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« on: January 19, 2017, 21:43:32 »
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2654991/southern-rail-strike-staff-refuse-to-let-girl-on-train-great-western/

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“The station manager said, ‘have you reserved a seat?’

“She said ‘no’ and he said ‘well, you can’t get on it’.”
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2017, 11:40:56 »
Note there's nothing from GWR▸ (Great Western Railway).
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2017, 13:31:59 »
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) may have been unaware of this.  The news story states that it was the station manager, a Southern employee, who would not let her on to the station. 
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2017, 15:34:32 »
Quote from: rogerw on January 20, 2017, 13:31:59
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) may have been unaware of this.  The news story states that it was the station manager, a Southern employee, who would not let her on to the station. 

Maybe.

If GWR made / agreed with the decision ahead of time, that's one thing.

If GWR were made aware of a decision taken by Southern, properly done on genuine safety grounds, the so be it.

If Southern made a unilateral decision for what even reason, and didn't even have the politeness to inform GWR ... let's say that if I was GWR in that circumstance, I would be pretty miffed!
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2017, 18:30:04 »
Have GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) advertised their 1702 from Brighton as 'Reservations Compulsory' on RMT▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers)/ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) Southern strike days?
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2017, 20:32:52 »
My recollection is that the 1702 ran non stop from Brighton to Havant.  It seems that this was the inbound working at 1528 from Chichester
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2017, 22:35:20 »
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) via Twitter tell me that the 1702 from Brighton is not 'Reservation Compulsory' on days when Southern Railway members of RMT▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers)/ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) are striking.

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Could it be platform staff disrupting the public to support their striking colleagues?
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