Changes are being introduced for the next two weeks on the rail route between King's Lynn, Cambridge and London King's Cross to give rail passengers more robust services while Network Rail repairs track defects caused by the recent heatwave
Over the August Bank Holiday, Network Rail delivered a package of improvements worth over £2.8m to bring better, more reliable journeys for passengers between Hitchin and London terminals. Work on the East Coast Digital Programme will continue on Sunday 4 and Sunday 18 September, and on Sunday 9 October; no services will be able to run on the Northern City Line on these dates
Network Rail engineers have successfully completed upgrades to Littlehaven level crossing and now have the bank holiday weekend to complete final stages of work at Parsonage Road level crossing in Horsham while the railway is less busy. Work will also continue on track replacement at Faygate.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will make a small set of timetable changes for some Southern routes from Sunday 4 September 2022. The new Autumn timetable will add 45 weekday train services overall. It is important that passengers check their journey planners for travel from 4 September.
RMT members at Network Rail and UK train operators striking on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August Very few trains will run, with no service at all on many lines south of London or between Cambridge and King’s Lynn There will be a late start-up (7.30am or later) and early finish (from as early as 4.30pm to 6.30pm) across the network. There will be no alternative travel. Anyon
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are donating 600 redundant computers to The Turing Trust, the IT recycling and education charity. Most are expected to be passed on to schools in Malawi.
‘Your Station, Your Community’, the £500,000 annual social and environmental improvement fund set up by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has been hugely oversubscribed, attracting more than £8.5 million in grant bids for its first year.
‘Your Station, Your Community’, the £500,000 annual social and environmental improvement fund set up by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has been hugely oversubscribed, attracting more than £8.5 million in grant bids for its first year.
Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work affecting Thameslink and Great Northern services between Stevenage and London over the August Bank Holiday weekend:
Passengers intending to travel between London Kings Cross and Stevenage and on Great Northern routes into Moorgate over the August Bank Holiday weekend are being asked to plan ahead due to engineering work
Passengers should travel only if absolutely necessary on Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 August and the mornings after on Friday 19 and Sunday 21 August due to next week’s strike by RMT members at Network Rail and UK train operators
Passengers are strongly advised to travel only if absolutely necessary between Cambridge, Peterborough, Hertford North and London and to and from stations in between this Saturday, 13 August.
With a vanload delivered to Community Cycleworks in Southwark, South London this week, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have now donated over 1,000 bikes abandoned at stations to charity recycling schemes.
Businesses across South Cambridgeshire are being encouraged to welcome families who breastfeed and / or pump thanks to a new campaign launched this month.
Passengers are strongly advised to travel only if absolutely necessary between Cambridge, Peterborough, Hertford North and London and to and from stations in between this Saturday, 30 July
Staff at Bedford station and the neighbouring rail depot staged a dramatic rescue of a Labrador dog that had been missing in the area for several days and captured the hearts of hundreds of people in the town trying to find him
To add some pizzazz to travel messages ahead of next weekend’s Brighton and Hove Pride, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has enlisted the help of two of Brighton’s most iconic drag queens.
Stephen Richards and Jason Sutton – better known as Lola Lasagne and Miss Jason – have both been part of the UK drag scene for over 25 years, performing regular shows in Brighton and beyond. With such unique
Passengers should travel only if absolutely necessary on Southern, Great Northern and Thameslink on Wednesday 27 July and the morning after due to next week’s strike by RMT members at Network Rail and UK train operators
Passengers using London Victoria station can look forward to easier journeys in future as Network Rail begins a £30m investment to reduce congestion on platforms and at ticket gates.
There will be no trains on much of the Thameslink network until late on Wednesday morning (20 July) and there will be a significantly reduced service between Peterborough and Stevenage
There will be no Thameslink or Great Northern trains running in any location north of London Blackfriars on Tuesday, 19 July, due to the extreme heat
