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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Teachers swap classrooms for railways to help students
Teachers swapped their classrooms for the railway to help students plan for the future. The teachers from St Anthony's School, in Chichester, and St John's College, in Brighton, took part in a one-day work experience with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). This was part of the teacher encounters programme, run by the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Careers Hub in partnership with Pathway CTM. The programme aims to bridge the gap between education and industry by placing teachers directly into workplaces that can offer further education opportunities for their students. The teachers were given a behind-the-scenes look at Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) on May 14. They were introduced to a wide range of career opportunities within the rail industry, from operations and customer experience to engineering. The day also included a trip to London Blackfriars, where the teachers took part in networking and got to try out GTR's train driver simulator. They also took part in an interactive question and answer session to learn more about the company's structure, culture, and career progression.
BBC News
24-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Thameslink invests £1.7m into network to improve railway stations
A rail operator is making £1.7m of upgrades to stations across its network in the South Thameslink Railway (GTR), which has 236 stations on its network spanning across Kent, Sussex, Surrey, London and areas north of London including Peterborough and Cambridge, said the funds allowed it to make a "raft of improvements".The funding has been provided by the Department for Transport (DfT) to improve passenger experience when the upgrades GTR is making is the introduction of 3D maps at 10 more stations, including Redhill, Three Bridges, Haywards Heath and Eastbourne. The maps allow disabled passengers to travel with "more independence" and help them to identify staircases, lifts, and ticket gates on bespoke aerial maps of interactive screens have also been installed at five stations, including Brighton and Gatwick feature a British Sign Language departure board, to help passengers with hearing loss to understand station announcements and navigate improvements include more secure bike parking at Chichester station, preparation for a second ticket gate line at Worthing station and two new heritage-style shelters at Lewes station. Louis Rambaud, chief customer officer for Govia Thameslink Railway, said: "These funds help us to deliver our goal of creating great journeys every day."We take pride in the environments in and around our stations, and want them to be welcoming, safe and comfortable for all."
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Construction begins on £7.9m station footbridge
Construction work have begun on a new £7.9m footbridge which will connect platforms at a railway station. The bridge over the Midland Mainline at Harlington Station, Bedfordshire, will be completed by next spring and has been designed to last for more than a century, Network Rail said. It will replace an older bridge which has recently shown signs of corrosion. Most of the work will happen during the day, but some construction will take place at night in June which may cause disruption to the train timetable, Network Rail added. Harlington Station has had the same footbridge, with upgrades, since it was opened by the Midland Railway in 1868. While the footbridge is being replaced, Network Rail said its teams would also deliver "crucial" upgrades to the station, which included works on the platform surfaces and yellow lines. The lower section of Harlington Station's car park will be closed to accommodate construction facilities during the project. Shak Munshi, a project manager for Network Rail, said: "This significant investment will provide passengers with a modern, reliable footbridge. "We apologise for any inconvenience this work may cause to passengers' journeys and are grateful for their patience while this essential upgrade takes place." Jenny Saunders, the customer services director at Govia Thameslink Railway, said: "Harlington is a busy car park. So to help motorists, anyone with a monthly, quarterly or annual season ticket will be able to use the car parks at Leagrave and Luton stations at no additional cost." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Lifts to be installed at 'inaccessible' Flitwick station Government urged to improve 'embarrassing' station Network Rail Thameslink East Midlands Railway
BBC News
12-05-2025
- BBC News
Construction begins on new £7.9m Harlington Station footbridge
Construction work have begun on a new £7.9m footbridge which will connect platforms at a railway bridge over the Midland Mainline at Harlington Station, Bedfordshire, will be completed by next spring and has been designed to last for more than a century, Network Rail will replace an older bridge which has recently shown signs of corrosion. Most of the work will happen during the day, but some construction will take place at night in June which may cause disruption to the train timetable, Network Rail added. Harlington Station has had the same footbridge, with upgrades, since it was opened by the Midland Railway in the footbridge is being replaced, Network Rail said its teams would also deliver "crucial" upgrades to the station, which included works on the platform surfaces and yellow lines. The lower section of Harlington Station's car park will be closed to accommodate construction facilities during the project. Shak Munshi, a project manager for Network Rail, said: "This significant investment will provide passengers with a modern, reliable footbridge."We apologise for any inconvenience this work may cause to passengers' journeys and are grateful for their patience while this essential upgrade takes place."Jenny Saunders, the customer services director at Govia Thameslink Railway, said: "Harlington is a busy car park. So to help motorists, anyone with a monthly, quarterly or annual season ticket will be able to use the car parks at Leagrave and Luton stations at no additional cost." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
