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  • Plan before you travel on first weekend in February as engineering work restricts Brighton Main Line services

    Train operators Southern and Thameslink are advising passengers travelling between London, Gatwick Airport and Sussex during the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February to plan their journey in advance, as engineering work will mean a very restricted service on the Brighton main line.
    Network Rail are renewing tracks between Purley and Gatwick, and progressing the airport station’s major re

  • Sainsbury’s arriving at St Albans City station

    Sainsbury’s is setting up shop this coming spring at Thameslink’s extended and upgraded St Albans City station.
    The brand-new Local store will feature the very latest high-quality, great-value convenience range the retailer has to offer, including fresh food, fruit and veg and a selection of branded and own-brand groceries.
    Alongside fresh bread and pastries baked instore every day, the new

  • Reduced weekday train timetables from 4 January

    Reduced services on Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink Driven by impact of Covid, which continues to affect staff availability Passengers advised to check before they travel
    Train times will change on weekdays from Tuesday 4 January 2022 as Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink introduce reduced timetables until further notice. Passengers are strongly advised to check before they t

  • Work starts on project to give Crawley station a facelift and provide better journeys for passengers

    Network Rail have issued the following release about the comprehensive refurbishment of Crawley station, which began this month:

    The first image of a major facelift for Crawley station has been released and building work is under way on the first phase of a project that will give visitors to the town a much brighter welcome.
    The ticket office is about to undergo a transformation with the

  • Work on major £160m upgrade continues over Christmas, to deliver improved reliability for passengers on busy Victoria-Croydon line through South London

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about the signalling modernisation programme that will affect Southern services over the Christmas and New Year period:
    While families are unwrapping presents Network Rail engineers will be wrapping up warm and working through the entire festive period to bring greater reliability to passengers on the busy London Victoria to East Croydon rout

  • Ballast all the way – Network Rail is upgrading last section of 1970s slab track between London and Kentish Town this Christmas

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track improvement work between Kentish Town and London St Pancras over Christmas and New Year:
    Engineers will carry out final stage of work to upgrade 1970s track between Kentish Town and London St Pancras this Christmas and over New Year Improvements will bring a more modern reliable railway for passengers and reduce delays Reduced Ea

  • Step towards digitalisation this Christmas – passengers reminded of changes on London’s Northern City Line

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about progress on the east Coast Digital Programme that will affect services in and out of Moorgate this Christmas:
    Upgrades to the track and signalling on London’s Northern City Line continue over Christmas Major work will take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day when there are no timetabled services running Trains between Finsbury Park a

  • Jeremy Corbyn joins Network Rail for ground-breaking event on project to make Finsbury Park station fully accessible

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about the start of a scheme to create step-free access to all platforms at Finsbury Park station:
    The main stage of work to make Finsbury Park station fully accessible is now under way, after Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North, joined Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway and Islington Borough Council for a ground-breaking event today (Mo

  • Hatfield station showcases Hertfordshire railway heritage

    Seventy years after the Hatfield and St Albans Railway carried its last passenger, Hertfordshire rail heritage enthusiasts are staging an exhibition at Hatfield station about the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) branch line.
    The Smallford Station and Alban Way Heritage Society have taken over the window display at a vacant shop unit in the station. On show is a selection from the wealth of h

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