A sign of confidence for the future.  The reconstruction of Gatwick Airport station has begun.

The £150m project has seen many changes at the station already this year, including the closure of platform seven and its return, while demolition work will soon begin on the footbridge and platforms five and six, which are now out of service.

During normal times the station is one of the best connected in the country with main line services to London Victoria, to London Bridge and onwards as far as Bedford and Cambridge.   Easy connections will in the future be made at Farringdon, for the Elizabeth Line, and also St Pancras (not so easy, but also for Kings Cross).

The operators are Southern, Thameslink and Great Western Railway, who also provide regional trains to typically Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, rural Sussex, and Reading via Guilford.

At the present time the Gatwick Express is suspended.

www.govia.info  (Thameslink and Southern Rail)

www.southernrailway.com  www.thameslinkrailway.com

www.gwr.com   www.gatwickairport.com