Topics: Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway and Sight Loss Councils host transformational ‘Try a Train’ event at Sutton and Wimbledon stations

4 June 2025 10:38

Collaboration with Sight Loss Councils, Southwestern Railway and TfL boosts confidence among blind and partially sighted passengers
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Southern and Thameslink trains, and Sight Loss Councils have hosted the first of two ‘Try a Train’ events at Sutton and Wimbledon stations to help blind and partially sighted people feel more confident about travelling ind

Thameslink and Great Northern London journeys via Finsbury Park affected on one Sunday in June as digital signalling upgrades continue

3 June 2025 15:45

Great Northern and Thameslink passengers are being advised to plan ahead and check before they travel as digital signalling improvement work causes significant alterations to services along the East Coast Mainline and Hertford Loop into London on Sunday 15 June

Community organisations in London and Surrey benefit from half-million-pound railway fund

27 May 2025 14:45

Community organisations across London and Surrey have been handed their share of almost half a million pounds from a fund set up by the country’s largest train operator.

Community organisations in Sussex benefit from half-million-pound railway fund

27 May 2025 14:45

Community organisations across the south east have been handed their share of almost half a million pounds from a fund set up by the country’s largest train operator.

Community organisations in Beds, Herts and Cambs benefit from half-million-pound railway fund

27 May 2025 14:45

Community organisations across the south east have been handed their share of almost half a million pounds from a fund set up by the country’s largest train operator.

Sutton station set for new lifts this summer

22 May 2025 09:49

Network Rail is replacing the unreliable lifts at Sutton station which means there will be no step-free access at the station until the end of September 2025

Major project’s progress means changes to London journeys over two weekends

20 May 2025 15:05

Passengers are urged to plan ahead and avoid busy times as London journeys are affected by important railway upgrades over the next two weekends.

Great Northern route to City of London transformed into UK’s first signals-free commuter railway

19 May 2025 10:01

The Great Northern 'Northern City Line' to the City of London became the UK network's first-ever commuter railway to operate without signals at the side of the track, heralding a major milestone in the national deployment of cutting-edge digital technology

£1.7 million invested into station improvements across UK’s largest railway network

14 May 2025 09:53

Some £1.7 million has been allocated to improve stations across the country’s largest railway network – following a bumper year of projects at stations across London and the south east.

Reminder: Digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend

12 May 2025 14:29

Network Rail has issued the following press release about engineering works taking place this weekend between London and Peterborough/Royston, affecting Thameslink and Great Northern journeys.
Thameslink and Great Northern passengers are being reminded that no trains will travel to and from London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend (17-18 May) as work to transform East Coast Main Line contin

Victoria station’s historic ceramic rail maps restored for generations to come

12 May 2025 11:10

Historic hand-painted ceramic rail maps that once lay hidden behind an old news stand at the entrance to London’s Grade II listed Victoria station, have been restored, helping mark the national celebration of the birth of the modern railway

Multi-million-pound bridge replacement in Bedfordshire to begin next week

7 May 2025 14:00

Harlington station is set to go through a significant transformation as work begins to replace its ageing footbridge with a modern structure designed to last for 120 years

UK’s top former athletes mentor West Sussex youngsters to tackle ASB

6 May 2025 09:22

Some of Britain’s top former athletes have been mentoring young people from across West Sussex, providing them with a positive role model to help reduce antisocial behaviour in local communities and at railway stations

Lifts for Leatherhead!

30 April 2025 13:09

It's now far easier to switch between platforms at Leatherhead thanks to a new footbridge with lifts

Major digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston

24 April 2025 13:45

Thameslink and Great Northern passengers are being urged to plan ahead as no trains will travel to and from London King’s Cross over a weekend in May for East Coast Main Line transformation work.

Transport planning under way to deliver Brighton & Hove Pride 2025

10 April 2025 12:27

Govia Thameslink Railway is planning to help the thousands of festivalgoers travel safely to and from Brighton & Hove Pride this year

TEN DAYS TO GO: Passengers urged to plan ahead this Easter as essential engineering work takes place across south London, East Kent and East Sussex

9 April 2025 13:35

Network Rail and train operators in the south east are urging passengers to plan ahead over the Easter period as a major programme of railway upgrades in south London, Kent and Sussex are delivered.

Rail firm creates 100 ‘Homes for Nature’ at stations across vast network

8 April 2025 09:50

One hundred ‘Homes for Nature’ have been created at railway stations across the vast Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern network to increase biodiversity and protect the one in six species now under threat of extinction in the UK

ONE WEEK TO GO: Major engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays

4 April 2025 10:26

Buses will be running in place of Southern trains between Havant and Southampton Central for one week during the Easter break

Changes to train services as Midland Main Line improvements progress over next two weekends

3 April 2025 13:57

Buses will replace trains between Luton and West Hampstead Thameslink stations on the Midland Main Line this weekend and next (5-6 April and 12-13 April) while Network Rail continues electrification improvement work