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  • GTR expands suicide prevention support, offering training to key partners to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2021

    This World Suicide Prevention Day, GTR is reminding the public that a simple question can be all it takes to stop suicidal thoughts The company’s online training course shares vital rules to safely approach someone who appears vulnerable By expanding the industry-leading training to key partners, GTR is offering guidance on how to make a safe intervention on the railway

  • Culture Secretary sees Radlett station transformed into community art gallery

    Over two dozen paintings by local artists are now on permanent display at Radlett station for Thameslink passengers to enjoy as they return to rail travel.
    The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, visited the station on Friday [3 September] to meet some of the talented contributors and view their work.
    The installations were funded by Thameslink’

  • Making stations sustainable: GTR supports local wheelers, wildlife and workforces

    over 1,000 new cycle parking spaces for GTR passengers – enough for all the competitors in five Tours de France! 90 landscaping projects include 19 bee gardens and nine wildflower areas young local people gain horticulture training and qualifications at 18 projects at London stations
    Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern passengers returning to rail are now using more sustainable and enviro

  • Making stations sustainable – GTR supports local wheelers, wildlife and workforces

    over 1,000 new cycle parking spaces for GTR passengers – enough for every competitor in five Tours de France! 90 landscaping projects include 19 bee gardens and nine wildflower areas young local people gain horticulture training and qualifications at 18 stations
    Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern passengers returning to rail are now using more sustainable and environment-friendly s

  • New and improved Denmark Hill station delivers first “carbon positive” upgrade on rail network

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about the official opening of Denmark Hill station's new "climate positive" entrance building:
    First station upgrade in Europe to use photovoltaic ‘film’ to produce more power than new building consumes New entrance provides better access for patients and staff to two major London hospitals A range of new art and design elements reflect Camb

  • Weekday timetable set to change in September

    The weekday timetable of Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink trains will change from Monday 6 September 2021, to provide additional trains and a service that better meets the needs of passengers overall as the impact of the pandemic recedes

  • Work ramps up as Network Rail upgrades track and signalling over August Bank Holiday ready to connect Midland Main Line with new Brent Cross West station

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work planned for the Late August Bank Holiday affecting train services between Luton and St Pancras:
    Essential railway upgrades are taking place over August Bank Holiday weekend – ready to connect services to Brent Cross West station when it opens next year Network Rail will also continue with Kentish Town track upgrades an

  • Going digital: Passengers reminded of August Bank Holiday service changes on Northern City Line as East Coast Digital Programme continues

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about planned engineering work during the Late August Bank Holiday affecting services between Finsbury Park and Moorgate:
    Project to create UK’s first intercity digital railway continues over August Bank Holiday weekend Route between Finsbury Park and Moorgate closed and services diverted to London King’s Cross Over 95% of Britain’s rail net

  • Bring your bras to Bedford and raise money for charity!

    The ‘Bra Bank’ will be open for donations at Bedford station for three weeks - every Monday and Thursday from 09:00 – 12:00, starting Monday 16 August For every tonne of bras collected, Against Breast Cancer receives £700 to fund research Thameslink station assistant Susan Hall is bringing the initiative to Bedford station after discovering that charity shops and clothes banks wouldn’t accept br

  • Hitchin’s history on show in station subway murals

    The operator of Hitchin’s train services has installed a pair of dramatic murals to brighten the station’s subway for passengers.
    The two murals, each 15 metres long, tell the town’s history since the mid-19th century using around 200 photographs from the North Herts Museum’s collection.
    The artworks were created by community and environmental charity Groundwork East. Govia Thameslink Railwa

  • It’s a family affair for new coffee shop at Hurst Green station

    The Stubley family from Purley had always talked about opening their own coffee shop, but until last year it had remained a pipe dream. With the Covid-19 pandemic leaving their son out of work, there was no better time to make this dream a reality.
    23-year-old William Stubley lives with hemiplegia – a neurological condition which affects people in different ways, including weakness and a lack o

  • More comfort and communication for returning rail passengers

    Multimillion-pound improvement programme by Govia Thameslink Railway promises returning rail passengers a better station experience 1,500 square metres of waiting rooms, shelters and canopies built or refurbished – more weather protection than 2,000 umbrellas almost 3,000 new seats installed – more than the Royal Festival Hall over 100 new customer information screens installed, with a combined d

  • More comfort and communication for returning rail passengers

    Multimillion-pound improvement programme by Govia Thameslink Railway promises returning rail passengers a better station experience 1,500 square metres of waiting rooms, shelters and canopies built or refurbished – more protection than 2,000 umbrellas nearly 3,000 new seats installed – more than the Royal Festival Hall over 100 new customer information screens installed across the network, with a

  • Community and rail industry partners celebrate heritage-style station restoration

    The East Sussex village railway station at Eridge hosted its 153rd birthday party yesterday when the Southeast Community Rail Partnership brought the local community together with Southern and other rail industry partners to celebrate the station’s heritage-style restoration.
    With financial support from the Railway Heritage Trust, Southern’s parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has pai

  • Thameslink and partners to host mental health hubs during Cows about Cambridge

    To recognise its ongoing support for the theme of health and wellbeing at this year’s Cows about Cambridge art trail, official travel partner of the exhibition, Thameslink, will be hosting a drop-in mental health hub at Cambridge station.
    Staffed by volunteers from Cambridge Samaritans, CPSL Mind's STOP Suicide campaign and Cambridgeshire Public Health, the hubs will be open from 07:00 to 19:0

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