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  • Passengers reminded not to travel to or from London King’s Cross this weekend as vital work continues on the £1.2 billion East Coast Upgrade

    Network Rail has issued the following reminder of major engineering work affecting train services in and out of King's Cross station this coming weekend:
    Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are reminding passengers not to travel to or from London King’s Cross, or on Thameslink services via Finsbury Park this weekend (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October), as essential work

  • ​Pass of the season: Thameslink supports young Hatters promoting safe rail travel

    Luton Town FC apprentice footballers have this season joined forces with Thameslink to encourage reluctant teens to wear face coverings on trains.
    For the 13th year running, Thameslink have given the latest intake of 17- and 18-year-olds at the Hatters a year’s free travel to their places of study and training. Some could not afford to attend otherwise.
    In return the Academy players are act

  • ​Welwyn Garden City makes shortlist in public vote to find Britain’s favourite railway station

    This week the British public will vote for their favourite railway station in the World Cup of Stations 2020 Welwyn Garden City has made the shortlist of 48 stations which will compete head to head in the online poll Stations and staff have been playing a key role supporting Britain’s recovery from COVID-19 In the regional stage, Welwyn Garden City will be up against “local rival” Cambridge

  • ​Bedford makes shortlist in public vote to find Britain’s favourite railway station

    This week the British public will vote for their favourite railway station in the World Cup of Stations 2020 Bedford has made the shortlist of 48 stations which will compete head to head in the online poll Stations and staff have been playing a key role supporting Britain’s recovery from COVID-19 Bedford will face competition from East region rivals Kempston Hardwick
    The people of Bedford are

  • Great Northern trains save equivalent of over 4,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions after first year of full service

    Great Northern’s new Hertfordshire trains have already generated enough electricity through their brakes to power the equivalent of all the households of Welwyn and Hatfield Borough for a month, potentially saving more than 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
    Great Northern MD Tom Moran and Catherine West MP chose today, Clean Air Day (Thursday 8 October), to celebrate the trains’ first y

  • Southern station hubs offer support to mark World Mental Health Day

    With ongoing uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to prioritise health and wellbeing. That’s why Southern, part of the UK’s largest rail operator, has teamed up with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to launch a pilot scheme featuring ‘drop-in’ mental health hubs, following World Mental Health Day this Saturday (10th October).
    The new hubs, based at Bri

  • ​Network Rail begins vital improvement work at Cuffley railway bridge

    Network Rail has issued the following press release about engineering work affecting vehicle access to Cuffley station:
    Network Rail is advising drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in Cuffley that closures will be in place on Station Road over the next few months, as major work takes place on a £3.2million project to upgrade the railway bridge.
    Preparation work is being carried out on site th

  • Downham Market celebrates National Rail Awards commendation

    After receiving a coveted accolade in this year’s ‘railway Oscars’, Great Northern’s Downham Market station staff invited local community representatives to join them in celebration.
    Downham Market was highly commended in the Small Station of the Year category at the 2020 National Rail Awards ceremony, held online this year owing to Covid-19 restrictions.
    Tom Moran, Managing Director for Tha

  • Thameslink helps West Herts NHS nurses win new wheels

    (More pictures can be downloaded in high resolution below)
    St Albans City Hospital nurse Jane O’Connor is the first proud winner of a bicycle restored and donated by a partnership between rail operator Thameslink, St Albans City & District Council and St Albans Cycle Campaign (STACC). Jane received her bike at a presentation attended by St Albans MP Daisy Cooper.
    Thameslink has donated s

  • Celebrations in store for Sussex railway depot

    Nestled away in the Arun district of West Sussex is a workplace home to hundreds of dedicated railway workers – and today marks the 25th anniversary of the site’s operations.
    From train drivers and conductors, to on-board supervisors, driver managers and station teams, Southern’s Barnham depot is one of Govia Thameslink Railway’s biggest bases and is steeped in local family history.
    Formed

  • No trains in or out of London King’s Cross Station on October weekend as Network Rail makes progress on £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade

    Network Rail has issued the following press release.
    Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are urging passengers not to travel to or from London King’s Cross, or on Thameslink services to or from St Pancras International via Finsbury Park, on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, as vital work continues on the East Coast Upgrade.
    The £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade will tr

  • Thameslink and Southern station assistants crowned best in UK

    Two Govia Thameslink Railway station assistants at the opposite ends of their careers have each won a major national rail award for their outstanding contribution in helping passengers, while Southern Railway was highly commended in the category Passenger Operator of the Year, and GTR for the introduction of more than 1,500 new carriages worth over £2bn.
    Thameslink's Siggy Cragwell, aged 80, ha

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