Thameslink and Stevenage FC continue Academy partnership for 12th year
Great Northern and Thameslink is providing Academy apprentices with free rail travel on its network to get to training sessions, school and college
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Could your rail route claim the title of Britain’s most life-changing station?
Passengers of Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink are being encouraged to put forward what they consider to be the most life-changing local station for national recognition in the World Cup of Stations 2025
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Folk legend writes song about Thameslink’s oldest station worker, 85
Multi-award-winning singer-songwriter, folk ‘legend’ Richard Thompson OBE has written a song about Thameslink’s oldest employee, 85-year-old Elstree & Borehamwood station assistant Siggy Cragwell BEM. It is being aired on national radio this week
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Plan ahead message to passengers as digital signalling work affects August bank holiday journeys
Passengers are advised of digital signalling work affecting journeys on the East Coast Main Line on the August bank holiday weekend.
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Rail Minister celebrates first ‘no signals’ commuter railway
Rail Minister Lord Hendy today celebrated the recent achievement of the Great Northern ‘Northern City Line’ becoming the country’s first commuter railway to operate without signals at the side of the track
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GTR carries passengers in 717 using updated version of ETCS
Govia Thameslink Railway has run its first Class 717 Great Northern train in passenger service using an updated specification of the in-cab digital signalling software, European Train Control System
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Thameslink and Great Northern London journeys via Finsbury Park affected on one Sunday in June as digital signalling upgrades continue
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
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Community organisations in London and Surrey benefit from half-million-pound railway fund
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.
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Great Northern route to City of London transformed into UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
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
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£1.7 million invested into station improvements across UK’s largest railway network
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.
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Reminder: Digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend
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 -
Major digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston
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.
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Stevenage FC Foundation and train firm GTR launch Step Up programme to keep kids engaged in education
Stevenage Football Club’s official charity Stevenage FC Foundation, supported by Thameslink and Great Northern, has launched a 12-week pilot with the town’s secondary schools that, if successful, could transform the lives of disengaged teenagers who are at risk of exclusion
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Green-fingered managers spruce up station green spaces
Managers from Thameslink and Great Northern’s infrastructure team put on their gardening gloves to give New Southgate and Potters Bar stations a makeover as part of their team awayday
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Your words are a life-saving kit say Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Network Rail in support of Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign
Your words are a life-saving kit say Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Network Rail in support of Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign
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GTR offers 9,000 train tickets for children to celebrate bicentenary of rail at historic Bluebell Railway
Britain’s biggest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), is giving away 9,000 train tickets to schoolchildren to visit a series of educational workshops at the Bluebell Railway, to celebrate 200 years of train travel
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Win free rail travel with GTR as rail operator launches exciting social media competition
Following last year’s success, the exciting social media competition from Southern, Thameslink, and Great Northern—run by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)—is back to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway.
The contest, dubbed Destination Dash, will see 10 lucky winners each receive free travel with a point-to-point return journey of up to 200 miles on Thameslink, Southern, or Great Northern se -
GTR’s 717 passes ETCS software upgrade test with flying colours
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), with Siemens Mobility, has successfully upgraded one of its Class 717 Great Northern trains to the latest specification of the in-cab digital signalling, European Train Control System (ETCS)
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Govia Thameslink Railway brings in extra trains in readiness for improved December timetable
An additional fleet of 30 modern trains will help Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) give its Great Northern and Thameslink passengers faster journeys from key destinations, better connections at the end of the year, and more space for passengers where it’s needed most
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GTR recycles uniforms saving up to thousands of kilograms of greenhouse gases entering atmosphere
Uniforms worn by staff at the country’s largest train company have helped save energy and prevent emissions
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