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Station team welcomes group to make rail service more accessible
Press releases • May 07, 2019 09:25 BST
Elstree & Borehamwood Thameslink station team members welcomed a group of passengers with accessibility needs to help them travel with confidence on the railway
Charity works with Southern to improve access at Eastbourne train station
Press releases • Apr 12, 2019 12:38 BST
Following the success of their trip with Southern Railway in April last year, a group from Possability People attended their third 'Try a Train' event from Brighton to Hampden Park via Eastbourne, hosted by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
GTR welcomes funding announcement for step-free access at stations
Press releases • Apr 04, 2019 12:44 BST
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has welcomed the announcement that seven stations will receive funding to make them step-free and accessible to all its passengers. A further four stations where earlier bids for funding were initially deferred have now been given the green light.
A trip to confidence
Press releases • Feb 12, 2019 14:28 GMT
Thameslink has given young people with learning difficulties the confidence to travel by train
GTR on track with projects to deliver more accessible railway
Press releases • Dec 03, 2018 14:03 GMT
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Govia Thameslink Railway announces that it is on track to deliver a raft of upgrades across the network by March 2019 through its stations accessibility fund to improve access for all passengers
Network Rail begins work to improve accessibility at Bedford railway station
Press releases • Sep 25, 2018 16:04 BST
Network Rail is carrying out vital work to refurbish the lifts at Bedford railway station to give those with additional access needs a more reliable route to the platforms
Thameslink and Southern promote independent travel for people with accessibility needs
Press releases • Apr 26, 2018 11:57 BST
Govia Thameslink Railway held a 'Try a Train' event from Brighton station, taking a group of 12 from 'Possability People' with various accessibility needs on the train to London where they were welcomed by the City of London mounted police
Hadley Wood station ramps up accessibility
Press releases • May 30, 2017 16:18 BST
Over 100 residents gathered at Hadley Wood railway station on Friday (26 May) to celebrate the opening of a new access ramp funded and built by Great Northern in response to a community petition.