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GTR – a railway franchise formed to transform passenger services

9 December 2015 | By Charles Horton, Chief Executive Officer, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is now Britain’s biggest rail franchise – carrying 237 million passenger journeys a year and earning the Department for Transport (DfT) £1.3 billion in annual passenger revenue. Operating over 3,200 services every weekday, plus managing 236 stations and including 6,800 staff, the business oversees four different…

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Southern announces capital funding preferred supplier

1 October 2014 | By Porterbrook Leasing

UK train operator Southern has recently announced Porterbrook Leasing as its preferred supplier to provide capital funding for the new Class 387/1 vehicles as provided under the contract with Bombardier Transportation UK Limited as entered into in July 2013...

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Procurement of New Rolling Stock

15 November 2012 | By Southern

"I am pleased that Southern is able to assist the Department in introducing additional capacity. The potential new order for 116 carriages will be exciting news for train manufacturers..."