Editing Department for Transport (section)

=== 2017 judicial review ===
Following a series of strikes, poor performance, concerns over access for the disabled and commuter protests relating to [[Govia Thameslink Railway]] a group of commuters crowdfunded £26,000 to initiate a [[judicial review]] into the Department for Transport's management and failure to penalise Govia or remove the management contract. The oral hearing to determine if commuters have standing to bring a judicial review was listed for 29 June 2017 at the [[Royal Courts of Justice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/commuter-group-to-meet-department-for-transport-in-court-over-southern-crisis-1-8014633|title=Commuter group to meet Department for Transport in court over Southern crisis|website=www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk|date=19 June 2017 |language=en|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/southernfail/|title=Judicial Review of the Department for Transport over Southern Rail|work=CrowdJustice|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref>

The attempted judicial review was not allowed to proceed, and the commuters who brought it had to pay £17,000 in costs to the Department for Transport.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Judicial Review case starts today&nbsp;–&nbsp;led by passenger group Bring Back British Rail |url=https://abcommuters.com/2018/04/17/new-judicial-review-case-starts-today-led-by-passenger-group-bring-back-british-rail/ |agency=www.abcommuters.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Exclusive: Full report of ABC's legal victory, which forces Chris Grayling to decide Southern Rail breaches |url=https://abcommuters.com/2017/07/05/exclusive-full-report-of-abcs-legal-victory-which-forces-chris-grayling-to-decide-southern-rail-breaches/ |agency=www.abcommuters.com |date=5 July 2017 |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>