Hundreds of thousands of Southern Rail commuters told not to travel because of fresh strikes
HUNDREDS of thousands of Southern Rail commuters have been told not to travel next week as the network plans yet another strike.
All of Southern's 2,284 daily services will grind to a halt from Monday as staff walk out in a long-running row over the role of guards.
The six-day strike will see services severely delayed or cancelled and comes just one week after a 72-hour walk out over the New Year period.
Services remain severely disrupted by strike action on Southern trains today, which coincides with an ongoing overtime ban for drivers.
Commuters across the UK were hit by travel woes as they tried to make it back to work this morning.
Strikes on the Southern network, as well as signal failures on the London Underground and Southeastern services mean thousands of commuters will make it into the office late.
Services continue to be disrupted this morning as the network recovers from the walkout.
But if this wasn't bad enough - Southeastern services are also delayed by up to an hour this morning between London and Tonbridge after a signal failure.
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Trains on the Hastings Line have been affected by the incident.
Passengers have also faced problems buying tickets and have been advised to allow extra time while making a purchase.
It comes after new increased fares of an average 2.3 per cent came into the place at the start of the year.
The increases mean travellers on some lines will be paying £2,000 more for their yearly ticket than they were in 2010.
Users of Virgin Trains East Coast are among the worst hit with an eye-watering rise of 4.9 per cent on their line.
Elsewhere on the London Underground, the Metropolitan Line is severely delayed this morning after an earlier signal failure at Wembley Park.
There are also severe delays on the District Line between Earls Court and Richmond due to a signal failure at Turnham Green.
Minor delays are also reported on the Waterloo & City line due to a faulty train at Waterloo, and TfL Rail is part closed between Brentwood and Shenfield until later this year.
It comes as members of the Fair Fares Now passenger complaint group protested hiked ticket prices at King's Cross.
Pickets were set up outside the busy London train station, with passengers complaining about the 2.3 per cent price rise.
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