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Biggest roll-out on UK rail network Part of £15m station improvement programme On the eve of Restart A Heart Day (16 October), Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink have announced they will shortly have publicly-accessible, life-saving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at every one of their 238 stations (full list here), the largest roll-out of heart restarters on the UK’s rail netwo
The number of 2022 apprenticeships on offer at the companies will rise by 25%The number of apprenticeships on offer across rail firms Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express will increase by a quarter in 2022, with 250 programmes available across departments, including engineering, customer services, train driving and administration.The rail operator’s apprenticeship progr
Network Rail have issued the following press release about major projects on the Brighton Main Line in the first quarter of 2022:Network Rail engineers will use a nine-day closure of the Brighton Main Line in February next year, to deliver an £11m junction renewal near Haywards Heath and build a new underpass at Hassocks.As a result of the work, the railway between Three Bridges, Brighton
Southern teams up with regional theatres to encourage customers to support local arts New partnership offers limited-edition discount to customers who travel to the theatre by train This autumn, rail company Southern is putting local theatres centre-stage with an exciting new partnership that promises to thoroughly entertrain. Teaming up with top regional theatres across its network, the comp
Thameslink and Great Northern team up with regional theatres to encourage customers to support local arts New partnership offers limited-edition discount to customers who travel to the theatre by train This autumn, the rail company that operates Thameslink and Great Northern services, is putting local theatres centre-stage with an exciting new partnership that promises to thoroughly entertrai
Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express, has appointed a new Accessibility Lead, wheelchair user Carl Martin.Recently disabled, Carl believes “access to transport is access to life”. In recent years, the industry has been on a journey of improvement to ensure the railway becomes more accessible, ensuring that as many barriers as possible are removed and everyone can tr
There are more pictures to download at bottom of press release Interviews available; please call 0203 750 2031 Govia Thameslink Railway has successfully run one of its Great Northern Moorgate Class 717 trains using the digital in-cab signalling system ETCS level 2 (European Train Control System). This provided important real-world proof of the track-to-train specification requir
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is aiming to increase Brighton station’s recycling rates to 95% with a new waste unit
Thameslink has given over 20 of Lutopn Town FC's 16- to 18-year-old apprentices a year’s free travel to their places of study and training. Some could not afford to attend otherwise.
Over two dozen paintings by local artists are now on permanent display at Radlett station for Thameslink passengers to enjoy as they return to rail travel.The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, visited the station on Friday [3 September] to meet some of the talented contributors and view their work.The installations were funded by Thameslink’
over 1,000 new cycle parking spaces for GTR passengers – enough for all the competitors in five Tours de France! 90 landscaping projects include 19 bee gardens and nine wildflower areas young local people gain horticulture training and qualifications at 18 projects at London stations Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern passengers returning to rail are now using more sustainable and enviro
Network Rail have issued the following press release about the official opening of Denmark Hill station's new "climate positive" entrance building: First station upgrade in Europe to use photovoltaic ‘film’ to produce more power than new building consumes New entrance provides better access for patients and staff to two major London hospitals A range of new art and design elements reflect Camb
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