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Network Rail delivers multi-million-pound package of improvements along East Coast Main Line and Northern City Line over the August Bank Holiday

30 August 2022 13:18

Over the August Bank Holiday, Network Rail delivered a package of improvements worth over £2.8m to bring better, more reliable journeys for passengers between Hitchin and London terminals. Work on the East Coast Digital Programme will continue on Sunday 4 and Sunday 18 September, and on Sunday 9 October; no services will be able to run on the Northern City Line on these dates

Work continues to improve level-crossing safety in Horsham this August bank holiday weekend

23 August 2022 09:29

Network Rail engineers have successfully completed upgrades to Littlehaven level crossing and now have the bank holiday weekend to complete final stages of work at Parsonage Road level crossing in Horsham while the railway is less busy. Work will also continue on track replacement at Faygate.

Check before you travel ahead of localised changes to Southern timetables from 4 September

22 August 2022 12:10

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will make a small set of timetable changes for some Southern routes from Sunday 4 September 2022. The new Autumn timetable will add 45 weekday train services overall. It is important that passengers check their journey planners for travel from 4 September.

REMINDER NATIONAL STRIKE: Only travel if your journey is absolutely necessary on Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink on 18 and 20 August, travel later on the mornings after

16 August 2022 15:36

RMT members at Network Rail and UK train operators striking on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August Very few trains will run, with no service at all on many lines south of London or between Cambridge and King’s Lynn There will be a late start-up (7.30am or later) and early finish (from as early as 4.30pm to 6.30pm) across the network. There will be no alternative travel. Anyon

Redundant GTR computers to transform students' lives in Malawi

16 August 2022 09:37

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are donating 600 redundant computers to The Turing Trust, the IT recycling and education charity. Most are expected to be passed on to schools in Malawi.

GTR’s community project fund oversubscribed by £8 million in first year

15 August 2022 11:10

‘Your Station, Your Community’, the £500,000 annual social and environmental improvement fund set up by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has been hugely oversubscribed, attracting more than £8.5 million in grant bids for its first year.

GTR’s community project fund oversubscribed by £8 million in first year

15 August 2022 11:04

‘Your Station, Your Community’, the £500,000 annual social and environmental improvement fund set up by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has been hugely oversubscribed, attracting more than £8.5 million in grant bids for its first year.

Work continues over August Bank Holiday to introduce digital signalling on East Coast Main Line

12 August 2022 15:20

Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting Thameslink and Great Northern services between Stevenage and London over the August Bank Holiday weekend:
Passengers intending to travel between London Kings Cross and Stevenage and on Great Northern routes into Moorgate over the August Bank Holiday weekend are being asked to plan ahead due to engineering work

National Rail strike: Only travel if your journey is absolutely necessary on Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink on 18 and 20 August; travel later on the mornings after

12 August 2022 09:39

Passengers should travel only if absolutely necessary on Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August and the mornings after on Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August due to next week’s strike by RMT members at Network Rail and UK train operators

Only travel if absolutely necessary on Great Northern and Thameslink this Saturday due to strike action on other train operators

10 August 2022 13:55

Passengers are strongly advised to travel only if absolutely necessary between Cambridge, Peterborough, Hertford North and London and to and from stations in between this Saturday, 13 August.

GTR donate 1,000th abandoned bike for new life in South London

5 August 2022 10:31

With a vanload delivered to Community Cycleworks in Southwark, South London this week, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have now donated over 1,000 bikes abandoned at stations to charity recycling schemes.

Breastfeeding campaign encourages South Cambridgeshire businesses and community venues to welcome families who breastfeed and / or pump

3 August 2022 16:50

Businesses across South Cambridgeshire are being encouraged to welcome families who breastfeed and / or pump thanks to a new campaign launched this month.