Thameslink and Great Northern are advising people travelling to events by train over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend to plan their journey in advance, re-check before setting off, and allow extra time to get there and back.
[Re-issued with photographs] The Department for Transport has issued the following press release about the completion of a new platform at Stevenage station ]:
Passengers to benefit from a £40 million investment in Stevenage train station.
- dedicated fifth platform and track at Stevenage station will enable more frequent and reliable services
- £40 million project, delivered over a year
In his day job, Lee Southgate drives Great Northern trains for Govia Thameslink Railway as a shunter. But in his own time, he has been volunteering as an emergency ambulance crew member working alongside frontline paramedics.
More than 4,170 pairs of socks were donated at stations across the Govia Thameslink Railway network on Thursday 5th December, to support six key homeless shelters across the route.
Sock collections took place at train stations across the network, as selected homeless charities and Govia Thameslink Railway – the UK’s largest rail network – joined forces to give those sleeping rough a new pair of
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.
Stevenage colleagues have raised £830 for a worthwhile cause by following in the footsteps of Mary Berry.
A grandmother was given a special farewell at Stevenage station as she retired following a railway career spanning nearly 30 years.
Commuters from Hitchin and Stevenage will have 50% more fast trains to King’s Cross by the end of 2018 and new services across central London stopping at Farringdon (for Crossrail and Heathrow), and London Bridge (for Canary Wharf).
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.