Great Northern's Northern City Line celebrates one year of no signals
Great Northern's Northern City Line today celebrates one year since its physical lineside signals were removed
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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 -
Could this be London’s most 'looked-at' air quality display?
Southern and Thameslink have joined forces with Imperial College London to highlight air quality issues in south London
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Works start at Peckham Rye station to create more space for passengers
Passengers using one of south London's busiest stations - Peckham Rye - are set to benefit from a package of improvements being delivered by Network Rail and Southern Railway, designed to reduce congestion, improve passenger flow and cater for future growth
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Successful testing of Class 700 train with upgraded digital software
Successful testing at speed has been completed of upgraded digital software on a Thameslink Class 700 unit, preparing the largest passenger fleet on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) for the introduction of in-cab digital signalling
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Save the date and plan ahead as London St Pancras lifts shut for major refurbishment from 15 June
Passengers using the Thameslink platforms at London St Pancras are being advised that step-free access will be temporarily unavailable while major refurbishment work takes place to improve the long-term reliability of the station’s lifts
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Stevenage youngsters primed as tomorrow’s engineers as Thameslink and Great Northern help 100 primary school students design model trains
Model trains built by 100 schoolchildren from across Stevenage have been put to the test by an expert panel of Thameslink and Great Northern judges as part of a programme to encourage the nation’s future engineers.
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Upgrades mean amended rail service between Bedford and London this weekend
Railway improvement work will mean no Thameslink trains running between Bedford and Mill Hill Broadway in north London this weekend (Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 May), while East Midlands Railway (EMR) services will not run south of Bedford
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Squeaky seat-back train tables given the silent treatment
A familiar sound for passengers travelling on trains across London and the South Coast is being given the silent treatment by train operator Southern.
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Official opening marks milestone for Harlington station project
An event has been held to mark the official opening of Harlington station’s new footbridge.
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Survey reveals young adults in Brighton underestimate power and speed of trains – risking their lives on level crossings
Network Rail has issued the following press release after research found overconfidence is putting lives at risk when using railway level crossings in and around Brighton.
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Timetables changing – check before you travel
Train timetables are changing at Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express
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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
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GTR contributes £3.2 billion to the UK economy and supports 40,000 jobs, new report finds
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) delivered a £3.2 billion contribution to the UK economy in 2025, supporting 40,000 jobs, according to a new report by Oxford Economics.
Govia Thameslink Railway is part of the Go-Ahead Group, one of the UK’s largest public transport operators, and the Group contributed £6.4 billion to the UK economy in 2025 and supported 86,900 jobs across the UK, operating bus a -
Harlington station footbridge opens as notice given of weekend of Thameslink train changes
A modern footbridge designed to last 120 years opened today at Harlington station. The old footbridge will be removed during a busy programme of improvement work which will close the tracks between Bedford and Harpenden on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 April
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Spring engineering works to bring smoother journeys for Ely passengers
Passengers travelling through Ely this spring will soon benefit from smoother journeys as essential weekend engineering work to improve reliability takes place on one of the busiest parts of the region’s rail network.
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Save the date and plan ahead as February 2027 work closes railway between Three Bridges and Brighton/Lewes for nine days
Network Rail and train operators are urging passengers to save the date for February half term next year when major engineering work will close a section on the busy Brighton Main Line from Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 February 2027.
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Strong progress on £4.5m upgrade at Stevenage station
A £4.5 million upgrade of canopies and staircase roofs is currently underway at Stevenage station, along with the full renewal of all platform lighting.
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Passengers get up to 5,000 extra seats a day as Southern uses customer feedback to redesign West Coastway timetable and attract people back to rail
New Southern West Coastway train timetable has more frequent trains (with up to 5,000 extra seats a day), that are more punctual and reliable, and with many faster journeys.
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Thameslink fleet set for additional digital upgrade
Industry partners in the transformational East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) have signed a £32.7million contract to upgrade the Class 700 Thameslink fleet to the latest specification of European Train Control System
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