Southern provides more trains for next RMT strike
Southern will be providing an additional train service on the Tonbridge/Redhill Line during next week’s 48-hour strike by RMT Conductors, meaning that 62% of the normal timetable will be running.
Engineering work Sunday 20 November
Engineering work is taking place on Sunday 20 November between London Victoria and Clapham Junction closing most lines.
Great Northern and Red Balloon join forces for Anti-Bullying Week
Rail company Great Northern and anti-bullying charity Red Balloon have joined forces to help prevent possible child bullying on stations and trains.
Rail services returning to normal as Luton signalling repair completes
Train services are returning to normal for Thameslink passengers and a full service is in operation on East Midlands Trains this morning (Friday 11 November). Engineers successfully tested and brought into service a new signalling control system after the old one was damaged beyond repair by a power surge.
Signalling repair in Luton making good progress
Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience as engineers continue to fix signalling equipment which was damaged at Luton on Tuesday (8 November). A cable came into contact with the overhead lines, causing a power surge which caused extensive damage to the signalling which controls trains.
Santa bags a bargain fare with Thameslink and Great Northern
Seven-year-old Alfie of Dunstable couldn’t believe his eyes when Santa and his reindeer climbed aboard one of Thameslink’s brand new trains at Bedford station to let the train take the strain out of some early Christmas gift-hunting.
New Thameslink train transforms passenger journeys on suburban route
All aboard – the new Thameslink train (shown here at Blackfriars) has space for all its passengers on the suburban route
RMT determined to cancel Christmas for the travelling public
In response to the latest announcement from the RMT Union a spokesman for Southern said: “Not content with causing months of misery, the RMT has now hit a new low and is determined to cancel Christmas for the travelling public."