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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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Over the next seve
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.
Major rail projects to improve the railway infrastructure in the Cambridgeshire area are planned to be carried out over the autumn months, affecting passenger services via Cambridge station on most weekends.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has strengthened its partnership with the British Transport Police (BTP) for another year by signing a collaboration agreement, committing both organisations to work together towards shared objectives
Govia Thameslink Railway is warning people planning to travel this Friday 1 September that there will be no trains on virtually all Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern routes owing to industrial action by the ASLEF union.
Govia Thameslink Railway recruiting for Level 1 service engineersGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is calling for budding engineers to fill at least 25 vacancies across three of its depots. The company is looking for Level 1 service engineers, which is an entry level role into the field of engineering, to work across Brighton, Battersea and Selhurst depots. Duties will include carrying out re
Govia Thameslink Railway is urging customers intending to travel this Bank Holiday weekend to plan ahead and check their journeys before setting off, as national strike action by the RMT union will mean train services will be limited across the network on Saturday 26 August.
Network Rail has revealed that delays to Southern and Gatwick Express passengers travelling into London Victoria have fallen by 55% following the switch-on of a brand-new signalling system in South London.
Southern Rail is one of the campaign sponsors, working with Wild in Art and Croydon Business Improvement District Families can begin the trail by taking the train to East Croydon An eight-foot giraffe sculpture is set to appear just outside of East Croydon train station as part of a new art trail which will take over Croydon town centre. From Monday 21 August, passengers can see the vibrant g
Great Northern and Thameslink passengers are being reminded to plan ahead and check before they travel if they intend using the East Coast Main Line to and from London over the August Bank Holiday weekend as key engineering work for the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) takes place.
Luton Town legend Mick Harford has swapped the football stadium for life on the rails, taking on the role of station announcer at Luton this week. He’s trying out the new job to celebrate Luton Town’s first ever Premier League match this Saturday. This will be the club’s first game back in the top-flight division for over 30 years, where they will be heading to the other end of the Thameslink
Train operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has agreed contracts with community climate action group Energy Garden to install solar panels at three of its main depots, following a successful trial scheme at Streatham Hill.
Parents are empowered to breastfeed or pump in public in venues across South Cambridgeshire, including Thameslink train services, thanks to a campaign that celebrates its first anniversary.
GTR apologises for impact on customers this Saturday An amended timetable is currently in place due to a national overtime ban by Aslef This continues on Saturday, with no service in Brighton or coastal routes due to safety concerns for Brighton Pride Advice to passengers is check every journey and don’t wait for last trains of the evening An amended timetable has been in place this week acro
GTR apologises for impact on customers this Saturday An amended timetable is currently in place due to a national overtime ban by Aslef This continues on Saturday meaning no late-night trains on Thameslink and Great Northern routes north of London (e.g. Herts, Beds, Cambs and Norfolk) Advice to passengers is check every journey and don’t wait for last trains of the evening An amended timetabl
Public consultations launched by transport watchdogs London TravelWatch and Transport Focus on behalf of rail operators across the country now run until 1 September.
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