To enhance the passenger experience, improve safety and speed up people’s journeys at London Victoria station, the number of ticket gates is being increased from 88 to 125, with eight new accessible wide gates also being installed.
Network Rail is advising passengers to check before they travel as major engineering work will impact on services between Bedford and London St Pancras over the next two weekends.
Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, is warning customers that regrettably there will be no trains on the vast majority of its network on Saturday 30 September and Wednesday 4 October owing to national industrial action by the ASLEF union. Services will be affected every day from Friday 30 September to Friday 6 October.
Network Rail have issued the following press release about improvements for Luton station:
Network Rail has started work at Luton station as part of an extensive programme of improvements and upgrades designed to improve passenger experience.
The work will see the station canopies on platform 1 and 2 replaced, and a new, accessible bridge and three lifts installed.
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Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, has appointed Mark Pavlides into the new role of Chief Customer Officer
Railway staff from Southern and Thameslink joined forces with the Marine Conservation Society, Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and Brighton & Hove Buses at low tide on Monday to blitz a section of Brighton & Hove Beach as part of The Great British Beach Clean
Seven GTR stations in London will benefit from enhancements funded by the train operator's Station Improvements and Minor Works programmes this financial year. The projects, including cycle parking, customer information and accessibility improvements, are all scheduled to be completed by March 2024.
Govia Thameslink Railway announces today that Angie Doll is to become its Chief Executive Officer at the end of November, replacing Patrick Verwer who is stepping away from day-to-day management of Britain’s largest rail network
Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail have successfully demonstrated that the recently installed digital signalling system on the Northern City Line, between Finsbury Park and Moorgate, is ready for passenger service
Major rail projects to improve the railway infrastructure in the Cambridgeshire area are planned to be carried out over the autumn months, affecting passenger services via Cambridge station on most weekends.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has strengthened its partnership with the British Transport Police (BTP) for another year by signing a collaboration agreement, committing both organisations to work together towards shared objectives
Govia Thameslink Railway is warning people planning to travel this Friday 1 September that there will be no trains on virtually all Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern routes owing to industrial action by the ASLEF union.
