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Network Rail and GTR have today issued the following reminder for passengers. Network Rail continues to simplify track layout at King’s Cross during main stage of £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade No trains to/from King’s Cross on the afternoon of Friday 4, and all day on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June No trains to/from St Pancras via Finsbury Park all day Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June Ful
Thousands of Covid-19 testing kits are being offered to staff at Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express to help prevent the spread and give added reassurance to staff and passengers returning to the railway.From Monday, 31 May, at-home lateral flow testing kits will be made available at stations, depots and offices across Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s largest rail
Click here to read how Mark was proud to have made and maintained the Class 365sTrain enthusiasts joined commuters on Friday (14 May) to ride the last Great Northern Class 365 train out of King’s Cross, after 25 years of service.The 18:12 farewell service, lengthened from eight to 12 carriages for the special journey, called at Stevenage, Biggleswade, St Neots and Huntingdon on its way to
Hornsey Engineering Technician Mark Pountain, has accompanied the Class 365 fleet along its entire journey from the day he helped build the trains to its last run out of King’s Cross on Friday (14 May). An apprentice-trained vehicle body builder working at the former British Rail Engineering York Carriage Works in Holgate Road, Mark came to Hornsey in 1996 as product support, working with a wa
Passengers and pollinators can now enjoy a colourful new bee garden at Sandy station in Bedfordshire.Created in time for World Bee Day (this Thursday, 20 May), the garden project is a partnership between Great Northern and Thameslink’s parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and environmental charity Groundwork East. The plants are all selected for their flowers, which are especiall
Network Rail have issued the following press release about the major engineering programme affecting services in and out of King's Cross station in early June: Network Rail continues to simplify track layout at King’s Cross during main stage of £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade No trains to/from King’s Cross on the afternoon of Friday 4, and all day on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June No trains to/fr
GTR installs new and updated RNIB tactile maps at Stevenage, Brighton, Haywards Heath, and Three Bridges Updates are part of annual £700,000 investment to make 33 stations more accessible (list in editor's notes) Blind and partially sighted passengers will find it easier to navigate four of the busiest stations in Hertfordshire and Sussex now that Great Northern and Southern have installed R
Great Northern and Thameslink commuters who cycle to New Southgate station will find their bike-parking facilities transformed when they return to rail travel.The train operators’ parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has installed a new shelter with two-tier racks for 18 bikes. For safety and security, the shelter has low-wattage LED light, powered by a 10-square-metre solar panel o
Survey reveals that four in 10 Brits are most looking forward to a change of scenery when they return to rail and that 31% have most-missed scenic landscape views from the train window.When it comes to getting back to rail travel, Brits are most looking forward to a change of scene (41%) according to a new survey commissioned by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). The top three things passenge
The following press release was issued by the local artists who have created a set of mosaic murals at Palmers Green station for Govia Thameslink Railway's station improvement programme:If you happened to pass through Palmers Green station in the last few days, something new and shiny might have caught your eye. Four mosaic panels have been installed on Platform 1, the Northbound platform. D
Rail passengers will be able to socially distance more easily, helping prevent the spread of Covid-19, by using smartphone eTickets at 14 more stations on the Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink network.Parent company Govia Thameslink Railway this month completes a two-year project which allows passengers to scan eTickets at 60 stations bought via their OnTrack apps or web
Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink will be adding 1,000 extra services per week from 16 May as coronavirus restrictions ease further across the UK. To help plan their journeys and get the latest information on how busy train services are, passengers can check ahead at www.nationalrail.co.uk before they travel.Steve White, Chief Operating Officer of parent operator Govia Thameslink Railway
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