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Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is a train operating company, operating the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail franchise in England. Within the franchise, GTR runs the Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Gatwick Express airport services.
For Global Railway Review, OIy Turner, Head of ERTMS for Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), explains the importance of the first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar being upgraded with ETCS in-cab signalling and details GTR's involvement with the East Coast Digital Programme.
GTR has completed the first tranche of Southern's fleet modernisation project to bring better on-board facilities for passengers.
Passengers with luggage at Gatwick Airport railway station will now find accessibility easier as new extra-wide ticket gate lines open as part of the station upgrade project.
Gatwick Airport station has introduced free Wi-Fi to enhance the station experience for passengers.
On 7 and 8 November 2022, Global Railway Review will host our Digital Rail event; this year taking place in-person at London’s Twickenham Stadium. Industry experts and supporters of rail’s digital transformation – from the likes of Network Rail, SNCF Réseau, SBB, Green Cargo and the UIC – will all…
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 24-28 October 2022.
GTR has sent its first Class 387/1 Great Northern train to be retrofit with ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme.
Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 17-21 October 2022.
Alstom have signed a train support services contract with Govia Thameslink Railway worth approximately £256 million.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has passed the comprehensive National Equality Standard (NES) for its internal diversity and inclusion policies.
Network Rail have started a £30 million investment to reduce congestion on platforms and at ticket gates at London Victoria station.
SWR have announced that Stuart Meek, former Operations Director for the Go-Ahead Group, will be the new COO.
ORR figures have found that 990 million journeys were made in Britain over the last year, a huge increase from 2020-21 where only 388 million journeys were made.
Additional barcode readers have been installed at ticket gates to help make travel easier and quicker for passengers.
The testing of new digital signalling on the Northern City Line will reduce delays and enable a more reliable service for passengers.
