Articles have been published in national newspapers stating that rail companies pocket compensation from Network Rail and pay out a much smaller sum to passengers in compensation for their delayed journeys.
This month Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Gatwick Express have hit the £3,000 mark for making donations in support of railway staff who raise money in their own time for charity.
Services between Lewes and Eastbourne are being disrupted this week due to a 5mph speed restriction at Ripe. This is in place while Network Rail works on repairs to the embankment following a landslip in the area last week.
From Monday 14 to Monday 21 March, remodelling work in Barnham station, including the addition of a gateline, means the ticket office will not be open as normal, but extra staff will be on hand to sell tickets.
The first train of a new £145m fleet for the Gatwick Express route has entered passenger service.
On Sunday 6 March Great Northern gave a train-mad youngster about to undergo open heart surgery a cab ride between King’s Cross and Stevenage to round off an amazing weekend in London, as part of the work of charities Max Appeal and Rays of Sunshine.
Pay as you go brings new, more convenient, way to pay for travel Customers pay less as Swanley station moves into Zone 8 and gets daily and weekly (Monday to Sunday) capping
Horsham station saw the launch of a huge programme of defibrillator installations at every Southern Sussex station by the Sussex Heart Charity.
Passengers in the South East suffered delays yesterday evening and this morning (Thursday and Friday) after three bridges were hit by high vehicles within 12 hours of each other.
Eight young unemployed people from Welwyn Garden City, Luton, Hertford and Letchworth, have graduated from a ‘Get Into Railways’ job support programme run by train company Great Northern and youth charity The Prince’s Trust.
New Thameslink trains introduced last year helped Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to a hat-trick of accolades in the prestigious Rail Business Awards ceremony held last night (25 Feb), and the company was highly commended in another.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) won in three categories at the prestigious Rail Business Awards ceremony held last night (25 Feb), and was highly commended in another.
