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Longer platforms and improved ticket gates in £10 million boost for passengers to support the Gatwick Airport station upgrade

Passengers from three stations in West and East Sussex can now get on and off the full length of longer Southern trains thanks to platform extensions built by Network Rail and funded by the Department for Transport.

Rail passengers benefit from new platforms at Aldrington station in East Sussex thanks to significant investment

Over £500k has been invested at Aldrington station to improve the platforms; resulting in safer and easier access for passengers to and from trains.

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Sussex and south London passengers advised to check before they travel ahead of August bank holiday weekend

Aug 24, 2020

Network Rail is advising passengers to plan their journeys in advance of the weekend. The majority of services will run as normal but there will be changes on some routes. This programme of work will...

UK’s most operationally challenging railway junction to be unblocked as part of Brighton Main Line proposals

Aug 21, 2020

The flat railway junctions, located to the north of East Croydon station, regularly cause delays to the 1,700 trains that pass through the area each weekday as trains often need to stop to allow others...

Network Rail makeover Hurst Green station in East Sussex which is in the fourth largest Area of Outstanding Beauty

Aug 17, 2020

Hurst Green railway station is on the Oxted line in southern England and serves Hurst Green in Surrey. The area is entirely contained within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is the...

Major construction work at Coulsdon South station, making it accessible for all passengers

Aug 13, 2020

This work is part of the Department for Transport funded Access for All programme which aims to provide obstacle free, accessible routes to and between platforms. More than £300m has been secured to continue with...

Key upgrade work completed at West Wickham in South East London

Aug 4, 2020

West Wickham station serves the borough of Bromley with Southeastern train services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via Lewisham and Hayes. The station was originally built when the branch from the Mid-Kent...

Public response reveals strong support for Network Rail’s Reigate station upgrade proposals

Jul 31, 2020

The proposal includes plans to widen and extend platform 2, creating a third platform to accommodate longer 12-carriage trains terminating at Reigate and turning back towards London. Works could begin as early as 2023, creating...
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