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  • Pouparts Junction near Clapham

    Network Rail engineers gear up for bank holiday work on London-Sussex main line

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting services to and from London Victoria over the Easter weekend:
    Network Rail’s £160m improvement project to improve signalling between London Victoria and East Croydon takes another step forward this Easter with new track and points being put in place at Clapham Junction.

    Video: Network Rail Southern regi

  • Thameslink helps Central Bedfordshire College students with autism and/or learning disabilities gain the confidence to travel with more independence

    Thameslink’s Try a Train classes are on time for World Autism Awareness Day

    Young Bedfordshire people with autism and/or learning difficulties gain rail travel confidence and know-howPandemic-prevented events resume in time for World Autism Awareness Day (2 April)
    Students with autism, learning disabilities or both from Dunstable-based Central Bedfordshire College  are the first group in over two years to take part in Thameslink ‘Try a Train’ events.
    The events, whi

  • Christian Schreyer, Go-Ahead CEO (left) and Patrick Verwer, Govia Thameslink Railway CEO (more pictures to download below)

    Go-Ahead Group press release: National Rail Contract awarded for GTR

    The Go-Ahead Group today announces that the Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded a National Rail Contract (NRC) to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to continue operating the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services, the UK’s largest railway network

  • Announcing Royston's lifts and footbridge plans: (l to r) Tom Moran, Managing Director for Great Northern and Thameslink; Sir Oliver Heald MP; Jonathan Ham, Lead Portfolio Manager for Network Rail

    Plans revealed for £3.5m footbridge at Royston station

    Network Rail have issued the following press release announcing plans for a new footbridge with lifts at Royston station:

    Today (21 March), Network Rail has announced plans to build a new £3.5m accessible footbridge at Royston station to help Thameslink and Great Northern passengers switch platforms more easily.
    Installing the new footbridge will bring back a direct pathway between the t

  • GTR is celebrating six months of its recycling initiative in Brighton. More images available to download below.

    Brighton station hits 90% recycling rate for Global Recycling Day

    Rail operator’s recycling facility has processed 190 tonnes in the last six months
    Today, on Global Recycling Day (18 March), Rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced a 90% recycling rate thanks to its successful partnership with waste management start-up, The Green Block.
    Since the installation of a Mobile Segregation Unit (MSU) at Brighton station in September 2021, the

  • The Letchworth loo: GTR have converted a disused Gents' into a smart new accessible toilet ("before" image available below)

    “Small but important” station improvements make rail travel easier for disabled passengers

    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have completed a £600,000 improvement package over the past year to make the Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern rail networks easier for disabled passengers to use. Enhancements range from a smart new accessible toilet and wheelchair-user-friendly customer information points to testing devices for induction loop systems.
    The star of the programme is the new a

  • GTR has appointed Samantha Facey as Health, Safety and Security Director

    GTR appoints Samantha Facey in safety-focused director role

    Ms Facey joined GTR in 2013 and has held numerous senior roles Most recently Samantha was Head of Zero Harm and interim Head of Safety and Health She has also been serving as Health and Safety Lead for The Go-Ahead Group
    Rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has appointed previous interim Head of Safety and Health, Samantha Facey, as Health, Safety and Security Director, further reinf

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