Topics: Transport

  • Engineering work Sunday 20 November

    Engineering work is taking place on Sunday 20 November between London Victoria and Clapham Junction closing most lines.

  • ​Rail services returning to normal as Luton signalling repair completes

    Train services are returning to normal for Thameslink passengers and a full service is in operation on East Midlands Trains this morning (Friday 11 November). Engineers successfully tested and brought into service a new signalling control system after the old one was damaged beyond repair by a power surge.

  • ​Signalling repair in Luton making good progress

    Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience as engineers continue to fix signalling equipment which was damaged at Luton on Tuesday (8 November). A cable came into contact with the overhead lines, causing a power surge which caused extensive damage to the signalling which controls trains.

  • ​Luton train disruption

    Rail passengers are being advise to check before they travel on Thursday 10 November as some continued disruption is expected to Thameslink services with alterations also possible on East Midlands Trains.

  • Santa bags a bargain fare with Thameslink and Great Northern

    Seven-year-old Alfie of Dunstable couldn’t believe his eyes when Santa and his reindeer climbed aboard one of Thameslink’s brand new trains at Bedford station to let the train take the strain out of some early Christmas gift-hunting.

  • ASLEF cancels drivers' ballot

    ASLEF has had to cancel its ballot of Southern drivers only a day after it started, rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway confirmed today (7 November).

  • RMT determined to cancel Christmas for the travelling public

    In response to the latest announcement from the RMT Union a spokesman for Southern said: “Not content with causing months of misery, the RMT has now hit a new low and is determined to cancel Christmas for the travelling public."

  • ​New chapter for Cricklewood

    Cricklewood Town Team and the local library have helped Thameslink open a pop-up community library at its railway station.

  • ​Blackfriars blocked

    Thameslink services are being severely disrupted at Blackfriars.

  • ​Southern restores more services to timetable

    Southern Railway has announced it will restore 63 more services to the timetable, including the full West London Line timetable and 34 West Coastway services to destinations such as Hove, Bognor, Barnham and Worthing next Monday (October 24).

  • ​GTR responds to TUC statement

    Responding to the statment made by the TUC this morning, Charles Horton, Chief Executive of Govia Thameslink Railway which operates Southern, said: "This is simply scaremongering. We'll have a second person rostered to work on every train that has one now - in fact they'll be on more trains."

  • ​GTR calls on RMT union to ask members to vote on deal as more defy strike

    On the eve of another damaging three-day strike by the RMT on Southern, Govia Thameslink Railway has called on the union to suspend strikes and hold a referendum of its members to allow them to decide for themselves whether they want to accept its 8-point offer plus £2,000 lump sum per person which is back on the table.

  • Transport Select Committee report

    Commenting on the Transport Select Committee’s Report, Charles Horton, chief executive of GTR, said: “Clearly this a long and complex report, which we’ve only just received and we now need time to study its detailed contents."

  • Thameslink staff member highly commended at awards

    At last night's National Transport Awards, Mike Tyler, who checks tickets and helps at the gateline at St Albans, was highly commended in the Frontline Employee of the Year category.

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