Education regulator endorses quality of the rail operator’s apprenticeship schemes
Inspectors find that internal trainers motivate apprentices to achieve their goals
Govia Thameslink Railway is on track to recruit 200 apprentices this year
Govia Thameslink Railway’s apprenticeship scheme has received an official stamp of approval by successfully passing its Ofsted New Provider Monitoring Visi
The following press release was issued by arts education organisation art-K, who have created a mural for Horsham station:
art-K, the leading provider of art classes for children in high street studios across the UK, has unveiled a mural in Horsham train station to commemorate the former Collyer’s headmaster and ‘local legend’ Mr (William) Pirie.
The mural, featuring a donkey sporting the Ho
Thameslink and Siemens Mobility are this month celebrating five years of passenger service of their state-of-the-art ‘people mover’ Desiro City Class 700 train. The 115-strong fleet has travelled over 58 million miles – nearly halfway to Mars – since June 2016
Network Rail have issued the following press release about recent and forthcoming engineering work between London Victoria and East Croydon stations:
Passengers travelling on the south London lines into London Victoria can look forward to more reliable journeys after Network Rail delivered a bumper programme of upgrades over May and June.
The work continues on Sunday 27 June with more works
The UK’s largest rail operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), is expanding its partnership with outdoor walking and hiking app, AllTrails. From this week, Great Northern and Thameslink customers can discover hand-curated trails across London and the east of England, including Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
As a result of the pandemic, 2020 saw a sharp rise in those taking up
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris dug in today with young people taking their first steps into a horticultural career by working on landscaping projects at Thameslink and Great Northern stations across London
Work at Eridge station in East Sussex is underway to provide step-free platform access making the station much easier to use for Southern Rail passengers with mobility issues, older people and parents with young children
Network Rail have issued the following press release about a major programme of improvements to the Arun Valley line:
A multimillion-pound project to upgrade 1980s railway equipment means no trains through Horsham for nine days this summer, and several weekends between July and October
An extra £5m investment was announced today to improve stations, track and signalling
Passengers travelling b
Great Northern passengers on the Northern City Line will enjoy more reliable journeys by summer next year but there will be closures this summer for engineering work
Key element of £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade now in place
Work allows more trains to enter and exit the station – reducing congestion and bringing more reliable journeys for passengers
Improved services begin from Monday 7 June
A multi-million pound, once-in-a-generation improvement scheme designed to future proof King’s Cross station and radically improve services for passengers completed t
On 23 June, rail operator GTR (Govia Thameslink Railway) will be marking International Women in Engineering Day with a virtual open day. Students across the UK will get a chance to learn more about the organisation, including the variety of career opportunities on offer.
Delivered in collaboration with the Association for BME Engineers (AFBE), the 90-minute online event will help promote divers
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Great Northern, Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink, and Southeastern have worked together to launch a new online Season Ticket Calculator, providing passengers with greater transparency when it comes to choosing tickets and fares.
The Season Ticket Calculator enables commuters with flexible work schedules to identify and buy the right ticket for
