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No trains between London Victoria and East Croydon this weekend (Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 October) due to important railway upgrades

14 October 2021 11:53

Network Rail have issued the following press release about re-signalling work that will affect train services o and from London Victoria station this weekend:

The project to modernise 1980s track and signalling on lines into London Victoria station will improve reliability and help even more passenger and freight trains arrive on time.
Passengers are advised to check before travelling on

Studio Upstairs invites rail passengers to ‘Open Your Art’ at South Croydon station

8 October 2021 11:08

Arts and mental health charity Studio Upstairs has issued the following press release about the artworks its members have created for South Croydon station:
Southern and Thameslink passengers returning to South Croydon station will be inspired and uplifted by twenty-three new artworks in waiting rooms and along platforms, subway and stairways.
As part of its network-wide station improvement

Rail operator on the hunt for 250 new apprentices

5 October 2021 09:32

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 announces nine-day closure of Brighton Main Line between Three Bridges, Brighton and Lewes for major engineering work

4 October 2021 15:13

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

That’s what I call… enterTRAINment!

4 October 2021 12:59

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

That’s what I call… enterTRAINment!

4 October 2021 12:58

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

Crash survivor Carl calls on more people who need assistance to use the railway

4 October 2021 09:30

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

Railway colleagues recognised in national public art exhibition

30 September 2021 09:35

Two key workers from Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are having their stories told by British acting royalty, Hugh Bonneville and Ciaran Griffiths, as part of a new public art exhibition created by global art producers, Wild in Art.
Gratitude is a spectacular national public installation which opens in London tomorrow at Southwark Cathedral, near London Bridge station. The installation pays tri

Network Rail joins Great Northern to tidy up Hadley Wood flowerbeds

29 September 2021 16:23

Network Rail have issued the following press release about work at Hadley Wood station's Community Garden:

Network Rail joined forces with Great Northern to tidy up the area around Hadley Wood station.
Teams working on and around the East Coast Main Line volunteered their time to remove weeds near the station and tidy up the flowerbeds which had become overgrown.
It will improve the

Signals away – service changes this weekend as major project continues to digitalise London’s Northern City Line

29 September 2021 09:12

Network Rail have issued the following press release about planned engineering work affecting services in and out of Moorgate on some weekends this autumn:
Trains between Finsbury Park and Moorgate will divert into London King’s Cross this weekend as work continues to upgrade track and signalling East Coast Digital Programme will boost reliability and reduce delays on Northern City Line Change

Costa del UK? The destinations on the country’s largest rail network that fool Brits into thinking they’re overseas

27 September 2021 11:23

Govia Thameslink Railway - which runs Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink train services - has rounded up some British hotspots across its routes that would fool anyone into thinking they’ve jetted off abroad

Great Northern train tests successfully for first stage of East Coast Digital Programme

21 September 2021 09:42

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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