VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: Chris Philp - It's time to end the...

Southern Rail's performance is abysmal – the worst of any line in the country. The latest performance data showed 17.3 per cent of services were at least fiveminutes late, over double the national average. 5.4 per cent of trains were also either cancelled or over 30 minutes late, which is also double the national average.On Monday 23rd May, 997 Southern trains (31 per cent of the total) were late of which 322 (10 per cent of the total) were over 30 minutes late or entirely cancelled. 45...