Topics: Transport

  • Rail company extends EV roll-out with more charging points

    By January 2022, 179 charging points across 37 stations will be available for public use Second wave follows the-then biggest installation on the UK rail network in 2020 at Hatfield
    The roll-out of Electronic Vehicle (EV) infrastructure is well underway on the Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern railway network, with new charging points and parking bays added to the next wave of stations.

  • Partners promote St Albans with landmark mural at City station

    Train operator Thameslink is supporting the promotion of St Albans as a visitor destination with a mural depicting some of the city’s major attractions. The artwork above the station’s entrance was created in partnership with St Albans BID (Business Improvement District), who provided the individual symbol designs, and community and environmental charity Groundwork East, who managed the manufactur

  • Rail upgrades this weekend and over Christmas signal greater reliability for passengers in South London

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting services between Victoria and East Croydon on 27/28 November and over Christmas and New Year:This weekend Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 November and over Christmas, from Saturday 25 December to Monday 3 January 2022, no trains will run between East Croydon and London Victoria. Most Southern trains will be diverted to

  • Christmas and New Year work to upgrade 1970s track between London and Kentish Town

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work that will reduce train services between Kentish Town and St Pancras over Christmas and New Year:
    Final stage of programme to upgrade 1970s track between Kentish Town and London St Pancras is taking place over Christmas Improvements will bring a more modern reliable railway for passengers and reduce the impact of unplan

  • Railway and RAF colleagues gather in Bedford to honour military veterans

    Thameslink joins national ‘Routes of Remembrance’ campaign, paying tribute to war veterans Railway colleagues were joined at Bedford station today by officers from nearby RAF Henlow to help transport a poppy wreath into London Upon arrival in London, the poppy wreath will be laid at the Armistice Day memorial service at St Pancras International
    Thameslink has joined forces with The Veterans

  • WWI soldier who saved Captain’s life honoured at Brighton station

    Southern joins national ‘Routes of Remembrance’ campaign, paying tribute to war veterans Thousands of wounded Indian soldiers fighting in WWI were brought to Brighton to be treated at local hospitals The rail operator is highlighting this historical link with an inspirational story of sacrifice A poppy wreath has been laid at Brighton station to honour the story of Manta Singh and Captain Hender

  • Soup-inspired symbol of town’s identity warms King’s Lynn station

    A local artist has created a new work inspired by the iconic Campbell’s soup tin especially for Great Northern passengers at King’s Lynn station.
    Steve Messam’s re-imagining of Andy Warhol’s famous image highlights Lynn’s claim to fame as the home of the Campbell company’s first factory outside the USA, built in 1959.
    Steve was commissioned by environment and community charity Groundwork Eas

  • Crowborough and East Grinstead stations both benefit from step-free access for the first time, thanks to over £9m invested to improve accessibility

    Network Rail has issued the following press release
    Network Rail is managing and delivering station accessibility enhancements as part of the Department for Transport’s Access for All programme. Work began on 1 November 2021 with completion in autumn 2022.
    Network Rail is upgrading both Crowborough and East Grinstead stations with a new footbridge and new lifts, providing Southern Rail and,

  • “The next train will call at 40 art galleries …”

    GTR installs over 200 works of community art across the Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern network professional, student and hobby artists create paintings, mosaics and sculptures for 40 stations in eight counties station ambience improvement programme also includes 90 landscaping projects and 50 redecoration schemes
    Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has put over 200 works of community art

  • Rail passengers urged to plan ahead of vital junction rebuild


    Passengers are being urged to plan ahead of vital engineering work that will greatly reduce rail services between Cambridge and London on 11 and 12 December.

    Govia Thameslink Railway is finishing a major upgrade to Cambridge’s train depot, creating servicing facilities and stabling (parking between turns of duty) for the new fleets of Thameslink, Great Northern and Greater Anglia trains

  • Essential maintenance on the Brighton Main Line this weekend - check before you travel

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about changes to train services on the Brighton Main Line over the next four weekends:
    Passengers travelling between Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport are advised to check before they travel this weekend as Network Rail continues work on a major upgrade of the Brighton Main Line.
    Network Rail are upgrading the line between Three Bridges an

  • Rail partnership brings exciting new activity trail to Beds and Herts

    To promote the train line from Bedford to St Albans and encourage children to learn about their surroundings, Thameslink has partnered with Mini Map-Makers and Beds & Herts Community Rail Partnership to launch a new, interactive trail in time for half term.
    Launching on Tuesday 26th October at the restored St Albans South Signal Box Museum, the new ‘Symbol Spot’ trail provides children and

  • Great Northern lifesaver joins charities to promote use of CPR and defibrillators

    Potters Bar lifesaver, Welwyn Garden City resident and London British Heart Foundation nurse promote Restart A Heart Day  Biggest roll-out on UK rail network Part of £15m station improvement programme
    On the eve of Restart A Heart Day (16 October), Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern have announced they will shortly have publicly-accessible, life-saving automated external defibrillators (

  • Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink fit life-saving defibrillators to every one of their stations

    Biggest roll-out on UK rail network Part of £15m station improvement programme
    On the eve of Restart A Heart Day (16 October), Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink have announced they will shortly have publicly-accessible, life-saving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at every one of their 238 stations (full list here), the largest roll-out of heart restarters on the UK’s rail netwo

  • No trains between London Victoria and East Croydon this weekend (Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 October) due to important railway upgrades

    Network Rail have issued the following press release about re-signalling work that will affect train services o and from London Victoria station this weekend:
    The project to modernise 1980s track and signalling on lines into London Victoria station will improve reliability and help even more passenger and freight trains arrive on time.
    Passengers are advised to check before travelling on Sat

  • Studio Upstairs invites rail passengers to ‘Open Your Art’ at South Croydon station

    Arts and mental health charity Studio Upstairs has issued the following press release about the artworks its members have created for South Croydon station:
    Southern and Thameslink passengers returning to South Croydon station will be inspired and uplifted by twenty-three new artworks in waiting rooms and along platforms, subway and stairways.
    As part of its network-wide station improvement

  • Rail operator on the hunt for 250 new apprentices

    The number of 2022 apprenticeships on offer at the companies will rise by 25%
    The number of apprenticeships on offer across rail firms Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express will increase by a quarter in 2022, with 250 programmes available across departments, including engineering, customer services, train driving and administration.
    The rail operator’s apprenticeship progr

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