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  • South London station partnership presents marvellous marble run

    Inventive public art on show at Denmark Hill station Camberwell Society and Thameslink to stage a series of quirky sculptures on ‘partnership plinth’ GTR is showcasing local artists at thirty of its stations in a network-wide ‘ambience’ improvement programme
    Passengers and passers-by can pause at Denmark Hill station to enjoy a quirky work of public art, thanks to a partnership between the Cam

  • Supporting World Water Day: Train company’s smart water meters to save millions of litres a year

    All 235 GTR stations will have a smart water meter by this summer Constant monitoring and leak alerts could save 40 million litres a year – 130,000 baths or 174 million cups of tea GTR’s station improvement programme will also save water by creating wildflower areas
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced on World Water Day [Monday 22 March] that it will install smart water meters at all

  • Network Rail upgrades North London track over Easter weekend to improve journeys for passengers

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track improvements near Bowes Park at Easter:
    Network Rail is carrying out major improvements to the track at Bowes Park over the Easter bank holiday weekend as part of a £2 million project to bring smoother, more reliable journeys for passengers.
    From Saturday 3 April, teams will remove and then replace approximately 250 metres of t

  • Eggcellent preparation for new Midland Main Line station takes place over Easter

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track work in preparation for the new Brent Cross West Thameslink station:
    Network Rail is preparing to make further progress on the rail work at Brent Cross over Easter in the first of three weekends of work to move track that links to the new station.
    Between Friday 2 and Monday 5 April, as most people enjoy their Easter eggs, team

  • Goring-by-Sea station celebrates 175 years

    There’s cause for celebration in Goring today as residents mark 175 years of their local train station, which was first opened on 16th March 1846. The coastal West Sussex station provides rail passengers with links to nearby Littlehampton and Hove, as well as further afield Brighton and London Victoria.
    Southern operates all services running through the station, which prior to Covid-19, served

  • Station partners transform platform shelter into art gallery

    Railway community partnership creates art gallery in platform shelter Southern displays work of local artists inspired by station’s rural environment Transformation is among hundreds of community projects in train company’s multimillion-pound station improvement programme
    A partnership between local community groups and Southern Railway has created a surprising artwork installation at Penshurs

  • Picture perfect painting and repairs at Oxted Viaduct to refurbish the 140-year-old landmark

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about the repair and redecoration of Oxted Viaduct:
    A vital project to protect the future of the railway from Oxted in Surrey to Uckfield and East Grinstead in Sussex continues with important bridge repairs and a new lick of paint.
    Since summer 2020 we've been working on a major refurbishment of the 140-year-old Oxted Viaduct, which carrie

  • Burgess Hill’s old brick barn reborn

    Southern Railway have converted an early-Victorian storage hut at Burgess Hill station into a comfortable new waiting room The 180-year-old brick hut was the station’s original main building The waiting room displays award-winning landscape photography
    Passengers using Burgess Hill station can now shelter in comfort in a smart new waiting room, converted from a hut that once formed the origina

  • GTR partners with Speakers for Schools for Green Skills Week

    During this year’s Green Skills Week (5th– 9th April), the UK’s largest rail operator is taking the opportunity to inspire the next generation about a sustainable future. In partnership with UK charity, Speakers for Schools, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will discuss how its dedicated environment team are working hard to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
    The virtual event, which takes pla

  • Upgrade works continue this Easter weekend in Sussex as Gatwick Airport station is transformed

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work planned for the Easter weekend:
    Network Rail will use Sunday 4 and Monday 5 April over the Easter weekend to continue upgrading Gatwick Airport station which is open for travel, to improve future journeys for passengers.
    Work on improving Gatwick Airport station will continue with the installation of five lifts while

  • The train now at platform 8 is the rapid Covid testing service for rail staff

    The UK’s biggest rail franchise is offering twice-weekly rapid lateral flow tests to its colleagues who can’t work from home. It’s part of a Government scheme to help stem the spread of Covid-19 and give added reassurance to staff, as well as passengers when they return to the railway.
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), operator of Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express, has set

  • Southbourne station in West Sussex gets a new lease of life thanks to platform refurbishment

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about Southbourne station's platform refurbishment:
    Passengers in West Sussex will now benefit from £383k platform upgrade to improve journeys for all who use the station.
    Southbourne railway station serves the village of Southbourne in West Sussex. It is on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton and lies on the edge of th

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