Date: 03/07/2016

Southern Rail is to announce an amended timetable to deal with ongoing disruption to services caused by a dispute over the role of conductors. The network has been hit by strikes and short-notice cancellations since April. Managers faced passengers at a public meeting in Hove on Saturday, where it was revealed details of the new timetable would be given on Tuesday. Dyan Crowther, chief operating officer of Southern's owner Govia Thameslink, said it would be brought in on 11 July. 'We're doing that to match the number of staff that we have to the timetable,' she said. 'It's really, really important we accept that what we have not been able to do is to provide customer certainty. 'By putting in an amended timetable that's what we're going to be able to do.' [From Richard Buckby]

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Southern to announce amended timetable

BBC News

Southern Rail is to announce an amended timetable due to a dispute over the role of conductors.

Southern Railway cancels 350 trains a day under emergency timetable

Telegraph

A rail company has made an unprecedented decision to introduce an emergency timetable allowing them to cancel another 350 trains a day.