Nine-day closure of Redhill to Tonbridge railway line announced for August
Network Rail will undertake work to strengthen the railway embankment near Edenbridge, with buses replacing trains along the route.
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Govia Thameslink Railway and Sight Loss Councils host transformational ‘Try a Train’ event at Sutton and Wimbledon stations
Collaboration with Sight Loss Councils, Southwestern Railway and TfL boosts confidence among blind and partially sighted passengers
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Southern and Thameslink trains, and Sight Loss Councils have hosted the first of two ‘Try a Train’ events at Sutton and Wimbledon stations to help blind and partially sighted people feel more confident about travelling ind -
Thameslink and Great Northern London journeys via Finsbury Park affected on one Sunday in June as digital signalling upgrades continue
Great Northern and Thameslink passengers are being advised to plan ahead and check before they travel as digital signalling improvement work causes significant alterations to services along the East Coast Mainline and Hertford Loop into London on Sunday 15 June
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Community organisations in London and Surrey benefit from half-million-pound railway fund
Community organisations across London and Surrey have been handed their share of almost half a million pounds from a fund set up by the country’s largest train operator.
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Community organisations in Sussex benefit from half-million-pound railway fund
Community organisations across the south east have been handed their share of almost half a million pounds from a fund set up by the country’s largest train operator.
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Community organisations in Beds, Herts and Cambs benefit from half-million-pound railway fund
Community organisations across the south east have been handed their share of almost half a million pounds from a fund set up by the country’s largest train operator.
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Sutton station set for new lifts this summer
Network Rail is replacing the unreliable lifts at Sutton station which means there will be no step-free access at the station until the end of September 2025
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Major project’s progress means changes to London journeys over two weekends
Passengers are urged to plan ahead and avoid busy times as London journeys are affected by important railway upgrades over the next two weekends.
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Great Northern route to City of London transformed into UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
The Great Northern 'Northern City Line' to the City of London became the UK network's first-ever commuter railway to operate without signals at the side of the track, heralding a major milestone in the national deployment of cutting-edge digital technology
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£1.7 million invested into station improvements across UK’s largest railway network
Some £1.7 million has been allocated to improve stations across the country’s largest railway network – following a bumper year of projects at stations across London and the south east.
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Reminder: Digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend
Network Rail has issued the following press release about engineering works taking place this weekend between London and Peterborough/Royston, affecting Thameslink and Great Northern journeys.
Thameslink and Great Northern passengers are being reminded that no trains will travel to and from London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend (17-18 May) as work to transform East Coast Main Line contin -
Victoria station’s historic ceramic rail maps restored for generations to come
Historic hand-painted ceramic rail maps that once lay hidden behind an old news stand at the entrance to London’s Grade II listed Victoria station, have been restored, helping mark the national celebration of the birth of the modern railway
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Multi-million-pound bridge replacement in Bedfordshire to begin next week
Harlington station is set to go through a significant transformation as work begins to replace its ageing footbridge with a modern structure designed to last for 120 years
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UK’s top former athletes mentor West Sussex youngsters to tackle ASB
Some of Britain’s top former athletes have been mentoring young people from across West Sussex, providing them with a positive role model to help reduce antisocial behaviour in local communities and at railway stations
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Lifts for Leatherhead!
It's now far easier to switch between platforms at Leatherhead thanks to a new footbridge with lifts
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Major digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston
Thameslink and Great Northern passengers are being urged to plan ahead as no trains will travel to and from London King’s Cross over a weekend in May for East Coast Main Line transformation work.
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Transport planning under way to deliver Brighton & Hove Pride 2025
Govia Thameslink Railway is planning to help the thousands of festivalgoers travel safely to and from Brighton & Hove Pride this year
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TEN DAYS TO GO: Passengers urged to plan ahead this Easter as essential engineering work takes place across south London, East Kent and East Sussex
Network Rail and train operators in the south east are urging passengers to plan ahead over the Easter period as a major programme of railway upgrades in south London, Kent and Sussex are delivered.
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Rail firm creates 100 ‘Homes for Nature’ at stations across vast network
One hundred ‘Homes for Nature’ have been created at railway stations across the vast Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern network to increase biodiversity and protect the one in six species now under threat of extinction in the UK
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ONE WEEK TO GO: Major engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays
Buses will be running in place of Southern trains between Havant and Southampton Central for one week during the Easter break
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