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  • Largest (and clearest) ever passenger information display goes live at Victoria Station putting passengers first

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about better customer information at London Victoria:
    Single 12m2 display uses full colour high definition LED technology making it the largest and most flexible display installed at any Network Rail managed station. High-definition displays can run animations, inter-modal transport information and other graphics to convey information more c

  • Construction of new station building takes off at Gatwick Airport

    Network Rail has issued the following news release. For more pictures, click here.
    Building work started on Gatwick Airport’s huge new railway station concourse on Sunday, as the first train arrived at one of the platforms that has been rebuilt.
    The £150m project has seen many changes at the station already this year, including the closure of platform 7 and now its return, while demolition w

  • Boro’s boys are role model mask-wearers

    Stevenage FC’s Academy promotes face-covering by young rail travellers Thameslink provide free travel passes for football apprentices
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Stevenage FC Academy have announced an expansion of their long-standing community partnership, now in its seventh year.
    As the second lockdown begins, the club’s apprentices are acting as role-model rail passengers, helping

  • £2.6m revamp of Balham station starts, making it fit for the 21st century

    Network Rail have issued the following press release:
    Extensive improvements are being made across Balham station which serves as an interchange for train and tube services across south London and beyond.
    Work has started on a face-lift of Balham station which is due to end in Spring 2021 and will focus on improving several features of the station, including:
    Platform canopies - new shee

  • New £1.8m footbridge opens at Eridge station in East Sussex

    Network Rail have issued the following press release:
    Passengers will now benefit from improved access at Eridge station in East Sussex after the opening of a new £1.8m footbridge. The work was needed due to the age and condition of the old structure, in order to protect the safety of those using the bridge and the trains operating below.
    Eridge station serves the rural district in East Suss

  • ​Passengers in East Sussex to benefit from £5m refurbishment at Eastbourne station

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about renovation of Eastbourne station:
    Network Rail has invested £5m to enhance the look and feel of Eastbourne station in East Sussex. The work included canopy refurbishment, slate roof replacement, masonry work to the front of the station and new roofing above the atrium.
    The enhancement works on the Grade II listed station will benefit

  • E-tickets will help Southern Railway passengers socially distance

    High resolution pictures are available to download at the bottom of this press release
    More passengers than ever before can now travel with e-tickets on Southern Railway, helping people socially distance, preventing the spread of Covid-19. 
    Twelve extra stations along the south coast between Chichester and Eastbourne now have barcode readers installed on the ticket gates for passengers to sc

  • This Is Not a Man’s World: GTR doubles the number of female driver applicants in less than a year, and targets 50/50 splits across new training programmes in 2021

    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s biggest rail operator which runs the Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express services, has, through a series of dedicated recruitment and marketing campaigns, successfully managed to double the number of female train driver applicants from 413 in 2019, to 825 in 2020[i]. A remarkable feat for an industry usually seen as dark, dusty and bett

  • ​Mayor opens 100-bike parking hub at Elstree & Borehamwood station

    The Mayor of Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council, Cllr Simon Rubner, has opened the local Thameslink station’s new £200,000 cycle parking hub.
    With two-tier storage for up to 100 bikes, the hub is the largest of four built at Thameslink stations this year. The new LED-lit hub also has CCTV, a maintenance area and free access using Thameslink’s ‘Key’ smartcard.
    At an event hosted by Thames

  • Govia Thameslink Railway is UK’s first rail operator to sign new homelessness charter

    Homelessness in the UK is increasing year-on-year and has been heightened during the pandemic, with reports of rough sleepers up by 36%[1]. The issue is particularly prevalent on the railway, which is why the UK’s largest rail operator has signed a new charter to help safeguard vulnerable people and communities.
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), is the first train operating company to put its nam

  • 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

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