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| South Western Railway strike: commuters face misery as walkout begins - live updates | South Western Railway strike: commuters face misery as walkout begins - live updates |
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| All the latest news and reaction as the first of a month-long series of strikes to hit southern England begins | All the latest news and reaction as the first of a month-long series of strikes to hit southern England begins |
| Richard Clarke, who works in insurance and travels between Farncombe and Waterloo, sent this photo of his train this morning. | |
| Clarke said: “I am on the 701 and it is horrendous, full and standing once we left Guildford. | |
| “The trains, unsurprisingly when you consider their recent performance, were delayed. As expected I didn’t get a seat and once we had left Guildford (the stop after mine) the train was so full that no one could even force their way on once we arrived at Woking. One lady tried to but gave up, turned around and left.” | |
| Some commuters are using the Twitter hashtag #swrstrike to vent their frustration about the strike. Here’s a selection from those commuting this morning. | |
| Are you taking part in or affected by the South Western rail strikes? We’d like to hear your experiences | Are you taking part in or affected by the South Western rail strikes? We’d like to hear your experiences |
| A month of strike action by South Western Railway (SWR) staff starts on Monday across its entire network. | A month of strike action by South Western Railway (SWR) staff starts on Monday across its entire network. |
| RMT union members will walk out every day of the month apart from 1 December, 12 December – election day – and 25 and 26 December. | RMT union members will walk out every day of the month apart from 1 December, 12 December – election day – and 25 and 26 December. |
| We want to hear about how the strikes have affected you or will affect you in the weeks to come. Are you a member of the RMT taking part in the strikes? What are your main reasons for doing so? Are you you are a commuter who uses SWR? How do you expect your journey to be affected? How do you feel about the strikes taking place? | We want to hear about how the strikes have affected you or will affect you in the weeks to come. Are you a member of the RMT taking part in the strikes? What are your main reasons for doing so? Are you you are a commuter who uses SWR? How do you expect your journey to be affected? How do you feel about the strikes taking place? |
| Morning, my name is Aamna Mohdin and I’m running the live blog on the South Western Railway (SWR) strike. SWR is one of the busiest commuter lines in the country – used by about 600,000 passengers daily – and all who use the service are expected to be affected. | Morning, my name is Aamna Mohdin and I’m running the live blog on the South Western Railway (SWR) strike. SWR is one of the busiest commuter lines in the country – used by about 600,000 passengers daily – and all who use the service are expected to be affected. |
| Here’s some background from our transport correspondent, Gwyn Topham. He reports: | Here’s some background from our transport correspondent, Gwyn Topham. He reports: |
| I’ll be bringing all the action and keeping you updated with all the developments. To send me tips, your best bet is to tweet me @aamnamohdin | I’ll be bringing all the action and keeping you updated with all the developments. To send me tips, your best bet is to tweet me @aamnamohdin |