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  • Rail companies remind passengers to plan their journeys ahead of King’s Cross closure for final weekend of engineering works

    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 test kits help keep railway safe

    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

  • Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to showcase its tech and engineering departments to students

    The UK’s largest rail operator is once again teaming up with educational equality charity, Speakers for Schools, to give young people an insight into working in the railway. This time around, the event will focus on technology and engineering roles.
    Part of the Predict ’21 series by Speakers for Schools, the two-hour session on 24th June will see representatives from GTR’s IT, Engineering and

  • Southern offers helping hand to people in Sussex returning to the railway

    With restrictions easing and the rules around leisure travel becoming more relaxed, rail operator Southern has been reaching out to local communities to support those with additional needs who may be nervous about using the railway again.
    Working with its partner of over five years, The Aldingbourne Trust, Southern has completed pilot sessions at Hove and Arundel stations to re-familiarise pas

  • Passengers urged to plan ahead of improvement works at Gatwick Airport station and South London over the Late May Bank Holiday

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting train services between London Victoria and East Croydon over the following two weekends and on two Sundays in June:
    Network Rail carrying out upgrade projects to improve railway for passengers Those looking to travel by train over the Late May Bank Holiday are urged to plan their journeys in advance and trave

  • Reminder: South East London and Kent passengers urged to plan ahead for late May Bank Holiday improvement works

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting train services in South East London and Kent over thee Late May Bank Holiday weekend:
    Network Rail is advising anyone that is intending to use the train between 29 May and 1 June to please check before you travel as they carry out rail improvement projects across Kent and South East London.
    Engineers will b

  • 1812 is final overture for Class 365 ‘Networker Express’

    Click here to read how Mark was proud to have made and maintained the Class 365s
    Train 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

  • Mark proud to have made and maintained the Class 365s

    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

  • Bedfordshire station builds back greener for World Bee Day and beyond

    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

  • Three-day closure at King’s Cross in June marks end of multimillion-pound station upgrade

    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

  • Hertfordshire and Sussex stations mapped for blind and partially sighted passengers

    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

  • Sussex and Hertfordshire stations mapped for blind and partially sighted passengers

    GTR installs new and updated RNIB tactile maps at Brighton, Haywards Heath, Three Bridges and Stevenage 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 Sussex and Hertfordshire now that Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern have

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