Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway are asking passengers to plan ahead and check before they travel over the weekend of Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 January as engineers are set to carry out upgrades to improve the reliability of the railway between London, Gatwick Airport, and the south coast.
Southern has helped a teenage rail enthusiast with Muscular Dystrophy build back his confidence while travelling by train
GTR has confirmed there will be an enhanced service plan to support visitors to Brighton & Hove Pride from Friday 5th until Sunday 7th August
Rail operator’s recycling facility has processed 190 tonnes in the last six months
Today, on Global Recycling Day (18 March), Rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced a 90% recycling rate thanks to its successful partnership with waste management start-up, The Green Block.
Since the installation of a Mobile Segregation Unit (MSU) at Brighton station in September 2021, the
Network Rail have issued the following press release about major projects on the Brighton Main Line in the first quarter of 2022:
Network Rail engineers will use a nine-day closure of the Brighton Main Line in February next year, to deliver an £11m junction renewal near Haywards Heath and build a new underpass at Hassocks.
As a result of the work, the railway between Three Bridges, Brighton
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is aiming to increase Brighton station’s recycling rates to 95% with a new waste unit
Essential engineering work which will affect Southern train services between Brighton and Hove from Saturday 18 September until Friday 1 October
Southern Railway have donated over 50 bikes abandoned on their network to two community cycle workshops in Brighton.
Brighton Bike Hub, based just off Lewes Road, and Cranks, in Kemptown, are not-for-profit workshops who aim to promote and provide affordable cycling. They refurbish and recycle bikes and parts for sale at low prices, and offer space and advice for DIY repairs and maintenance.
The railway between Three Bridges, Brighton and Lewes will close for nine days from Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 February 2022, to deliver track replacement work and build a new underpass
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
Thanks to generous donations at Bedford and Brighton stations, a total of 822meals have been given to those desperately in need, following a six-week community pilot scheme from Govia Thameslink Railway and UK charity, The Trussell Trust.
The Railway Food Collection is a partnership between Govia Thameslink Railway and local food banks that aims to encourage members of the public, as well as ra
Govia Thameslink Railway has partnered with Bedford Foodbank and The Black & Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (BMECP) Food Bank in Brighton to launch a community pilot, encouraging members of the public and railway staff to make food donations at new collection points at Brighton and Bedford.
Following the widespread impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, food banks across the country have s
A long-serving Brighton railway worker has been given a send-off to remember by 100 colleagues past and present.
A 'roving reporter' travelled from Cambridge to Brighton to promote the Cows about Cambridge art trail, of which Thameslink is the Official Travel Partner.
Thameslink has announced that it will increase weekend train services between Cambridge and Brighton from this spring.
Santa swapped his sleigh for a Thameslink train to give deserving families a magical fun-packed journey at the weekend.
More than 4,170 pairs of socks were donated at stations across the Govia Thameslink Railway network on Thursday 5th December, to support six key homeless shelters across the route.
Sock collections took place at train stations across the network, as selected homeless charities and Govia Thameslink Railway – the UK’s largest rail network – joined forces to give those sleeping rough a new pair of
Trains used on Southern and Gatwick Express routes have picked up three medals for reliability. Rail industry ‘Golden Spanner’ awards were given to trains used on suburban services in south London and Surrey as well as those between Uckfield and London Bridge, Eastbourne and Ashford, and Brighton, Gatwick and Victoria.
Brighton railway workers who served their country have been remembered thanks to an ambitious research project by a mother-of-two.
Twenty-five homeless people and individuals living below the poverty line enjoyed an uplifting day out at the seaside thanks to Thameslink.
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