Catching the fall: Network Rail gearing up to ready the railway for autumn
Across Network Rail’s Southern region a fleet of ‘leaf-busting’ trains will be in action to keep the railway leaf-free and running reliably this autumn.
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Stevenage celebrates station’s half-century with strawberry sponge
Stevenage is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of its railway station. Local community representatives joined station staff and others in the rail industry to share a celebration cake on Friday.
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Ticket gates added to help ease crowding at London Victoria station
To enhance the passenger experience, improve safety and speed up people’s journeys at London Victoria station, the number of ticket gates is being increased from 88 to 125, with eight new accessible wide gates also being installed.
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Major engineering work to cause disruption on Midland Main Line over two weekends
Network Rail is advising passengers to check before they travel as major engineering work will impact on services between Bedford and London St Pancras over the next two weekends.
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Passengers urged to check every journey before travelling throughout eight-day period of national industrial action
Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, is warning customers that regrettably there will be no trains on the vast majority of its network on Saturday 30 September and Wednesday 4 October owing to national industrial action by the ASLEF union. Services will be affected every day from Friday 30 September to Friday 6 October.
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Construction work begins on major improvements at Luton station
Network Rail have issued the following press release about improvements for Luton station:
Network Rail has started work at Luton station as part of an extensive programme of improvements and upgrades designed to improve passenger experience.
The work will see the station canopies on platform 1 and 2 replaced, and a new, accessible bridge and three lifts installed.
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Mark Pavlides joins GTR in new Chief Customer Officer role
Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, has appointed Mark Pavlides into the new role of Chief Customer Officer
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Rail staff join Marine Conservation Society to clean and catalogue rubbish on Brighton & Hove Beach
Railway staff from Southern and Thameslink joined forces with the Marine Conservation Society, Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and Brighton & Hove Buses at low tide on Monday to blitz a section of Brighton & Hove Beach as part of The Great British Beach Clean
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GTR to enhance passenger experience at seven London stations
Seven GTR stations in London will benefit from enhancements funded by the train operator's Station Improvements and Minor Works programmes this financial year. The projects, including cycle parking, customer information and accessibility improvements, are all scheduled to be completed by March 2024.
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Angie Doll appointed Chief Executive Officer of Govia Thameslink Railway
Govia Thameslink Railway announces today that Angie Doll is to become its Chief Executive Officer at the end of November, replacing Patrick Verwer who is stepping away from day-to-day management of Britain’s largest rail network
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Northern City Line proved ready for digitally signalled passenger service
Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail have successfully demonstrated that the recently installed digital signalling system on the Northern City Line, between Finsbury Park and Moorgate, is ready for passenger service
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Passengers are asked to check weekend travel plans this autumn as Cambridge area engineering work continues
Major rail projects to improve the railway infrastructure in the Cambridgeshire area are planned to be carried out over the autumn months, affecting passenger services via Cambridge station on most weekends.
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