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Scan and go: Barcode tickets can be scanned at every single ticket gate on the GTR network, saving customers time

29 November 2023 10:06

eTicket readers speed rail passengers through every single ticket gate on GTR network

Rail passengers can now skip standing in line at stations for a ticket to ride by using pre-bought smartphone eTickets right across the vast 11-county Govia Thameslink Railway network

Driver Mark Webb in front of one of the first trains to run in passenger service digital in-cab signalling promising passengers a more reliable, greener service - More pictures below

27 November 2023 13:25

Commuters look forward to more reliable services as first passenger trains run to City of London using digital signalling

Great Northern commuters today began travelling to the City of London in trains controlled by cutting-edge digital in-cab signalling (European Train Control System, or ETCS), giving them a more reliable, greener service

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27 November 2023 10:13

Disruption to last 10 days during national ASLEF industrial action

Regrettably, services on Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink will be disrupted for 10 consecutive days in early December during nationwide industrial action by the train drivers’ union ASLEF

Next month's timetable changes mean more trains at five Sussex stations

22 November 2023 13:18

More trains for Sussex passengers

Passengers at five Sussex stations will have more trains to choose from when Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) introduces its new timetable from Sunday 10 December.

Busy Beds and Herts stations to gain an extra peak service to and from London St Pancras International

22 November 2023 13:16

More peak-time seats on Thameslink for Beds and Herts commuters

Thameslink is increasing capacity for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire commuters in the morning and evening peak hours when it introduces a new timetable in December.

The first passengers enter the spacious new concourse at Gatwick Airport station on the morning of 21 November 2023

21 November 2023 08:37

Bigger and better Gatwick Airport station opens to passengers

A new look Gatwick Airport station has this morning (Tuesday 21 November) opened to passengers, transforming the journey from train to plane and giving passengers travelling between Brighton and London easier, faster, more reliable journeys

Train delays have been cut in half following South London signalling upgrades

20 November 2023 16:36

Signalling upgrades to impact services in South London during February half term

Rail passengers in South London are being advised to plan ahead as Network Rail completes a major signalling upgrade in February 2024.