You think you’ve seen all manner of chaos on the morning commute, and then something like this happens.
Two grown men, who have been described as “f*cking clowns” by nearby witnesses, were caught throwing fists and hot beverages at each other on the 6.29am Southern service from Littlehampton in Sussex to London Bridge on Monday.
The fight is reported to have taken place in a first class carriage. Nobody was seriously hurt.
It has been reported that the fight erupted over a crowded First Class carriage seat.
Officers attended the scene and spoke to the two men about the alleged incident. Thankfully, or perhaps unfortunately, no arrests were made. Southern Rail has confirmed that as a result the service was forcibly terminated at Gatwick.
In total, the train was held for 30 minutes. A spokesman for Southern said:
“We were called to Hove station at 7.19am on Monday, May 23 to reports of an assault on board a train. Officers attended and spoke to two men about the alleged incident.”
One passenger said: “This is why they need to de-classify First”, while another onlooker referred to the carnage as a “First Class punch-up.”
Hot coffee!? On Southern Rail!? Pure fiction. https://t.co/1HSBu3sGsV
— Confused a Glen! (blue tick pending) (@glenpk2) May 25, 2016
Meanwhile, a tweet from the parody account @BadSouthernRail said: “We are looking into making all passengers fight other passengers to win a seat, if nothing else, for our entertainment.”
My meeting on the appalling Southern Rail is packed – unsurprising given how bad the service is pic.twitter.com/EhjrzxXEBs
— Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) May 24, 2016
that's how the Riots of 2011 started isn't it?? #coffeegate
— Ian Partington (@Ian_Partington) May 24, 2016
2 clowns scrap (proud?) in 1st class at Hove (LB train) & thousands suffer = it gets cancelled bc it's so late. @BTPSussex @SouthernRailUK
— Ross Auld (@The_Monties) May 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/_claireellasmum/status/734766156322615296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thanks to the 2 men who threw coffee over each other, causing my train to be canned from Hove to London Bridge #southernfail #coffeegate
— 🤘Brad Dyson (@braddyson) May 23, 2016
Services maybe delayed this morning due to whatever evil you did in a past life to be reincarnated as a Southern Rail passengers.
— BadSouthernRail (@BadSouthernRail) May 25, 2016
Southern Rail in chronic inability to run a shuttle service reliably between two stations non-shocker.
— @quebectango – find me on the place without clouds (@QuebecTango) May 25, 2016
Of course, this is the real scandal:
How terribly Un-British. Why weren't they drinking tea? It's a disgrace! https://t.co/cHadAIdbCn
— Lukas Scott (@sisfridge) May 24, 2016
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