Topics: Transport

  • Work ramps up on East Coast Upgrade ahead of six-day Christmas closure – passengers planning travel to/from London reminded to check their journeys throughout November

    Network Rail has issued the following press release about work that affects our services.
    Work is ramping up on site just outside of King’s Cross station ahead of six-day closure at Christmas Passengers urged to check before travelling throughout November and December as major changes to services are in place Work is part of £1.2billion upgrade which will transform travel for passengers who us

  • Largest (and clearest) ever passenger information display goes live at Victoria Station putting passengers first

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about better customer information at London Victoria:
    Single 12m2 display uses full colour high definition LED technology making it the largest and most flexible display installed at any Network Rail managed station. High-definition displays can run animations, inter-modal transport information and other graphics to convey information more c

  • Construction of new station building takes off at Gatwick Airport

    Network Rail has issued the following news release. For more pictures, click here.
    Building work started on Gatwick Airport’s huge new railway station concourse on Sunday, as the first train arrived at one of the platforms that has been rebuilt.
    The £150m project has seen many changes at the station already this year, including the closure of platform 7 and now its return, while demolition w

  • Boro’s boys are role model mask-wearers

    Stevenage FC’s Academy promotes face-covering by young rail travellers Thameslink provide free travel passes for football apprentices
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Stevenage FC Academy have announced an expansion of their long-standing community partnership, now in its seventh year.
    As the second lockdown begins, the club’s apprentices are acting as role-model rail passengers, helping

  • £2.6m revamp of Balham station starts, making it fit for the 21st century

    Network Rail have issued the following press release:
    Extensive improvements are being made across Balham station which serves as an interchange for train and tube services across south London and beyond.
    Work has started on a face-lift of Balham station which is due to end in Spring 2021 and will focus on improving several features of the station, including:
    Platform canopies - new shee

  • New £1.8m footbridge opens at Eridge station in East Sussex

    Network Rail have issued the following press release:
    Passengers will now benefit from improved access at Eridge station in East Sussex after the opening of a new £1.8m footbridge. The work was needed due to the age and condition of the old structure, in order to protect the safety of those using the bridge and the trains operating below.
    Eridge station serves the rural district in East Suss

  • ​Passengers in East Sussex to benefit from £5m refurbishment at Eastbourne station

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about renovation of Eastbourne station:
    Network Rail has invested £5m to enhance the look and feel of Eastbourne station in East Sussex. The work included canopy refurbishment, slate roof replacement, masonry work to the front of the station and new roofing above the atrium.
    The enhancement works on the Grade II listed station will benefit

  • E-tickets will help Southern Railway passengers socially distance

    High resolution pictures are available to download at the bottom of this press release
    More passengers than ever before can now travel with e-tickets on Southern Railway, helping people socially distance, preventing the spread of Covid-19. 
    Twelve extra stations along the south coast between Chichester and Eastbourne now have barcode readers installed on the ticket gates for passengers to sc

  • This Is Not a Man’s World: GTR doubles the number of female driver applicants in less than a year, and targets 50/50 splits across new training programmes in 2021

    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s biggest rail operator which runs the Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express services, has, through a series of dedicated recruitment and marketing campaigns, successfully managed to double the number of female train driver applicants from 413 in 2019, to 825 in 2020[i]. A remarkable feat for an industry usually seen as dark, dusty and bett

  • ​Mayor opens 100-bike parking hub at Elstree & Borehamwood station

    The Mayor of Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council, Cllr Simon Rubner, has opened the local Thameslink station’s new £200,000 cycle parking hub.
    With two-tier storage for up to 100 bikes, the hub is the largest of four built at Thameslink stations this year. The new LED-lit hub also has CCTV, a maintenance area and free access using Thameslink’s ‘Key’ smartcard.
    At an event hosted by Thames

  • Govia Thameslink Railway is UK’s first rail operator to sign new homelessness charter

    Homelessness in the UK is increasing year-on-year and has been heightened during the pandemic, with reports of rough sleepers up by 36%[1]. The issue is particularly prevalent on the railway, which is why the UK’s largest rail operator has signed a new charter to help safeguard vulnerable people and communities.
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), is the first train operating company to put its nam

  • Passengers reminded not to travel to or from London King’s Cross this weekend as vital work continues on the £1.2 billion East Coast Upgrade

    Network Rail has issued the following reminder of major engineering work affecting train services in and out of King's Cross station this coming weekend:
    Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are reminding passengers not to travel to or from London King’s Cross, or on Thameslink services via Finsbury Park this weekend (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October), as essential work

  • ​Pass of the season: Thameslink supports young Hatters promoting safe rail travel

    Luton Town FC apprentice footballers have this season joined forces with Thameslink to encourage reluctant teens to wear face coverings on trains.
    For the 13th year running, Thameslink have given the latest intake of 17- and 18-year-olds at the Hatters a year’s free travel to their places of study and training. Some could not afford to attend otherwise.
    In return the Academy players are act

  • ​Welwyn Garden City makes shortlist in public vote to find Britain’s favourite railway station

    This week the British public will vote for their favourite railway station in the World Cup of Stations 2020 Welwyn Garden City has made the shortlist of 48 stations which will compete head to head in the online poll Stations and staff have been playing a key role supporting Britain’s recovery from COVID-19 In the regional stage, Welwyn Garden City will be up against “local rival” Cambridge

  • ​Bedford makes shortlist in public vote to find Britain’s favourite railway station

    This week the British public will vote for their favourite railway station in the World Cup of Stations 2020 Bedford has made the shortlist of 48 stations which will compete head to head in the online poll Stations and staff have been playing a key role supporting Britain’s recovery from COVID-19 Bedford will face competition from East region rivals Kempston Hardwick
    The people of Bedford are

  • Great Northern trains save equivalent of over 4,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions after first year of full service

    Great Northern’s new Hertfordshire trains have already generated enough electricity through their brakes to power the equivalent of all the households of Welwyn and Hatfield Borough for a month, potentially saving more than 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
    Great Northern MD Tom Moran and Catherine West MP chose today, Clean Air Day (Thursday 8 October), to celebrate the trains’ first y

  • Southern station hubs offer support to mark World Mental Health Day

    With ongoing uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to prioritise health and wellbeing. That’s why Southern, part of the UK’s largest rail operator, has teamed up with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to launch a pilot scheme featuring ‘drop-in’ mental health hubs, following World Mental Health Day this Saturday (10th October).
    The new hubs, based at Bri

  • ​Network Rail begins vital improvement work at Cuffley railway bridge

    Network Rail has issued the following press release about engineering work affecting vehicle access to Cuffley station:
    Network Rail is advising drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in Cuffley that closures will be in place on Station Road over the next few months, as major work takes place on a £3.2million project to upgrade the railway bridge.
    Preparation work is being carried out on site th

  • Downham Market celebrates National Rail Awards commendation

    After receiving a coveted accolade in this year’s ‘railway Oscars’, Great Northern’s Downham Market station staff invited local community representatives to join them in celebration.
    Downham Market was highly commended in the Small Station of the Year category at the 2020 National Rail Awards ceremony, held online this year owing to Covid-19 restrictions.
    Tom Moran, Managing Director for Tha

  • Thameslink helps West Herts NHS nurses win new wheels

    (More pictures can be downloaded in high resolution below)
    St Albans City Hospital nurse Jane O’Connor is the first proud winner of a bicycle restored and donated by a partnership between rail operator Thameslink, St Albans City & District Council and St Albans Cycle Campaign (STACC). Jane received her bike at a presentation attended by St Albans MP Daisy Cooper.
    Thameslink has donated s

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