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  • 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
  • The UK's most dangerous train habits – and the comedian on a mission to stop them

    The new film with TV’s Diane Morgan shows how to travel safe and aims to put a stop to slips, trips and falls
    UK’s largest rail operator releases first-ever rail safety video starring Diane Morgan The video aims to reduce the 800 preventable injuries that happen across its network every year
    Two people are injured every day at train stations because they take risks running for trains,

  • Brighton student team wins with green plans at Parliament

    Four students from the University of Sussex in Brighton took their sustainability project all the way to the Houses of Parliament, with a little help from the Head of Environment at Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express

    Students and MPs at the Houses of Parliament
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