Sainsbury’s is setting up shop this coming spring at Thameslink’s extended and upgraded St Albans City station.
The brand-new Local store will feature the very latest high-quality, great-value convenience range the retailer has to offer, including fresh food, fruit and veg and a selection of branded and own-brand groceries.
Alongside fresh bread and pastries baked instore every day, the new
A new mobile assistance team has started work on the Thameslink route in south London, in a trial to support disabled passengers and other customers at Beckenham Hill, Crofton Park and Ravensbourne stations
Thameslink’s oldest employee has been presented with a second Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellent customer service, this time by the Railway Benefit Fund and its president, ’80s music mogul Pete Waterman
Southern services at London Victoria, Battersea Park, Clapham Junction and Wandsworth Common stations will be introduced from Monday 10 January 2022
Reduced services on Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink
Driven by impact of Covid, which continues to affect staff availability
Passengers advised to check before they travel
Train times will change on weekdays from Tuesday 4 January 2022 as Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink introduce reduced timetables until further notice. Passengers are strongly advised to check before they t
Network Rail have issued the following release about the comprehensive refurbishment of Crawley station, which began this month:
The first image of a major facelift for Crawley station has been released and building work is under way on the first phase of a project that will give visitors to the town a much brighter welcome.
The ticket office is about to undergo a transformation with the tic
Network Rail have issued the following press release about the signalling modernisation programme that will affect Southern services over the Christmas and New Year period:While families are unwrapping presents Network Rail engineers will be wrapping up warm and working through the entire festive period to bring greater reliability to passengers on the busy London Victoria to East Croydon route.
Network Rail have issued the following press release about track improvement work between Kentish Town and London St Pancras over Christmas and New Year:
Engineers will carry out final stage of work to upgrade 1970s track between Kentish Town and London St Pancras this Christmas and over New Year
Improvements will bring a more modern reliable railway for passengers and reduce delays
Reduced Ea
Network Rail have issued the following press release about progress on the east Coast Digital Programme that will affect services in and out of Moorgate this Christmas:
Upgrades to the track and signalling on London’s Northern City Line continue over Christmas
Major work will take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day when there are no timetabled services running
Trains between Finsbury Park a
Network Rail have issued the following press release about the start of a scheme to create step-free access to all platforms at Finsbury Park station:The main stage of work to make Finsbury Park station fully accessible is now under way, after Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North, joined Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway and Islington Borough Council for a ground-breaking event today (Monday
Seventy years after the Hatfield and St Albans Railway carried its last passenger, Hertfordshire rail heritage enthusiasts are staging an exhibition at Hatfield station about the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) branch line.
The Smallford Station and Alban Way Heritage Society have taken over the window display at a vacant shop unit in the station. On show is a selection from the wealth of h
The new initiative is expected to save up to 50 tonnes of carbon a year, generating over 200,000 kW hours of electricity.
Rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which manages Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern services, is strengthening its commitment to sustainability through a new innovative co-operative energy project with community climate action group, Energy Garden.
The tr
Rail firm partners with celebrity nutritionist to offer top tips and bust myths about drinking, to help passengers get home safely after a night out.
Research shows we’re starting festivities earlier and planning to enjoy more celebrations to make up for them being cancelled last year
Intoxication is the second biggest cause of accidents on the railway
Nutritionist Rob Hobson shares his top
Services will change with extra trains on some routes of Great Northern and Thameslink (north of London) from Sunday 12 December 2021 as Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) introduces its winter 2021/2022 timetable
Train times at Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink will change from Sunday 12 December 2021 as Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) starts to introduce an updated winter 2021/2022 timetable
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.
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
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
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
The Northern City Line to Moorgate will be closed for signalling improvements on three weekends and at Christmas
