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All City of London route trains are now digitally signalled

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November 13, 2024
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All Great Northern trains to Moorgate in the City of London are now controlled by digital signalling technology using the European Train Control System.

Public safety reasons means early closure for East Sussex station this November

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October 30, 2024
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Govia Thameslink Railway has advised passengers that Rye railway station will close early on Saturday, November 9th, for public safety reasons. The station will close…

East Sussex store is ‘first’ for Auntie Annes

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October 27, 2024
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On Tuesday, 22nd October, the global pretzel chain Auntie Anne’s opened its first store in a UK railway station at Brighton in East Sussex.

Govia Thameslink Railway to hire engineering apprentices

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October 23, 2024
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Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is recruiting its 2025 intake of apprentice engineers.

Smartphone app will provide guidance for visually impaired customers around railway stations

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October 18, 2024
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An app to enhance accessibility for visually impaired passengers is being rolled out by Govia Thameslink Railway to all railway stations that it manages.

Railway staff join Great British Beach Clean in East Sussex

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September 29, 2024
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As part of the nationwide 10-day-long Great British Beach Clean initiative, 41 members of staff from Thameslink and Southern volunteered to take part in a cleanup of Brighton Beach.

South London train services cancelled this Half Term

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September 28, 2024
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Signalling upgrades to affect South London services this October Half Term

Sussex railway station renamed in honour of Paralympic medallist

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September 25, 2024
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The railway station at Brighton in East Sussex has been temporarily renamed in honour of one of Britain’s youngest ever Paralympians, Bly Twomey.

Six Hertfordshire and North London stations open ‘homes for nature’

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September 23, 2024
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Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and the Bee Friendly Trust have completed more than twenty ‘homes for nature’ at six Great Northern stations: Bayford, Cuffley, Grange Park, Hadley Wood, New Barnet and New Southgate.

South London trains set to be disrupted

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September 10, 2024
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Train services in South London will be suspended for one week at the end of October affecting parts of National Rail and London Overground lines.