Southern Rail Disruption

[Headbanger]

I have tickets for a gig in London tomorrow. Has anyone had experience of coming home from Victoria to Crawley at approx 11 p.m. ? Are all the trains likely to be cancelled? National Rail website warns of severe disruption which makes me wary of travelling in case I can't get home

[jno]

hard to say, they won't know till the strike starts how many staff will turn up. Could you take the Gatwick Express and get a taxi onward?

[Headbanger]

Thanks jno. According to the website, Gatwick Express is also affected by the strike. I'll check tomorrow afternoon and decide from there.

[mushroom25]

there's no strike tomorrow, but RMT and ASLEF members are operating an overtime ban. have a look here:-
http://www.southernrailway.com/your-journey/strike/travel-advice-for-aslef-overtime-ban/
on the accompanying map, Crawley is "brown", ie reduced service - check the website before you travel to see what southern services are running; alternatively take a thameslink train from St Paul's, Blackfriars or London Bridge to Three Bridges, then "cab" it from there.

[Headbanger]

Thank you mushroom25. My train ran on time, and ironically I got home early as the train from Victoria was running 25 minutes late.