The Mayor of Croydon, Councillor Maddie Henson, unveiled a stunning 35-metre-long mural outside East Croydon station yesterday [22 April]. Featuring the area’s name, it creates a dramatic welcome for Southern and Thameslink passengers emerging from the station.
The huge artwork was commissioned by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), parent company of Southern and Thameslink, at the suggestion of lo
Rail passengers will be able to socially distance more easily, helping prevent the spread of Covid-19, by using smartphone eTickets at 14 more stations on the Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink network.
Parent company Govia Thameslink Railway this month completes a two-year project which allows passengers to scan eTickets at 60 stations bought via their OnTrack apps or we
Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink will be adding 1,000 extra services per week from 16 May as coronavirus restrictions ease further across the UK. To help plan their journeys and get the latest information on how busy train services are, passengers can check ahead at www.nationalrail.co.uk before they travel.
Steve White, Chief Operating Officer of parent operator Govia Thameslink Railway
With a summer of staycations on the cards and Brits looking for new places to explore, Southern is launching a timely new partnership with outdoor walking and hiking app, AllTrails.
Lockdowns and restrictions across the country over the past year have led to more people walking and discovering the beauty of their local area. It comes as no surprise that 2020 recorded a surge in those t
New Accessible Travel Policy sees disabled passengers help train colleagues across Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express, to create a more accessible railway
Customer service teams at Britain’s biggest rail franchise have pledged to make travelling by train easier for millions of people who need help and assistance when they return to the railway in the coming weeks and month
All 235 GTR stations will have a smart water meter by this summer
Constant monitoring and leak alerts could save 40 million litres a year – 130,000 baths or 174 million cups of tea
GTR’s station improvement programme will also save water by creating wildflower areas
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced on World Water Day [Monday 22 March] that it will install smart water meters at all
There’s cause for celebration in Goring today as residents mark 175 years of their local train station, which was first opened on 16th March 1846. The coastal West Sussex station provides rail passengers with links to nearby Littlehampton and Hove, as well as further afield Brighton and London Victoria.
Southern operates all services running through the station, which prior to Covid-19, served
Railway community partnership creates art gallery in platform shelter
Southern displays work of local artists inspired by station’s rural environment
Transformation is among hundreds of community projects in train company’s multimillion-pound station improvement programme
A partnership between local community groups and Southern Railway has created a surprising artwork installation at Penshurs
Network Rail have issued the following press release about the repair and redecoration of Oxted Viaduct:
A vital project to protect the future of the railway from Oxted in Surrey to Uckfield and East Grinstead in Sussex continues with important bridge repairs and a new lick of paint.
Since summer 2020 we've been working on a major refurbishment of the 140-year-old Oxted Viaduct, which ca
Southern Railway have converted an early-Victorian storage hut at Burgess Hill station into a comfortable new waiting room
The 180-year-old brick hut was the station’s original main building
The waiting room displays award-winning landscape photography
Passengers using Burgess Hill station can now shelter in comfort in a smart new waiting room, converted from a hut that once formed the origina
Network Rail have issued the following press release about engineering work planned for the Easter weekend:
Network Rail will use Sunday 4 and Monday 5 April over the Easter weekend to continue upgrading Gatwick Airport station which is open for travel, to improve future journeys for passengers.
Work on improving Gatwick Airport station will continue with the installation of five lifts w
The UK’s biggest rail franchise is offering twice-weekly rapid lateral flow tests to its colleagues who can’t work from home. It’s part of a Government scheme to help stem the spread of Covid-19 and give added reassurance to staff, as well as passengers when they return to the railway.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), operator of Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express, has set
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