Summary

  • Southern rail services severely disrupted as train driver members of the Aslef union take strike action.

  • The strike action is due to take place today, tomorrow and Friday.

  • Southern is asking customers to only travel if it is essential and to work from home if they can.

  • Southern's parent firm Govia Thameslink (GTR) is in dispute with Aslef and the RMT unions over the role of guards.

  • Updates on Tuesday 10 January 2017

Live Reporting

Stuart Maisner

  1. Southeastern services busy during the #Southernstrike

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    BBC Sussex's political reporter Ben Weisz is taking a look at how the #Southernstrike is affecting Southeastern train services.

    And they seem busier than normal.

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  2. Very few commuters in East Grinstead this morning

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    BBC Live reporter

    BBC Surrey's political reporter Jack Fiehn is there this morning. 

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  3. 'How do you sleep at night?'

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    That was the question from Christian Brideson to Southern's Chief Executive Charles Horton and Mick Lynch from the RMT Union.

    Mr Brideson says he used to commute to London but is now too ill to do so. And he believes the strike has contributed to his illness.

    Here's what he had to say at our Southern rail TV debate, which aired last night.

  4. Schoolboy's message to Southern and unions

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Clive Cottrell sent us this email sent by his nine-year-old son Frankie to Southern rail.

    #Southernstrike

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  5. Sussex MP: 'It's hard for the Government to come up with more'

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    BBC Live reporter

    Huw Merriman, the MP for Bexhill and Battle, is also a member of the influential Transport Select Committee.

    Here's his view on whether the Government should intervene, or whether it should have got involved earlier, in the Southern rail dispute.  

  6. Buses brought in to help with rail strike

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Commuters on Southern trains are for the first time being offered buses to help them catch trains run by other rail companies during today's industrial action by Aslef.

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    Passengers in Eastbourne and Bexhill will be offered buses to Hastings to join a Southeastern service.

    And those in Uckfield and Crowborough will be taken by bus to join Southeastern services in Tunbridge Wells. Southern are warning the service is for essential travel only and is likely to be very congested. 

  7. Union boss: 'The company is refusing to come to a compromise'

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    That's the view of Mick Lynch from the RMT Union about the Southern rail dispute.

    Here's what he had to say when he was asked why a resolution to the dispute has not yet been reached on the BBC's TV rail debate, which aired last night.

  8. Southern boss: 'I am deeply sorry'

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Charles Horton, Chief Executive Officer of Govia Thameslink Railway, which runs Southern, was on the panel at a special BBC rail debate which aired on BBC One last night.

    He had these words for passengers and the unions.       

  9. Worst rail strike in 20 years

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Here's a look at why the Southern rail dispute is causing problems for so many people.  

  10. Good morning from your #Southernstrike live team

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    Train driver members of the Aslef union are taking strike action today, tomorrow and Friday - meaning severe problems for commuters this week.

    Southern is asking customers to only travel if it is essential and to work from home if they can.

    For more details from the company, and how to claim strike compensation, click here.    

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    How is the strike affecting you? 

    You can get involved by using #Southernstrike, by emailing us or sending us a message on Facebook.