Gatwick Express returns for spring to support airport recovery
Gatwick Express will resume a non-stop, seven-day-a-week service from Sunday 3 April to support the recovery of Gatwick Airport and the South East economy
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Power supply boost in latest stage of Midland Main Line Upgrade
Buses replace Thameslink trains between Bedford and Luton on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March – passengers should check before they travel at nationalrail.co.uk
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Smart tickets entice Gen Z back to the railway
Smart tickets are the future of rail according to a new survey commissioned by Govia Thameslink Railway with 58% of consumers saying they’d travel by train using smart tickets after learning more about them
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Thameslink welcomes start of lift construction at Catford station
A £3.7 million project is under way to install new lifts at Catford station in South London that will provide Thameslink customers with step-free access to both platforms. This will make the station much easier to use for passengers with mobility impairments, parents with young children and people with heavy luggage.
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VIDEO: Brighton Main Line reopens to passengers after Network Rail battles through storms to deliver £15m improvement works
Network Rail has issued the following press release about completion of a major phase of Brighton Main Line improvements:
Over a nine-day line closure, Network Rail engineers battled Storm Eunice and Storm Franklin to deliver a £15 million investment across 30 worksites to improve journeys for Brighton Main Line passengers.
Network Rail's route director for Sussex, Katie Frost, said: “De -
Planned Tube strikes affect Great Northern trains
Next week’s planned Tube strikes will lead to the closure of five London stations on Great Northern’s Northern City Line, from Drayton Park to Moorgate, because some are run by London Underground
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Rail minister Wendy Morton, Wealden MP Nusrat Ghani and others celebrate completion of improvement projects at beautiful Sussex railway station Eridge – shared with Spa Valley steam railway
Network Rail has issued the following press release about the completion of a lift and other improvements at Eridge station:
A host of senior railway figures gathered at the classic country junction station of Eridge, East Sussex, today (Wednesday, 16 February) to celebrate the opening of accessibility improvements that mark the final step in a transformation of the location.
The £1.9 projec -
Train times change twice as GTR responds to improvement work and return to office
Train times will change across the board twice on Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern starting on Monday 21 February
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TIMELAPSE: Eight new escalators installed as Gatwick Airport station upgrade moves forward
The overhaul of Gatwick Airport station has marked another major milestone as over the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February the final three of eight new escalators were lifted into place at the station.
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GTR’s abandoned bikes transform lives for adults with learning difficulties
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is using bikes abandoned at its railway stations to help people with learning difficulties gain new skills and build their independence.
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Rail operator reports apprentice boost with uptake driven by women and Black and Minority Ethnic recruits
The number of 2021 apprentices exceeded targets by 20% as 31 to 40 year-old’s look to make career switches and return to work.
The number of apprentices recruited by rail firms Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern in 2021 exceeded its target of 200 by almost 20 per cent. In the past year, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has provided new career opportunities for 239 people, aged from 16 all th -
Southern and Thameslink passengers urged to plan ahead as Brighton Main Line shuts for 9 days for major £15 million upgrade (includes video)
The Brighton Main Line will shut for nine consecutive days later this month for a major £15 million upgrade that will tackle delays for Southern and Thameslink passengers
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