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  • Pride of the fleet: Thameslink in 2019 repainted one of its Siemens Mobility-built Class 700 trains in the colours of the rainbow to celebrate the rail company’s thriving LGBT+ community

    Thameslink and Siemens Mobility celebrate five years of smarter travel

    Thameslink and Siemens Mobility are this month celebrating five years of passenger service of their state-of-the-art ‘people mover’ Desiro City Class 700 train. The 115-strong fleet has travelled over 58 million miles – nearly halfway to Mars – since June 2016

  • GTR passengers ride UK’s first self-drive mainline train

    GTR passengers ride UK’s first self-drive mainline train

    Services will run at Tube-like frequencies thanks to new technology 12 routes to cross London, speeding up journeys Helps boost capacity by 60,000 passengers in 2019
    MONDAY, 23 MARCH 2018: Govia Thameslink Railway passengers have ridden the UK’s first self-drive mainline train in a major milestone for the industry.
    The Thameslink trains will in future use the technology, developed by Siem

  • Carl Edwards, Station Manager at Brighton and Paul Bradley (Driver Manager) give a thumbs up with train driver Alan Stacey at Brighton Station before the new 12-carriage Thameslink Class 700 departs at Brighton this morning (18 September)

    New cutting-edge trains in full operation across Thameslink route

    All the trains across Thameslink’s entire network are now new Class 700s. ​Passengers travelling between London Bridge, Gatwick Airport and Brighton now have brand new Thameslink trains that are up to three times longer giving more space and more seats.