New Year sees further progress with digital transformation
Engineering work at the weekend and over the Christmas period saw further steps taken towards the introduction of state-of-the-art digital signalling on the East Coast Mainline
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Passengers urged to plan ahead of engineering work and industrial action on Great Northern routes – 7 and 8 January
Passengers intending to travel with Great Northern and Thameslink on the route between London and Peterborough over the weekend of 7 and 8 January are being asked to plan ahead with travel impacted by both industrial action and engineering work.
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Strikes set to disrupt rail travel in first week of January
Travel only if absolutely necessary on 3 & 4 and 6 & 7 January due to strikes by RMT No trains at all on 5 January due to ASLEF drivers’ industrial action Overtime ban and other strike action also affecting rail services Passengers urged to plan ahead, especially on New Year’s Eve
Passengers with Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink are being warned, regrettably, that services in t -
Passengers have Christmas parcelled up with smart station lockers
Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern passengers, along with local residents, now have on-line shopping made easier with InPost lockers at over 70 stations. Huntingdon, Royston, Hadley Wood, South Merton and Aldrington are the latest to welcome the highly popular parcel lockers.
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RMT industrial action affects GTR for entire festive period, with early shutdown on Christmas Eve
Passengers with Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink are being warned, regrettably, to travel only if absolutely necessary on Christmas Eve when trains will stop running as early as 12 noon because of national RMT strike action at Network Rail
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Speed restrictions removed across Sussex
Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express are running their normal timetable this morning.
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Revised rail service Sunday evening and Monday due to heavy rain
Forecasts of very heavy rainfall means Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express will regrettably be running a revised service until tomorrow afternoon (Monday 19 December).
Network Rail is introducing a 40mph speed limit between 1800 Sunday 18th and 1400 Monday 19th December for safety reasons to routes south of Balcombe, in case of landslips and flooding. Up to 4cm of rain is expected. -
Rail passengers warned to travel only if absolutely necessary during national rail industrial action next week
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink trains, is warning passengers to travel only if absolutely necessary due to national rail industrial action by the RMT on 13 & 14 and 16 & 17 December
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Rail operator and football club team up to help vulnerable families in Hertfordshire this Christmas
Building on its longstanding partnership with Stevenage FC, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is teaming up with the football club’s Foundation charity for a toy donation drive ahead of Christmas.
This will be the ninth year that the rail operator has worked with Stevenage FC, offering its Academy players free train travel on the Thameslink and Great Northern network. The partnership helps to ups -
GTR completes first tranche of Southern fleet modernisation
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has completed a comprehensive modernisation programme for its 75 Southern Class 377/4 trains. New features include passenger priorities such as real-time passenger information screens and at-seat charging and power points, as well as high-tech engineering features designed to streamline maintenance and improve reliability.
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St Albans station is set to look bloomin’ lovely this spring, thanks to volunteers
Passengers travelling through St Albans City train station can look forward to seeing a burst of colour in the spring after a local charity planted more than 200 flower bulbs
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Airport station upgrade allows faster journeys in GTR’s winter timetable
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced timetable changes to be introduced from Sunday 11 December 2022. Passengers should check their journeys in advance of travel.
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Gatwick's gateway to the world just got a bit easier if arriving by rail
A new ticket gateline has opened at Gatwick Airport railway station with extra-wide openings throughout for passengers with luggage
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Work to make Royston station accessible gets under way
A huge investment to bring lifts to Royston station and make it more accessible for passengers is now under way.
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Wheels in motion for major improvements at Harringay
Vital upgrades at Harringay station will get underway this week, as passengers will benefit from a better footbridge and brand-new waiting shelters on platforms one and two.
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Driving home for Christmas? These rail fares will make you reconsider!
UK’s largest rail operator has released Advance Fares for the festive period Previously only available on Southern Rail, the operator has extended the offering to Thameslink – saving people up to 45% compared to buying on the day
As the cost-of-living crisis takes hold, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is encouraging savvy consumers to save money with Advance Tickets, which have now been releas -
Weekend work in early January to enable introduction of digital signalling to East Coast Main Line
Passengers intending to travel to and from London and other destinations on the East Coast Main Line via Peterborough, and across Great Northern routes over the weekend of 7 and 8 January are being asked to plan ahead due to engineering work and check how their journey may be affected.
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Rail and community partners transform 1930s station parcel office into local event venue
Bishopstone, on the East Sussex coast, is celebrating the opening of its Community Hub, a new local amenity created within the area’s Grade II listed railway station by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) with the support of rail industry and local community partners.
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REMINDER: Engineering work affects Thameslink services on 12 and 13 November - check before you travel between Luton and London
Thameslink are reminding customers that train services between London and Luton will be affected by major Network Rail infrastructure projects on the Midland Main Line this coming weekend.
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Amended timetables in place – rail users must continue to check before they travel
The rail industry has been working hard to reinstate services this week, following the late-notice cancellation of industrial action by the RMT union.
Unfortunately, owing to the short notice of the cancellation, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has advised that there is an amended timetable in place today (Monday) with an early finish, and a later start-up to the normal weekday timetable tomorr
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