Southern Rail passengers fined after being forced to stand in first class carriage due to overcrowded train

‘London-bound commuters forced to stand in the first class carriage because there was no room in the rest of the train have been fined by the company.

Southern Rail ticket inspectors reportedly fined passengers standing in the first class carriage of a morning Surrey to London service £20 as the travellers did not have the correct tickets for the service.

The company holds the dubious honour of the second-worst punctuality record in 2014/15 – while commuters continue to pay some of the highest fares in the country. Its 7.29 Brighton to London train was late every day for a year.’

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