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. Watch: When are the next strikes on Southern?

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

    The walkout is taking place today, tomorrow and Friday, with further strikes scheduled for 24, 25 and 27 January. 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.

  2. Corbyn backs striking train drivers

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backs striking Southern train drivers, saying he would join a picket line.

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  3. No resolution in sight in Southern row

    While neither side has changed position, what is striking is how it seems animosity and virtually non-existent industrial relations seems to be preventing a deal.

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  4. So what's the strike all about?

    Let's take a look at the Southern strike in numbers.