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Upgrading signalling in the tunnels of the Northern City Line

16 November 2021 11:11

Going digital – major improvements this month and over Christmas on London’s Northern City Line

The Northern City Line to Moorgate will be closed for signalling improvements on three weekends and at Christmas

Digital signalling and train control is coming to Great Northern's the Moorgate line - picture by Network Rail

8 June 2021 15:09

Weekend service changes on Northern City Line as major project to create UK’s first intercity digital railway continues

Great Northern passengers on the Northern City Line will enjoy more reliable journeys by summer next year but there will be closures this summer for engineering work

Major line upgrade means no trains in or out of King's Cross this weekend

16 June 2020 11:53

Major line upgrade means trains from Peterborough and Cambridge will not run into King's Cross, Moorgate or St Pancras on 20/21 June

Passengers urged not to travel during latest phase of £1.2 billion upgrade by Network Rail Great Northern and Thameslink services from Peterborough and Cambridge will not run in or out of King’s Cross, St Pancras or Moorgate
Network Rail, with Great Northern and Thameslink, are urging passengers not to travel between Peterborough or Cambridge and London on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, as t

Subterranean spring-clean: Network Rail's powerful dust extractor has cleaned the 17km Northern City Line tunnels

21 May 2020 10:32

Done and dusted: Network Rail and GTR complete transformation of Northern City Line

Passengers who need to travel in and out of Moorgate station can now enjoy a smarter, cleaner, brighter route thanks to a six-month programme of track renewal, station redecoration and intense cleaning through the Northern City Line tunnels and stations.

Crowds gathered at Hertford North station to see the Class 313. MORE IMAGES AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD BELOW

24 October 2019 13:57

Rail tour brings in £10,000 for special causes

Passengers and railway colleagues have raised £10,000 for charity with a special farewell rail tour to mark the retirement of the venerable Class 313 train from Great Northern, after 42 years in service.

Old meets new: Old Class 313s have been replaced with new Class 717s on the Moorgate route as GTR completes its £2bn rolling stock programme

1 October 2019 11:31

Great Northern completes £240m train fleet renewal for Herts passengers

UK’s oldest electric carriages replaced, giving passengers to Moorgate modern trains with air-conditioning and Wi-Fi

30 April 2019 12:21

GTR spruces up Northern City Line platforms

The sub-surface platforms of Moorgate, Old Street, Essex Road and Highbury & Islington are being improved

Old and new: Retired driver Ian Twells and modern day driver Zornitsa Tsankova at the launch of the new Moorgate train

25 March 2019 15:51

Britain’s oldest electric trains replaced with £240m new fleet

For the first time in 40 years, passengers are riding on new trains in the tunnels to London Moorgate, as Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) begins to replace mainland Britain’s oldest electric rail fleet

Driver Michael DeVries and passenger Samantha Radford at Gordon Hill on the first new Moorgate train in passenger service

1 October 2018 12:42

Passengers given first glimpse of new trains set to transform Great Northern suburban service

Great Northern have given passengers on its suburban route a sneak preview of their new £240 million air-conditioned train fleet

Great Northern's new Moorgate fleet is under test in Germany

4 May 2018 13:43

Siemens tests new Great Northern trains for Hertfordshire-Moorgate services

A £200 million fleet of brand new trains for Great Northern services between Hertfordshire and Moorgate has passed an important milestone with over half of the 150 carriages now manufactured.

27 March 2018 11:53

Easter rail services with Great Northern

Passengers asked to check before they travel

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