The following press release was issued by arts education organisation art-K, who have created a mural for Horsham station:
art-K, the leading provider of art classes for children in high street studios across the UK, has unveiled a mural in Horsham train station to commemorate the former Collyer’s headmaster and ‘local legend’ Mr (William) Pirie.
The mural, featuring a donkey sporting the Ho
Network Rail have issued the following press release about recent and forthcoming engineering work between London Victoria and East Croydon stations:
Passengers travelling on the south London lines into London Victoria can look forward to more reliable journeys after Network Rail delivered a bumper programme of upgrades over May and June.
The work continues on Sunday 27 June with more works
Work at Eridge station in East Sussex is underway to provide step-free platform access making the station much easier to use for Southern Rail passengers with mobility issues, older people and parents with young children
Network Rail have issued the following press release about a major programme of improvements to the Arun Valley line:
A multimillion-pound project to upgrade 1980s railway equipment means no trains through Horsham for nine days this summer, and several weekends between July and October
An extra £5m investment was announced today to improve stations, track and signalling
Passengers travelling b
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Great Northern, Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink, and Southeastern have worked together to launch a new online Season Ticket Calculator, providing passengers with greater transparency when it comes to choosing tickets and fares.
The Season Ticket Calculator enables commuters with flexible work schedules to identify and buy the right ticket for
Thousands of Covid-19 testing kits are being offered to staff at Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express to help prevent the spread and give added reassurance to staff and passengers returning to the railway.
From Monday, 31 May, at-home lateral flow testing kits will be made available at stations, depots and offices across Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s largest rail
With restrictions easing and the rules around leisure travel becoming more relaxed, rail operator Southern has been reaching out to local communities to support those with additional needs who may be nervous about using the railway again.
Working with its partner of over five years, The Aldingbourne Trust, Southern has completed pilot sessions at Hove and Arundel stations to re-familiarise pas
GTR installs new and updated RNIB tactile maps at Brighton, Haywards Heath, Three Bridges and Stevenage
Updates are part of annual £700,000 investment to make 33 stations more accessible (list in editor's notes)
Blind and partially sighted passengers will find it easier to navigate four of the busiest stations in Sussex and Hertfordshire now that Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern have
Survey reveals that four in 10 Brits are most looking forward to a change of scenery when they return to rail and that 31% have most-missed scenic landscape views from the train window.
When it comes to getting back to rail travel, Brits are most looking forward to a change of scene (41%) according to a new survey commissioned by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
The top three things passenge
Southern Railway donate bikes abandoned at its stations to Cycling UK
'Build a Bike courses' by Southwark's Community Cycleworks teach young people maintenance skills
15 youngsters will get to keep the bike they renovate
Fifteen young people in south London will learn cycle maintenance skills and earn a renovated bike of their own, thanks to a partnership between Cycling UK and Southern Railwa
Network Rail have issue the following press release about the effects of planned engineering work on Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink services in Kent over the May Bank Holidays:
Network Rail is advising those planning to travel by train over the May Bank Holidays to plan ahead as it prepares to carry out several refurbishment and upgrade projects across Kent and South East London to i
Network Rail have issued the following press release about major engineering work affecting Southern services between London Victoria and East Croydon, and between Shepherds Bush and Clapham Junction, over seven weekends in May and June:
The upgrades in south London will improve reliability on the network while major work to improve accessibility at Gatwick Airport station will make journeys e
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