Trains of Britain

Review of GTR (Govia Thameslink Railway)

GTR as a franchise has had its ups and downs but o...

GTR as a franchise has had its ups and downs but overall have been fairly successful revitalising transport in the southeast. Their southeastern franchise has done exceptional refurbishment work with the entire electrostar fleet being completely redone. The networkers have also been improved with most being refurbished with new disabled persons features. The Thameslink program introduction was a bit of a disaster at first but now provides an extremely frequent and reliable service through central London and to far reaching destinations. The class 700s are modern spacious and comfortable. The amount of complaints Govia get is really unjustified. Most complaints are one off experiences that are blown completely out of proportion by the customers. Their are many worse franchises operating in this country and people who think nationalisation is a good idea look at the mess that was British rail. A lot of people who complain about the modern British railways like southeastern obviously don t remember how garbage Connex was.

GTR offer a modern fast service that does not deserve the hate it gets. Their trains are clean and comfortable. They offer a wide range of useful routes to many destinations.

Yes I m a railway enthusiast but that doesn t mean I don t have an opinion. After using every company in the uk I can tell you Govia run some of the best.