PRIME Minister David Cameron has experienced for himself firsthand the chaos of cancellations on Southern Railway.
The Conservative party leader arrived at London’s Victoria Station to travel to Haywards Heath to take part in a meeting for the Remain campaign yesterday.
However after several cancellations, Mr Cameron was forced to travel to Haywards Heath by road.
Mr Cameron arrived very late for the event and was said to be “pretty angry”.
Mid Sussex MP Sir Nicholas Soames spoke with Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin in the lobby of the House of Commons last night to alert him of the Prime Minister’s situation.
Sussex MPs have been invited to the Department for Transport to speak with officials about the on-going issue of staff sickness on the Southern network on Wednesday afternoon.
According to figures published on social media, there were 511 full or part cancellations on Southern and Gatwick Express routes yesterday.
Tonight a protest against Southern is being planned at Brighton station at 6.30pm.
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