Commenting on the RMT’s latest round of strike dates, Angie Doll, GTR’s Passenger Services Director, said: “The RMT’s desire to heap yet further travel misery on the public and affect the everyday lives of so many people is shameful."
Train passengers using services between Seaford and Brighton received some welcome news today after Southern Railway announced it is to restore the full timetable on the route from next Monday (26 September).
Train firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) wants passengers’ views on the biggest timetable shake-up proposed in a generation that promises to boost capacity and expand the cross-London Thameslink network.
Train firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) wants passengers’ views on the biggest timetable shake-up proposed in a generation that promises to boost capacity and expand the cross-London Thameslink network.
In the early hours of 13 September, a train that was out of service and being moved from the depot at Welwyn Garden City suffered a low speed derailment.
Southern, and partner Sussex Community Rail Partnership (SCRP), have been shortlisted for a number of categories in the Association of Community Rail (ACORP) Awards. The awards celebrate unsung heroes and heroines of the community rail world, alongside the hard work and dedication of community projects.
Love Your Hospital, a charity supporting three hospitals run by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has benefited from over £600 as a result of votes by Southern staff.
Thameslink’s Elstree & Borehamwood and Cricklewood stations have been shortlisted for the “It's Your Station” category of the Association of Community Rail (ACORP) Awards.
Nine young unemployed people from Stevenage, Hertford, St Albans and Luton have secured roles with Great Northern, following their successful completion of a ‘Get Into Railways’ employability programme run by the train company and youth charity The Prince’s Trust.
Southern Railway today continued to deliver on its promise to restore train services by announcing it would be reinstating the full timetable from Tonbridge and Reigate to Redhill and London Victoria/London Bridge next Monday (19 September). This will also see the full service between Redhill and London restored.
Southern has released details of the service it plans to run during the RMT’s planned two-day strike this week (September 7 and 8). This latest industrial action from the RMT takes place the same week that Southern reinstates over a third of the train services that had earlier been removed from its timetable.
Following today's announcement by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling on the package of measures to help improve the resilience of Southern network, GTR has issued the following statement:
The RMT union has announced that the station staff strike planned for Wednesday 7th September has been suspended. Southern has issued the following statement:
Thameslink’s Mike Tyler, Revenue Control Officer based at St Albans, and Great Northern’s Hatfield station have been shortlisted for the National Transport awards. The awards celebrate the successes that have been achieved on national and local transport projects, as well as the individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty.
ustomers of Southern Railway today received some much-needed good news with the announcement that the train operator will reinstate 119 train services back into its timetable next Monday (5th September).
Great Northern and Thameslink have beefed up their security at stations and on-board rail services by introducing a team of 22 rail enforcement officers (REOs) with almost as many Special Constables working across the entire Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) network that also includes Southern and Gatwick Express.
GTR, owner of Southern Trains, has urged the RMT to call off their planned 2-day strike (planned for September 7 and 8) and get back round the table to find a solution to their “futile” industrial action.
Responding to the RMT’s strike by Station staff on 7 September, Alex Foulds, GTR’s Passenger Services Director, said: “This is a cynical and deliberate stunt by the RMT to try and bring our trains to a standstill by co-ordinating strike action on two fronts on the same day to cause maximum disruption, delay and damage to our passengers’ everyday lives and the economy."
“This is a cynical and deliberate stunt by the RMT to try and bring our trains to a standstill by co-ordinating strike action on two fronts on the same day to cause maximum disruption, delay and damage to our passengers’ everyday lives and the economy."
Southern staff have chosen Eastbourne based charity Embrace, as their new corporate charity, and have made a donation of £886 to start get the fundraising ball rolling.
