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  • Station partners plant a greener welcome to Elstree & Borehamwood

    First Impressions, the community partnership working with Thameslink to enhance Elstree & Borehamwood station, has issued the following press release:
    Elstree & Borehamwood station is starting to see its share of a £15 million Passenger Benefit Fund created by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), parent company of Thameslink. The fund is being used to provide tangible benefits for passengers

  • More trains on Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink from 16 May

    Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink will be adding 1,000 extra services per week from 16 May as coronavirus restrictions ease further across the UK. To help plan their journeys and get the latest information on how busy train services are, passengers can check ahead at www.nationalrail.co.uk before they travel.
    Steve White, Chief Operating Officer of parent operator Govia Thameslink Railway

  • Hikers looking to explore south of England get helping hand from leading train company

    With a summer of staycations on the cards and Brits looking for new places to explore, Southern is launching a timely new partnership with outdoor walking and hiking app, AllTrails.


    Lockdowns and restrictions across the country over the past year have led to more people walking and discovering the beauty of their local area. It comes as no surprise that 2020 recorded a surge in those t

  • Three-day closure at King’s Cross station 23rd-25th April – Thameslink and Great Northern passengers on East Coast route urged not to travel at weekend

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting Great Northern and Thameslink services from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 April:

    No trains will run to or from London King’s Cross on Friday 23, Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 April as major upgrades are made to the signalling system.
    Network Rail, Great Northern and Thameslink advise passengers to check their journ

  • UK’s largest rail network pledges better assistance for millions across the South East

    New Accessible Travel Policy sees disabled passengers help train colleagues across Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express, to create a more accessible railway
    Customer service teams at Britain’s biggest rail franchise have pledged to make travelling by train easier for millions of people who need help and assistance when they return to the railway in the coming weeks and month

  • Month to go until three-day closure including a Friday at King’s Cross as Network Rail transforms track layout to improve reliability

    Network Rail, Great Northern and Thameslink have issued the following news release.
    Timelapse footage available below for broadcast.
    No trains at King’s Cross on Friday 23, Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 April Only travel if absolutely essential on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April Network Rail is improving the track layout at King’s Cross and reopening a disused tunnel in the main stage of a £1.2b

  • South London station partnership presents marvellous marble run

    Inventive public art on show at Denmark Hill station Camberwell Society and Thameslink to stage a series of quirky sculptures on ‘partnership plinth’ GTR is showcasing local artists at thirty of its stations in a network-wide ‘ambience’ improvement programme
    Passengers and passers-by can pause at Denmark Hill station to enjoy a quirky work of public art, thanks to a partnership between the Cam

  • Supporting World Water Day: Train company’s smart water meters to save millions of litres a year

    All 235 GTR stations will have a smart water meter by this summer Constant monitoring and leak alerts could save 40 million litres a year – 130,000 baths or 174 million cups of tea GTR’s station improvement programme will also save water by creating wildflower areas
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced on World Water Day [Monday 22 March] that it will install smart water meters at all

  • Network Rail upgrades North London track over Easter weekend to improve journeys for passengers

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track improvements near Bowes Park at Easter:
    Network Rail is carrying out major improvements to the track at Bowes Park over the Easter bank holiday weekend as part of a £2 million project to bring smoother, more reliable journeys for passengers.
    From Saturday 3 April, teams will remove and then replace approximately 250 metres of t

  • Eggcellent preparation for new Midland Main Line station takes place over Easter

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track work in preparation for the new Brent Cross West Thameslink station:
    Network Rail is preparing to make further progress on the rail work at Brent Cross over Easter in the first of three weekends of work to move track that links to the new station.
    Between Friday 2 and Monday 5 April, as most people enjoy their Easter eggs, team

  • Goring-by-Sea station celebrates 175 years

    There’s cause for celebration in Goring today as residents mark 175 years of their local train station, which was first opened on 16th March 1846. The coastal West Sussex station provides rail passengers with links to nearby Littlehampton and Hove, as well as further afield Brighton and London Victoria.
    Southern operates all services running through the station, which prior to Covid-19, served

  • Station partners transform platform shelter into art gallery

    Railway community partnership creates art gallery in platform shelter Southern displays work of local artists inspired by station’s rural environment Transformation is among hundreds of community projects in train company’s multimillion-pound station improvement programme
    A partnership between local community groups and Southern Railway has created a surprising artwork installation at Penshurs

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