Southern Railway Ltd is one of four brands owned by Govia Thameslink Railway.

Southern's routes include:

• South Coast from Southampton to Ashford
• South Coast to London
• Tonbridge to London
• South London Metro area
• Stations to Milton Keynes

Southern's two principal London stations are London Victoria and London Bridge.

Chief Executive Officer: Patrick Verwer
PA: Lillian Connett

Chief Financial Officer: Ian McLaren
PA: Melanie Hobbs-Grant

Chief Operating Officer: Steve White
PA: Lisa Duff

Engineering Director: Gerry McFadden
PA: Amanda Hills

Human Resources Director: Andy Bindon
PA: Vicky Cobb

Communications and Marketing Director:
PA: Uta Deutsch

Passenger Services Director (Southern and Gatwick Express): Angie Doll
PA: Jayne Byrne

Passenger Services Director (Thameslink and Great Northern): Stuart Cheshire
PA: Lynn Howarth

Head of Safety and Environment: Mark Whitley
Team Organiser: Heidi Sly

Infrastructure Director:  Keith Jipps
PA: Jenny Ward

Business Improvement Director and Deputy COO: Alex Foulds
PA: Jenny Ward

Operations Planning DIrector: Scott Brightwell
PA: Andreea Burchi

Service Delivery Director: George McInulty
PA: Gill Skelton

Our operations include:

• 156 Stations
• 2,242 weekday services
• 2,076 Saturday services
• 1,242 Sunday services
• 620,000 passenger journeys per day
• 414 route miles across the Southern network
• 4,000 employees

Hurst Green to Uckfield and Hastings to Ashford are diesel routes. All other routes are electrified through the third rail at 750v dc.

Train class	Number in service	Coaches per train	Seats
377/2	15	4	223
377/3	28	3	160
377/4	154	4	223
377/6	26	5	262
171/7	9	2	107
171/8	6	4	241
455	46	4	310
313	19	3	228
442	17	5	322

Our daily performance reports look at Public Performance Measure (PPM).

PPM is how train operators’ performance is measured. National Rail publishes monthly PPM statistics for all train operating companies.

For the purposes of PPM, if our train arrives at its destination within 5 minutes of its scheduled time, then it is counted as on time. If the train arrives more than 5 minutes late, or does not run for the whole of its journey, then it is counted as late, cancelled or part-cancelled.

The 5-minute standard applies to Southern because we are a short distance train operator. For long distance operators, a 10-minute standard applies.

Southern runs a system called Delay Repay, which compensates customers if their train is late by 15 minutes or more. Learn more about Delay Repay.

We keep a selection of stock photos of our trains that you can request for your publication. Email us at press.office@gtailway.com to request a high-resolution image.