Two Govia Thameslink Railway station assistants at the opposite ends of their careers have each won a major national rail award for their outstanding contribution in helping passengers, while Southern Railway was highly commended in the category Passenger Operator of the Year, and GTR for the introduction of more than 1,500 new carriages worth over £2bn.
Thameslink's Siggy Cragwell, aged 80, ha
Recruitment of young people is vital to avert a skills crisis across the UK, according to new research from The Prince’s Trust and Govia Thameslink Railway released today.
Railway colleagues have smashed their fundraising target for a youth charity after a series of events, including a team taking part in a 90-mile cycle ride.
Twenty-two Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) workers from Stevenage, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Royston, London and Croydon are hoping to raise over £5,000 for The Prince’s Trust after seeing first-hand how the organisation helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds get into work.
London. September 23. Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s largest rail operator, and young people’s charity, The Prince’s Trust, have today announced that their Get into Railways training programme has generated £1.6 million of social benefit [see editor's note] to UK society over the last five years.
Stevenage colleagues have raised £830 for a worthwhile cause by following in the footsteps of Mary Berry.
Emotions ran high as 12 young people were offered jobs by Govia Thameslink Railway after successfully completing a four-week work experience scheme run in partnership with The Prince’s Trust.
Govia Thameslink Railway has offered eight young people jobs with Thameslink and Southern Railway after they graduated on Monday from a four-week work experience programme run in partnership with The Prince’s Trust.
GTR gives 10 out-of-work youngsters a job
Six young people from London Bridge, Streatham Hill and East Croydon hoping to get a foothold on the employment ladder, have been given a job by Southern after graduating from a scheme the rail company runs with the Prince of Wales' charity, The Prince's Trust.
Five young people from Flitwick, Leagrave, Luton and Cricklewood, hoping to get a foothold on the employment ladder, have been given a job by Thameslink after graduating from a scheme the rail company runs with the Prince of Wales' charity, The Prince's Trust.
Five young people from Cambridge, St Neots, Stevenage, Potters Bar and Hertford North, hoping to get a foothold on the employment ladder, have been given a job by Great Northern after graduating from a scheme the rail company runs with the Prince of Wales' charity, The Prince's Trust.