Train firm awards £375,000 for community-led social and environmental projects
Govia Thameslink Railway has awarded grants totalling £375,000 to 19 charities who are launching community projects in areas served by the train operator.
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Bigger and better Gatwick Airport station to open on 21 November
A new look Gatwick Airport station is set to open to passengers on Tuesday 21 November, transforming the journey from train to plane and giving passengers travelling between Brighton and London easier, faster, more reliable journeys.
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New partnership calls on rail users to help as it's revealed 170,000 people are reported missing each year
Over three months, GTR will be supporting the charity, Missing People, across its stations and onboard Wi-Fi networks. On average, around 40 people are reported missing every hour in the UK. The partnership comes after GTR awarded £25,000 to support the charity in building awareness about its support helpline.
The UK’s largest rail company, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has partnered with -
Planned upgrade works to impact Thameslink and Great Northern passengers travelling to and from London on 3 December
Thameslink and Great Northern passengers are being urged to consider travelling the day before Sunday 3 December to avoid disruption to services caused by essential improvement work.
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East Coast Main Line passengers urged to plan ahead with Storm Ciarán set to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall
Passengers planning on travelling to and from London King’s Cross on the East Coast Main Line are being urged to check before they travel as heavy rain accompanied by strong winds in some areas could affect journeys until the weekend.
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Train company’s computers change lives for hundreds of Malawian children
Children at Chambala Community Day Secondary School in central Malawi have begun to learn computer skills, after the arrival of equipment donated by train company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
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Engineering work to cause disruption to train travel on weekends throughout November
Network Rail is urging passengers travelling between London and the East Midlands in November and December to check their journey before they travel as major engineering work means journeys will be disrupted on weekends throughout the months.
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Train company helps thousands of art fans flock to Eastbourne for the Turner Prize 2023
Southern Rail has partnered with Towner Eastbourne to celebrate the prestigious Turner Prize coming to Sussex for the first time.
To help drum up excitement for the exhibition, a meet and great team has been set up at Eastbourne station, welcoming visitors from all over the country who have travelled by train to catch a glimpse of this year’s unique entries.
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Thameslink driver takes train on 100,000th digitally-signalled journey through heart of London, improving reliability for customers
Thameslink driver Clint Almeida made UK rail history when he took his passenger train through the heart of London using digital in-cab signalling and self-drive ‘automatic train operation’
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Rye station to close from 3pm on 11 November for bonfire event
Rye railway station will be closed for reasons of public safety from 3pm on the day of the Rye Bonfire (11 November) until the start of service the next day, Sunday
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Trainsylvania, your guide to pumpkin patches and spooky spots to visit by rail this Halloween
Destinations that are ideal for half-term trips with the kids or after dark fun with friends
It's almost Halloween, and for anyone looking for a fang-tastic way to celebrate the return of the spooky season, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has you covered.
With a newly published and ghoulishly reimagined special-edition route map, GTR has identified 10 picture-perfect pumpkin patches and eight -
Catching the fall: Network Rail gearing up to ready the railway for autumn
Across Network Rail’s Southern region a fleet of ‘leaf-busting’ trains will be in action to keep the railway leaf-free and running reliably this autumn.
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Stevenage celebrates station’s half-century with strawberry sponge
Stevenage is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of its railway station. Local community representatives joined station staff and others in the rail industry to share a celebration cake on Friday.
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Ticket gates added to help ease crowding at London Victoria station
To enhance the passenger experience, improve safety and speed up people’s journeys at London Victoria station, the number of ticket gates is being increased from 88 to 125, with eight new accessible wide gates also being installed.
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Major engineering work to cause disruption on Midland Main Line over two weekends
Network Rail is advising passengers to check before they travel as major engineering work will impact on services between Bedford and London St Pancras over the next two weekends.
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Passengers urged to check every journey before travelling throughout eight-day period of national industrial action
Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, is warning customers that regrettably there will be no trains on the vast majority of its network on Saturday 30 September and Wednesday 4 October owing to national industrial action by the ASLEF union. Services will be affected every day from Friday 30 September to Friday 6 October.
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Construction work begins on major improvements at Luton station
Network Rail have issued the following press release about improvements for Luton station:
Network Rail has started work at Luton station as part of an extensive programme of improvements and upgrades designed to improve passenger experience.
The work will see the station canopies on platform 1 and 2 replaced, and a new, accessible bridge and three lifts installed.
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Mark Pavlides joins GTR in new Chief Customer Officer role
Govia Thameslink Railway, which operates Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink and Great Northern, has appointed Mark Pavlides into the new role of Chief Customer Officer
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Rail staff join Marine Conservation Society to clean and catalogue rubbish on Brighton & Hove Beach
Railway staff from Southern and Thameslink joined forces with the Marine Conservation Society, Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and Brighton & Hove Buses at low tide on Monday to blitz a section of Brighton & Hove Beach as part of The Great British Beach Clean
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GTR to enhance passenger experience at seven London stations
Seven GTR stations in London will benefit from enhancements funded by the train operator's Station Improvements and Minor Works programmes this financial year. The projects, including cycle parking, customer information and accessibility improvements, are all scheduled to be completed by March 2024.
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