Rail users in Surrey will soon benefit from step-free access at Leatherhead station as Network Rail announces accessibility upgrades starting this January.
Network Rail is reminding customers to plan ahead and allow plenty of time as buses replace South Western Railway, Great Western Railway and Southern trains between Southampton Central and Havant, Eastleigh and Portsmouth Harbour, and Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour, this February half term.
Environment experts at the UK’s largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), have launched a roadmap of how they're doubling down on emissions to become carbon ‘net zero’ for all its energy needs by 2050
Tuesday 30 January: no trains will run across the vast majority of GTR network except for very limited shuttle services to support essential travel to airports.
Amended timetable in place from 29 January until 6 February due to nationwide overtime ban.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, is warning customers that regrettably
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Customers at Balham station now have new Ladies’ and Gents’ toilets, thanks to train operator Southern Railway’s station improvement programme.
Members of Stevenage FC’s Academy joined Govia Thameslink Railway on the rail operator’s ‘Brew Train’ to support the Samaritans’ annual Brew Monday campaign.
Further engineering work as part of the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme is planned between King’s Cross and Peterborough in February half term that will close a section of the East Coast Main Line for a weekend and two working days.
Govia Thameslink Railway has introduced short-term parking at Kenley station in response to a suggestion by a Croydon Borough councillor. Councillor Gayle Gander proposed a new charging structure on behalf of local residents and businesses, to address a lack of convenient parking in the area other than for commuters.
Govia Thameslink Railway has introduced a trial of new short-term parking rates at three Sussex stations. The firm hopes the new flexible charges will prove popular among town-centre visitors.
Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway are asking passengers to plan ahead and check before they travel over the weekend of Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 January as engineers are set to carry out upgrades to improve the reliability of the railway between London, Gatwick Airport, and the south coast.
Major upgrade work as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade project is set to continue into January and February with improvements to be made to overhead line equipment on selected weekends, with changes to Thameslink services between Bedford and Luton.
