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33 GTR retailers commit to free passenger water refill scheme
Press releases • Jun 18, 2019 14:44 BST
33 retailers at Govia Thameslink Railway stations have committed to a campaign to reduce single-use plastic bottle by offering free tap water refills for passengers.
Southern worker’s ‘labour of love’ research project into Great War gains recognition
Press releases • Jun 14, 2019 09:00 BST
One woman’s painstaking research into the Sussex railway workers who served in the Great War will soon be presented to West Sussex County Council records office, where it will be treated as an official reference document.
Three men in a train cab row London to Paris for cancer
Press releases • Jan 08, 2019 14:54 GMT
Three Southern Rail train drivers will be relay-rowing the distance from London to Paris during a 24-hour non-stop marathon effort on Brighton station concourse this Friday
GTR helps Brighton celebrate with Pride
Press releases • Jul 31, 2018 13:38 BST
A dozen Southern trains have been rebranded with the colours of the rainbow as Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) joins Brighton & Hove in celebrating Pride 2018 this weekend
New cutting-edge trains in full operation across Thameslink route
Press releases • Sep 18, 2017 10:00 BST
All the trains across Thameslink’s entire network are now new Class 700s. Passengers travelling between London Bridge, Gatwick Airport and Brighton now have brand new Thameslink trains that are up to three times longer giving more space and more seats.
Govia Thameslink Railway reveals plans to improve services for passengers across the South East
Press releases • Jun 28, 2017 12:45 BST
Passengers across the South East will have faster, easier, more seamless journeys into and across central London, train firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) revealed today.
Brighton Pride – Southern advice is to consider alternative travel arrangements
Press releases • Aug 04, 2016 06:46 BST
Train operator Southern is advising people going to this weekend’s Brighton Pride to consider alternative travel arrangements because of the on-going industrial dispute.
London to Brighton bike ride this weekend
Press releases • Jun 17, 2016 04:00 BST
For the safety and comfort of passengers using Thameslink, Southern and Gatwick Express services the weekend of this BHF London to Brighton bike ride, there will be cycle restrictions in place.
Conductor availability leads to cancellations between Brighton and Southampton
Press releases • May 03, 2016 10:30 BST
Passengers travelling with Southern between Brighton and Southampton are being urged to check before they travel from 4 May and for what is likely to be the rest of the week because of a significant number of cancellations due to a lack of available conductors.
Extra trains and carriages for runners and spectators for the Brighton Marathon
Press releases • Apr 13, 2016 09:40 BST
Southern is putting on a series of special trains to ensure that everyone can get to the start of Brighton’s 2016 marathon. At 9.15am on Sunday 17th April, runners will start from Preston Park and finish at Brighton’s Madeira Drive.
Free cycle security marking at Brighton, Bognor Regis, Eastbourne and Three Bridges
Press releases • Jan 22, 2016 12:09 GMT
British Transport Police (BTP) Crime Reduction Officers and Southern Rail Neighbourhood Officers are embarking on a series of educational cycle surgeries ove rthe next six months to encourage owners of pedal cycles to ensure their property is more secure.
Brighton station pedals to national success
Press releases • Nov 30, 2015 11:26 GMT
Brighton station has won the Station of the Year award at the National Cycle-Rail Awards, recognising all the work undertaken on the first class cycle hub.