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  • Holidaymakers heading to Gatwick and Luton airports urged to travel safely

    Holidaymakers travelling to Gatwick and Luton airports this summer by train are being urged to travel safely, as thousands more passengers head away on their summer breaks.
    Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR), which operates Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink services to both airports, is reminding customers to allow extra time for their journeys and to take extra care when travelling with l

  • From bed to 'boarding now' - Gatwick Express taps into pyjama travel trend with new early morning and overnight trains

    Gatwick Express is introducing a new summer timetable from 18th July, helping customers make early and late flight connections to and from London The operator is encouraging travellers to embrace pyjama travel, which Gen Z are leading the way on - over a third admit to travelling to the airport in their sleepwear The additional trains join a host of other customer improvements this summer, includ

  • Clean air policy is no idle concept

    On the eve of Clean Air Day, Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR) is urging motorists to heed new ‘No idling’ signs put up at stations and car parks across its vast network.

    A sign advising motorists 'No idling - turn engine off'
  • Small station improvements mark big £3.4m investment to improve train journeys

    A raft of small improvements across railway stations in London, the South East, along with Beds, Herts and Cambs have been completed by train operators Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern.
    More than £1.7 million has been invested into projects improving stations across the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern network in the past year, with an additional £1.7 million secured for future im

    A grid showing images of improvements at Blackfriars, Essex Road, Royston and Rye railway stations
  • GTR services enter public ownership

    From today (31 May 2026), GTR services, operating as Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Gatwick Express will transfer into public ownership and be managed by DfT Operator Limited (DFTO). 
    DFTO is the Government’s rail owning group and delivery partner for its flagship Public Ownership Programme. It is responsible for bringing all the DfT-managed and privately-owned train operators into p

  • GTR supports Brighton Pride for its 35th anniversary

    Rail operator has confirmed it will again be providing an enhanced service for the annual celebrations More trains and extra capacity will help people travel to and from the event safely
    GTR – which runs Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services in and out of Brighton – has confirmed once again that it will have an enhanced train service in place for the return of Pride, which takes

  • New academy trains champions in sustainability at Britain’s biggest rail firm

    Govia Thameslink Railway is marking Earth Day today by establishing a Sustainability Academy for employees. The candidates will champion the principles of an important new Sustainability Strategy, helping embed it across the train operating company that runs Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express

    Hannah Causebrook standing on a station platform
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