We regularly monitor the Twitter conversations about “@se_railway” and have collected a number of reports about fights on trains and platforms in the first week of the London Bridge rebuilding.
And a fist fight. Thank you @Se_Railway. This one is on you.
— Mandy Southgate (@mandyist) January 12, 2015
@Se_Railway your new timetable does not work and just caused an actual fight on a platform. Bravo. — abchab (@abchab) January 12, 2015
Just been a fight at HG station…@Se_Railway you’re going to need more BTP around if the overcrowding cont to be this bad…
— Charlotte O’Gorman (@Lottieogorman) January 12, 2015
Trains overcrowded – people fist fighting to get on the train and this is the first day of 18 months! Good work #southeastern — Kevin Davies (@Kevindavies86) January 12, 2015
@Se_Railway the 17.36 from lewisham (which was late!) they were fighting at hither green after an argument when one of them was getting off
— Paul Lincoln (@paulsausage) January 12, 2015
Now a fight on the 5:43 to sidcup from cannon street due to no room. @Se_Railway do you really expect people to deal with this until 2016? — Sinead Brand (@sinead_brand) January 12, 2015
What a horrendous journey on @Se_Railway! Two fights on board and a pregnant women fainting because of how busy it is! #NotGoodEnoughSE
— Jack Worrallo (@worrallo) January 12, 2015
@Se_Railway dangerous overcrowding at CST&LBG&LEW.Ppl arguing&fighting.Hw do u expect all these people to get on fewer trains?! — Vicky Grace (@xxvickieex) January 12, 2015
@Se_Railway 17:21 from Cannon St a joke of a service. It’s so busy that people are having fights! Put the price up 4 what a shitter service?
— Sukh Dhaliwal (@sukh007uk) January 12, 2015
Excited @Se_Railway now has in carriage entertainment. Sadly, it’s fisticuffs between commuters at London Bridge! #FightAmongstYourselves — Alex Donohue (@ToadsRevisited) January 12, 2015
@Se_Railway people fighting on trains now because your still sending 8 coaches when this L Bridge closure is causing massive problems.
— Phil The Yid (@pvooght1982) January 15, 2015
Note: We’ve checked back for the previous month. From 5 December to 8 January there were only two Twitter reports of fighting on Southeastern. One was associated with overcrowding at Abbey Wood at 0830 on 15 December. The other, on Friday 2 January at 2350, was probably not rail-service-related.