GTR has published its 2015 Sustainability Report, focusing on its positive contributions made in a range of areas, including local communities, the environment, its passengers, and employees.
GTR freezes thousands of fares and caps season tickets to rate of inflation
Staff from Thameslink and Great Northern last week spent an afternoon with Dr Carrie Herbert MBE, founder and president of the charity Red Balloon Learner Centres. They discussed the fact that bullying does not just happen in schools but outside the school gates - and of course on public transport and trains.
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.
Southern has been shortlisted as finalists in five categories for the forthcoming prestigious national Rail Business awards. These awards recognise a range of passenger improvement programmes undertaken by the rail industry.
The future of commuting made its first outing on Thameslink tracks last night (Tuesday, 24 November).
The new £11.5m multi-story car park at Haywards Heath station has taken another step to completion with the opening of the entire car park to station users.
Three young unemployed people from Luton and Flitwick have been given full-time jobs at St Albans and Bedford stations with train company Thameslink after graduating from a programme run with youth charity The Prince’s Trust.
Passengers are being urged to check before travelling over the Christmas period as a major programme of improvement work on the railways in south London this Christmas means that Southern and Gatwick Express services will be disrupted over the holiday period.
Due to poor punctuality during autumn and the very busy nature of our service, working with Network Rail, we have temporarily removed a number of off-peak Gatwick Express services and made adjustments to Thameslink off-peak services this week. The aim of the changes is to help reduce congestion on the network, so that a more reliable service can be provided.
A brand new life-saving defibrillator machine that can make anybody a life-saver have been installed at Elstree & Borehamwood station. A plaque commemorating the joint project, courtesy of train operator Thameslink, was unveiled on Wednesday by Town Mayor Councillor Richard Butler.
New network maps will soon be launched by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and will be appearing on the website, on stations and on our trains. .
