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  • It’s a family affair for new coffee shop at Hurst Green station

    The Stubley family from Purley had always talked about opening their own coffee shop, but until last year it had remained a pipe dream. With the Covid-19 pandemic leaving their son out of work, there was no better time to make this dream a reality.
    23-year-old William Stubley lives with hemiplegia – a neurological condition which affects people in different ways, including weakness and a lack o

  • More comfort and communication for returning rail passengers

    Multimillion-pound improvement programme by Govia Thameslink Railway promises returning rail passengers a better station experience 1,500 square metres of waiting rooms, shelters and canopies built or refurbished – more weather protection than 2,000 umbrellas almost 3,000 new seats installed – more than the Royal Festival Hall over 100 new customer information screens installed, with a combined d

  • More comfort and communication for returning rail passengers

    Multimillion-pound improvement programme by Govia Thameslink Railway promises returning rail passengers a better station experience 1,500 square metres of waiting rooms, shelters and canopies built or refurbished – more protection than 2,000 umbrellas nearly 3,000 new seats installed – more than the Royal Festival Hall over 100 new customer information screens installed across the network, with a

  • Community and rail industry partners celebrate heritage-style station restoration

    The East Sussex village railway station at Eridge hosted its 153rd birthday party yesterday when the Southeast Community Rail Partnership brought the local community together with Southern and other rail industry partners to celebrate the station’s heritage-style restoration.
    With financial support from the Railway Heritage Trust, Southern’s parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has pai

  • Thameslink and partners to host mental health hubs during Cows about Cambridge

    To recognise its ongoing support for the theme of health and wellbeing at this year’s Cows about Cambridge art trail, official travel partner of the exhibition, Thameslink, will be hosting a drop-in mental health hub at Cambridge station.
    Staffed by volunteers from Cambridge Samaritans, CPSL Mind's STOP Suicide campaign and Cambridgeshire Public Health, the hubs will be open from 07:00 to 19:0

  • Bikes abandoned at Sussex railway stations get new life in Brighton

    Southern Railway have donated over 50 bikes abandoned on their network to two community cycle workshops in Brighton.
    Brighton Bike Hub, based just off Lewes Road, and Cranks, in Kemptown, are not-for-profit workshops who aim to promote and provide affordable cycling. They refurbish and recycle bikes and parts for sale at low prices, and offer space and advice for DIY repairs and maintenance.

  • Repairs planned to stabilise a railway cutting in Hove means some changes to train services in September

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work that will affect train journeys along the West Sussex coast to and from Brighton in September
    Vital work to stabilise a railway cutting in Hove and prevent delays caused by landslips will be taking place between Saturday 18 September 2021 and Friday 1 October 2021 (inclusive). While this work takes place, no trains can

  • Network Rail is restoring access between platforms for passengers at Royston station next month

    Network Rail has issued the following press release about our station at Royston:
    Network Rail will install two temporary staircases at Royston station next month to save Great Northern and Thameslink passengers time switching between the two platforms while the footbridge is out of action.
    The footbridge between platforms 1 and 2 temporarily closed in spring 2020. This followed an inspectio

  • Wheelie bins become wildlife havens at Hertfordshire stations

    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the rail firm that operates Great Northern and Thameslink services, has made two Hertfordshire stations more welcoming and sustainable with “green roof” bin stores.
    The attractive wooden stores that now hide the big red wheelie bins at Welham Green and Welwyn North have soil-covered roofs seeded with plants that will grow to attract bees and other pollinators. Wi

  • Rail journey-planning tools boosted to help passengers find quiet trains

    As restrictions ease and more people return to rail travel, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has launched a new information tool designed to give customers information at their fingertips on which train services are the least busy.
    Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern websites all now feature a ‘Find a quieter train’ page, which can be found under ‘travel information’. Using data collected fro

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