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Radio 5 Live,1 min

‘After a year of frustration, we’ll hire our own train’

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A group of Southern Rail commuters are trying to charter their own train ahead of the strikes due to begin next week which could see them left without a way to get to work. Southern Rail’s 500,000 daily passengers will have to find a different means of travel during the three-day walkout by Southern Rail drivers next week and a week-long strike in January. The idea for the commuter-run service comes from Anthony Simm, a member of the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users association, who told 5 live he relies on Southern Rail trains to travel to work. He said: “the strike next week takes every train Southern has off the tracks – there won’t be an option for us.” “People were discussing carpooling, even taxis, and I wondered if there was another way,” he told us. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Sunday 11 December 2016.

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