Bee-friendly garden creates a buzz at Downham Market
Passengers and pollinators will soon be able to enjoy a colourful new bee garden that has just been planted at Downham Market station in Norfolk
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Wheelie bins become wildlife havens at Hertfordshire stations
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the rail firm that operates Great Northern and Thameslink services, has made two Hertfordshire stations more welcoming and sustainable with “green roof” bin stores.
The attractive wooden stores that now hide the big red wheelie bins at Welham Green and Welwyn North have soil-covered roofs seeded with plants that will grow to attract bees and other pollinators. Wi -
Rail journey-planning tools boosted to help passengers find quiet trains
As restrictions ease and more people return to rail travel, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has launched a new information tool designed to give customers information at their fingertips on which train services are the least busy.
Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern websites all now feature a ‘Find a quieter train’ page, which can be found under ‘travel information’. Using data collected fro -
Rail company using Kickstart Scheme to give Sussex tourism a boost
Southern Rail is today celebrating World Youth Skills Day (15 July) with new recruits who have joined the company through the government’s Kickstart Scheme.
Six individuals, aged between 16 and 24 from the south of England, have joined the rail operator as Customer Experience Ambassadors. The new starters, based at Brighton, Haywards Heath, Eastbourne, Worthing and Chichester stations, will be -
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£11m railway upgrade means 9-day closure of the lines between Three Bridges, Brighton and Lewes in Sussex
The railway between Three Bridges, Brighton and Lewes will close for nine days from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 February 2022, to deliver track replacement work and build a new underpass
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GTR helps GWR in wake of cracks found on Class 800s
Govia Thameslink Railway is temporarily sub leasing six of its Gatwick Express Class 387/2 units to Great Western Railway to help provide extra resilience and additional capacity where most needed
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Shoreham-by-Sea station receives makeover with £708k upgrade and achieves carbon reduction of 37%
Major repair and refurbishment work has been completed at Shoreham-by-Sea railway station
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Balham station refurbishment complete
A £2.6m project has been completed, giving the station a face-lift fit for the 21st century
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Work begins on major Access for All scheme at Finsbury Park railway station this month
Work is due to start on a major scheme to improve accessibility for passengers at Finsbury Park railway station – a key location on the network and a strategic interchange for services across London
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Keeping the East Coast Digital Programme on track – Further weekend closures on Northern City Line confirmed
Network Rail and Great Northern have confirmed there will be additional weekend closures of the Northern City Line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate to enable work on the East Coast Digital Programme to remain on track.
Three weekends of additional closures will take place this year. The closures are necessary to allow work to create the UK’s first intercity digital railway in the UK.
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Ofsted gives full marks to Govia Thameslink Railway’s inclusive apprenticeship scheme
Education regulator endorses quality of the rail operator’s apprenticeship schemes Inspectors find that internal trainers motivate apprentices to achieve their goals Govia Thameslink Railway is on track to recruit 200 apprentices this year
Govia Thameslink Railway’s apprenticeship scheme has received an official stamp of approval by successfully passing its Ofsted New Provider Monitoring Visi -
art-K unveils mural in Horsham train station to commemorate local legend ‘Mr Pirie’
The following press release was issued by arts education organisation art-K, who have created a mural for Horsham station:
art-K, the leading provider of art classes for children in high street studios across the UK, has unveiled a mural in Horsham train station to commemorate the former Collyer’s headmaster and ‘local legend’ Mr (William) Pirie.
The mural, featuring a donkey sporting the Ho -
Thameslink and Siemens Mobility celebrate five years of smarter travel
Thameslink and Siemens Mobility are this month celebrating five years of passenger service of their state-of-the-art ‘people mover’ Desiro City Class 700 train. The 115-strong fleet has travelled over 58 million miles – nearly halfway to Mars – since June 2016
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Bumper May and June for south London track and signalling upgrades
Network Rail have issued the following press release about recent and forthcoming engineering work between London Victoria and East Croydon stations:
Passengers travelling on the south London lines into London Victoria can look forward to more reliable journeys after Network Rail delivered a bumper programme of upgrades over May and June.
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Rail company showcases best walking and hiking routes in East of England with new partnership
The UK’s largest rail operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), is expanding its partnership with outdoor walking and hiking app, AllTrails. From this week, Great Northern and Thameslink customers can discover hand-curated trails across London and the east of England, including Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
As a result of the pandemic, 2020 saw a sharp rise in those taking up -
Rail Minister digs in to help stations and local youngsters bloom
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris dug in today with young people taking their first steps into a horticultural career by working on landscaping projects at Thameslink and Great Northern stations across London
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Eridge station improvements 'lift off' to provide better access for passengers
Work at Eridge station in East Sussex is underway to provide step-free platform access making the station much easier to use for Southern Rail passengers with mobility issues, older people and parents with young children
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Arun Valley Line Improvement Project boosted by an extra £5m investment to improve stations, track and signalling
Network Rail have issued the following press release about a major programme of improvements to the Arun Valley line:
A multimillion-pound project to upgrade 1980s railway equipment means no trains through Horsham for nine days this summer, and several weekends between July and October An extra £5m investment was announced today to improve stations, track and signalling Passengers travelling b -
Weekend service changes on Northern City Line as major project to create UK’s first intercity digital railway continues
Great Northern passengers on the Northern City Line will enjoy more reliable journeys by summer next year but there will be closures this summer for engineering work
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