidecroydon

Not a flake of snow has fallen in south London today, but train operators Southern are already flying the white flag in front of expected snowfall tomorrow in Croydon, Surrey and Sussex. It’s not the wrong kind of snow that’s … Continue reading →

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