Despite the onset of a second national lockdown, the UK’s largest rail operator – Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) – launched its first ever Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) with East Sussex College this month. After training and preparing 12 local candidates for employment, the programme is now close to completion.
Designed in partnership with Sussex Skills Solutions (part of East Suss
Luton Airport Parkway station has 'come of age' and is celebrating its 21st birthday this month.
The station was opened in November 1999 to serve Luton Airport. Nine years later it became the first on the north Thameslink route to have its platforms extended to accommodate longer 12-carriage trains as part of the Thameslink Programme (see picture). In April 2013, a new northern entrance was als
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Govia Thameslink Railway and Groundwork East partnership will freshen up 19 stations with new artwork and landscaping
Projects will involve local schools and community groups, and offer a chance for local unemployed people to gain new skills and qualifications
Govia Thameslink Railway
Govia Thameslink Railway is supporting an extended nationwide initiative to help domestic abuse victims reach refuge accommodation by offering free train travel.
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Govia Thameslink Railway's Chief Operating Officer Steve White said: "Wi
Network Rail has issued the following press release about new platform canopies at Burgess Hill station:
Network Rail has replaced two 50m canopies which stand over the platforms as well as making a raft of improvements to the station building.
Burgess Hill railway station is on the Brighton Main Line and Thameslink in West Sussex. It is 41 miles down the line from London Bridge via Redhill
The Rail Delivery Group has issued this press release, a version of which is copied here.
As part of ongoing work by the rail industry to increase passenger confidence and make the railway even safer during the coronavirus pandemic, a new pilot to increase already-high observance of face covering rules has led to almost total compliance on trains and at stations.
Rail staff have been working
Friendly faces and messages of help and support are on show at train stations in Bedfordshire and Luton as part of an NHS mental health campaign.
Mental health crisis support is available across Bedfordshire and Luton for all ages, 24hrs a day, seven days a week, by calling NHS 111 (option 2).
Posters raising awareness of the service and promoting a key message that you aren’t alone if you n
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Independent laboratory results show that Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern trains are testing negative for Covid-19 over three weeks after being treated with a long-lasting viruscide.
Operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) randomly selected carriages from all eight of its train fleets up to 23 days after carriages were treated
With one week to go, budding engineers are being encouraged to sign up for a virtual event on 19th November hosted by the UK’s largest rail operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK).
Teaming up for the first time, AFBE-UK is bringing its ‘Making Engineering Hot’ programme to GTR to help promote diversity in the industry. The
Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway have reopened the lifts for passengers at Luton Airport Parkway station after a major three-month project to upgrade them.
The £900,000 investment has seen the old lifts on platforms 1, 2/3 and 4 removed and new ones installed. The new lifts are more modern and reliable, making them nicer for passengers to use.
The work began in July and saw all thre
Network Rail has issued the following press release highlighting the temporary closure of lifts at Clapham Junction
Work is about to start upgrading lifts at Clapham Junction station, to take advantage of the temporary drop in passenger numbers.
The much-needed project will make the 10 lifts at the station more reliable - but it does mean there will be a rolling programme of lift closures fo
Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern and Network Rail colleagues at Victoria last night came together for a two minute silence to mark the 100-year anniversary of the British Unknown Warrior’s journey to the station before his burial at Westminster Abbey.
In 1920, the body of the British Unknown Warrior arrived on platform 8 at London Victoria Station from Dover at 20:32 on the 10th November
