Topics: Transport

Thameslink and Luton Town celebrate extended partnership with Academy community day at Luton Airport Parkway

5 November 2024 15:25

Thameslink and Luton Town FC are set to continue their partnership for a 17th season, supporting Academy players with free travel to enable them to unlock their potential. The rail operator marked the renewed partnership by hosting a community day at Luton Airport Parkway station.
Thameslink has now provided 344 season-long passes to the Hatters’ 16 to 18-year-old apprentices since the partne

Thameslink and Great Northern service changes for in-cab signal tests

4 November 2024 10:32

No Thameslink or Great Northern trains between Potters Bar and St Neots, Potters Bar and Royston, or between Hertford North and Stevenage on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December.

UPDATE to press release 'London Underground strikes to affect some Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern services'

1 November 2024 13:30

Since publication of this press release, industrial action by the RMT on the London Underground has been suspended although action by the ASLEF union is still set to take place

Rye station to close from 3pm on Saturday 9 November for bonfire celebrations

29 October 2024 15:37

For reasons of public safety, Rye railway station will be closed from 3pm on the day of the Rye Bonfire (Saturday, 9 November) until the start of service the next day, Sunday

Global pretzel chain opens first UK rail store at Brighton station

23 October 2024 15:48

The store opened yesterday (22 October), marked by an official opening ceremony and free pretzel giveaway.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which operates Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express, has welcomed the popular pretzel chain, Auntie Anne’s, to Brighton station – which is the global brand’s first venture into railway station trading.
To celebrate the business officially opening a

UK’s largest rail operator set to hire the next generation of engineers

22 October 2024 12:20

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is on the hunt for the 2025 intake of apprentice engineers who are ready to take the first steps into a fulfilling career in rail.
Budding engineers will learn how to maintain GTR’s large fleet of trains and gradually take on more responsibility as their skills develop over the four-year apprenticeship. The course is a mixture of practical and theory learning, le

FOUR DAYS TO GO: Signalling upgrades to affect trains in south London during October half-term

22 October 2024 10:42

Rail passengers in south London asked to plan ahead and check before they travel as Network Rail brings an upgraded signalling system online over seven days
Upgrade work will mean that no trains will run on parts of the National Rail and London Overground networks for seven days starting on Saturday 26 October and finishing on Friday 1 November (half-term week).
The upgrades taking place be

Christmas engineering work across Anglia will continue to deliver benefits for passengers

21 October 2024 14:51

Network Rail has issued the following press release:
Passengers across East Anglia are being encouraged to check before travelling this Christmas as engineering work will be taking place, affecting some rail services over the festive period.
While much of the rail network across the east of England will be open, major engineering work is taking place between Christmas and into the New Year t

New app revolutionises accessibility for blind and partially sighted rail passengers on Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink

17 October 2024 06:00

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is extending the free use of a groundbreaking smartphone app, designed to enhance accessibility for blind and partially sighted passengers, to all 236 of its Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink-managed stations

Great Northern and Southern station businesses through to semi-finals of World Cup of Stations 2024

15 October 2024 16:06

Three stations run by Govia Thameslink Railway have won their way through to the semi-finals of the national World Cup of Stations 2024, thanks to their amazing independent businesses

Essential railway upgrades this weekend will see changes to Thameslink and EMR journeys south of Luton

15 October 2024 15:21

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel ahead of engineering work this weekend that will see buses replacing Thameslink and East Midlands Railways trains south of Luton

Railway colleagues rally together to raise over £15,000 during companywide fundraising week

15 October 2024 09:40

Employees took part in ‘The BIG Fundraising Week’ centred around World Mental Health Day, raising money for Mind. The activity kicks off a three-year partnership between the charity and Govia Thameslink Railway.
For the first time, employees at the UK’s largest rail company, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), have taken part in a companywide fundraising week, helping to raise a total of £15,194

Bowes Park café battles it out to win World Cup of Stations 2024

11 October 2024 12:44

Leafy Bean café at Great Northern’s Bowes Park station in north London is vying to be voted Britain’s best railway station business

King’s Lynn buffet bar battles it out to win World Cup of Stations 2024

11 October 2024 12:33

Country Line buffet bar at King’s Lynn station is vying to be voted Britain’s best railway business.

West Hampstead café battles it out to win World Cup of Stations 2024

11 October 2024 09:47

Coffee Buzz at West Hampstead Thameslink is vying for the title of best UK station business in the World Cup Of Stations 2024 contest

Thornton Heath takeaway battles it out to win World Cup of Stations 2024

11 October 2024 09:32

KCK Jamaican takeaway at Southern's Thornton Heath station in south London is vying to be voted Britain’s best railway station business

Lewes café battles it out to win World Cup of Stations 2024

10 October 2024 14:46

Lewes station’s Runaway Café is vying to be voted Britain’s best railway station business

Students celebrate community with Epsom stations art

10 October 2024 11:14

Striking artwork by A-level students and primary school children is brightening the journeys of passengers passing through two Southern railway stations in and around Epsom

Emsworth tearoom and bar battles it out to win World Cup of Stations 2024

10 October 2024 09:41

Queenie’s Vintage Tearoom and Bar on Platform 2 of Emsworth station in Hampshire is vying to be voted Britain’s best railway station business

TWO WEEKS TO GO: Passengers asked to plan ahead of major repairs in the Ore tunnel between Hastings and Rye from Saturday 19 October to Sunday 3 November 2024

4 October 2024 13:35

Rail passengers are being asked to plan their journeys ahead of essential work in the Ore tunnel beginning two weeks from today