Around 30 delighted NHS key workers at Bedfordshire hospitals are now travelling to work on free bicycles, thanks to a scheme to renovate abandoned bikes that is being run by Thameslink, Luton Council and Sustrans, the charity promoting cycling and walking.
Fittingly the project has completed its first batch of bikes in June, National Bike Month. As one of a series of activities being run by T
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is marking International Women in Engineering Day on 23rd June with an interactive online event to offer an insight into engineering careers in the rail industry.
While aiming to attract more women to consider the sector, the event is open to anyone considering a role in engineering. Attendees will hear from colleagues from the rail operator, including Engineering
A Southern train driver and two conductors from Eastbourne have beaten their target of raising £1,000 for NHS workers with a song they recorded at work during lockdown.
Harry McCormick on harmonica, Bernie Barnaville on guitar and Ricky Duggins on mandoline, rewrote an old gospel song “This Train Is Bound For Glory” and recorded it on the platform and concourse at Eastbourne station.
Their ‘
Thanks to our dedicated railway workers, we’re keeping trains running at a challenging time. We take a look behind the scenes to meet the ‘railway heroes’ making it happen and to hear their stories…
Hannah Foran, 23, is a social media advisor and a fifth generational railway worker. An Anglo-Indian living in London, Hannah’s passion for trains was born out of a long-standing history of family m
Passengers urged not to travel during latest phase of £1.2 billion upgrade by Network Rail
Great Northern and Thameslink services from Peterborough and Cambridge will not run in or out of King’s Cross, St Pancras or Moorgate
Network Rail, with Great Northern and Thameslink, are urging passengers not to travel between Peterborough or Cambridge and London on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, as t
People thinking of using the train to go shopping and for leisure trips as lockdown eases on 15 June, are being reminded to avoid the morning and evening peaks on Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern, to help keep the railway clear for key workers and others who need it most.
Those who must travel by train should follow these clear guidelines:
From 15 June, as a passenger, you must wear
Much-welcomed improvements to cycle storage at Thameslink stations are back on track after having been put on hold due to the pandemic.
Two Bedford schoolchildren have won family days out thanks to their artistic flair.
West Sussex County Council has issued the following press release about its partnership with Govia Thameslink Railway to restore abandoned bikes for NHS key workers: More than 40 abandoned bicycles have been renovated by Bikeability instructors for NHS workers in a scheme initiated by Southern Rail.
In his day job, Lee Southgate drives Great Northern trains for Govia Thameslink Railway as a shunter. But in his own time, he has been volunteering as an emergency ambulance crew member working alongside frontline paramedics.
A team of caring railway volunteers are doing their bit to help keep people safe at a time when many are at their most vulnerable due to Covid-19.
For the last three months, a Govia Thameslink Railway worker has been giving up his own time to volunteer as an emergency ambulance crew member after answering a call for help during the pandemic.
