The last 'emergency timetable' was in Jan 2015 and lasted for months, I think it was May before the West Croydon peak trains came back. I'm sure there were services that never reappeared on the schedule.

It was never confirmed that metro services were transferring to TfL, that reliable geezer Mayor of London Boris Johnson stated it would happen and was quoted in the Standard but the details were never disclosed.... sound familiar? Anyway I'm not keen on waiting two years to get to work on time.

It effects me almost every day. Every train that doesn't get to London Bridge on time then makes its departure late, every driver stuck outside Norwood Junction doesn't get to switch trains on time, late again. A rubbish regional service means our trains are terrible too.