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  • Three-day closure at King’s Cross station 23rd-25th April – Thameslink and Great Northern passengers on East Coast route urged not to travel at weekend

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting Great Northern and Thameslink services from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 April:
    No trains will run to or from London King’s Cross on Friday 23, Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 April as major upgrades are made to the signalling system.
    Network Rail, Great Northern and Thameslink advise passengers to check their journeys

  • UK’s largest rail network pledges better assistance for millions across the South East

    New Accessible Travel Policy sees disabled passengers help train colleagues across Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express, to create a more accessible railway
    Customer service teams at Britain’s biggest rail franchise have pledged to make travelling by train easier for millions of people who need help and assistance when they return to the railway in the coming weeks and month

  • Month to go until three-day closure including a Friday at King’s Cross as Network Rail transforms track layout to improve reliability

    Network Rail, Great Northern and Thameslink have issued the following news release.
    Timelapse footage available below for broadcast.
    No trains at King’s Cross on Friday 23, Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 April Only travel if absolutely essential on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April Network Rail is improving the track layout at King’s Cross and reopening a disused tunnel in the main stage of a £1.2b

  • South London station partnership presents marvellous marble run

    Inventive public art on show at Denmark Hill station Camberwell Society and Thameslink to stage a series of quirky sculptures on ‘partnership plinth’ GTR is showcasing local artists at thirty of its stations in a network-wide ‘ambience’ improvement programme
    Passengers and passers-by can pause at Denmark Hill station to enjoy a quirky work of public art, thanks to a partnership between the Cam

  • Supporting World Water Day: Train company’s smart water meters to save millions of litres a year

    All 235 GTR stations will have a smart water meter by this summer Constant monitoring and leak alerts could save 40 million litres a year – 130,000 baths or 174 million cups of tea GTR’s station improvement programme will also save water by creating wildflower areas
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced on World Water Day [Monday 22 March] that it will install smart water meters at all

  • Network Rail upgrades North London track over Easter weekend to improve journeys for passengers

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track improvements near Bowes Park at Easter:
    Network Rail is carrying out major improvements to the track at Bowes Park over the Easter bank holiday weekend as part of a £2 million project to bring smoother, more reliable journeys for passengers.
    From Saturday 3 April, teams will remove and then replace approximately 250 metres of t

  • Eggcellent preparation for new Midland Main Line station takes place over Easter

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about track work in preparation for the new Brent Cross West Thameslink station:
    Network Rail is preparing to make further progress on the rail work at Brent Cross over Easter in the first of three weekends of work to move track that links to the new station.
    Between Friday 2 and Monday 5 April, as most people enjoy their Easter eggs, team

  • Goring-by-Sea station celebrates 175 years

    There’s cause for celebration in Goring today as residents mark 175 years of their local train station, which was first opened on 16th March 1846. The coastal West Sussex station provides rail passengers with links to nearby Littlehampton and Hove, as well as further afield Brighton and London Victoria.
    Southern operates all services running through the station, which prior to Covid-19, served

  • Station partners transform platform shelter into art gallery

    Railway community partnership creates art gallery in platform shelter Southern displays work of local artists inspired by station’s rural environment Transformation is among hundreds of community projects in train company’s multimillion-pound station improvement programme
    A partnership between local community groups and Southern Railway has created a surprising artwork installation at Penshurs

  • Picture perfect painting and repairs at Oxted Viaduct to refurbish the 140-year-old landmark

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about the repair and redecoration of Oxted Viaduct:
    A vital project to protect the future of the railway from Oxted in Surrey to Uckfield and East Grinstead in Sussex continues with important bridge repairs and a new lick of paint.
    Since summer 2020 we've been working on a major refurbishment of the 140-year-old Oxted Viaduct, which carrie

  • Burgess Hill’s old brick barn reborn

    Southern Railway have converted an early-Victorian storage hut at Burgess Hill station into a comfortable new waiting room The 180-year-old brick hut was the station’s original main building The waiting room displays award-winning landscape photography
    Passengers using Burgess Hill station can now shelter in comfort in a smart new waiting room, converted from a hut that once formed the origina

  • GTR partners with Speakers for Schools for Green Skills Week

    During this year’s Green Skills Week (5th– 9th April), the UK’s largest rail operator is taking the opportunity to inspire the next generation about a sustainable future. In partnership with UK charity, Speakers for Schools, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will discuss how its dedicated environment team are working hard to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
    The virtual event, which takes pla

  • Upgrade works continue this Easter weekend in Sussex as Gatwick Airport station is transformed

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work planned for the Easter weekend:
    Network Rail will use Sunday 4 and Monday 5 April over the Easter weekend to continue upgrading Gatwick Airport station which is open for travel, to improve future journeys for passengers.
    Work on improving Gatwick Airport station will continue with the installation of five lifts while

  • The train now at platform 8 is the rapid Covid testing service for rail staff

    The UK’s biggest rail franchise is offering twice-weekly rapid lateral flow tests to its colleagues who can’t work from home. It’s part of a Government scheme to help stem the spread of Covid-19 and give added reassurance to staff, as well as passengers when they return to the railway.
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), operator of Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express, has set

  • Southbourne station in West Sussex gets a new lease of life thanks to platform refurbishment

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about Southbourne station's platform refurbishment:
    Passengers in West Sussex will now benefit from £383k platform upgrade to improve journeys for all who use the station.
    Southbourne railway station serves the village of Southbourne in West Sussex. It is on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton and lies on the edge of th

  • Southbourne station in West Sussex gets a new lease of life thanks to platform refurbishment

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about Southbourne station's platform refurbishment:
    Passengers in West Sussex will now benefit from £383k platform upgrade to improve journeys for all who use the station.
    Southbourne railway station serves the village of Southbourne in West Sussex. It is on the West Coastway Line between Brighton and Southampton and lies on the edge of th

  • Leading Train Company Shares Reassurance to Welcome Pupils Back-on-Board

    Ahead of schools and colleges returning to face-to-face learning from Monday 8th March, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is sharing advice and reassurance to pupils and students who plan to travel by train.
    On 22nd February, the train company introduced a reduced timetable to better match the fewer number of passengers travelling due to lockdown. The new timetable follows feedback from key worker

  • Leading Train Company Shares Reassurance to Welcome Pupils Back-on-Board

    Ahead of schools and colleges returning to face-to-face learning from Monday 8th March, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is sharing advice and reassurance to pupils and students who plan to travel by train.
    On 22nd February, the train company introduced a reduced timetable to better match the fewer number of passengers travelling due to lockdown. The new timetable follows feedback from key worker

  • Southern and Friends give grandfather an emotional reunion

    A grandfather welled up with emotion as he was reunited with his old teddy bear and other long-forgotten toys that had been unearthed during Southern Rail’s renovation of Bishopstone station, near Seaford.
    Guy Wright, 54, of Newhaven, spotted his childhood treasures on the local TV news as they reported how contractors had discovered the strange hoard behind wooden shutters that had been unopen

  • Tulse Hill station gets a smarter shelter

    Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail partnership gives Tulse Hill passengers a comfort boost Stylish new canopy replaces south London station’s outdated shelters Safety and security features complete a wide-ranging upgrade
    Southern and Thameslink passengers returning to Tulse Hill station when travel restrictions are lifted will enjoy a package of comforting improvements. New features inc

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