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Boosted train service in place for Brighton & Hove Pride 2025 |
As the excitement builds for Brighton & Hove Pride 2025, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) – which operates train services in and out of the city – has confirmed there will be an enhanced service to support visitors on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August. Alongside the event organisers, emergency services and the local council, GTR has been planning for the UK’s biggest Pride event since the start of the year and will be running additional trains with extra carriages on many services. This will provide increased capacity to help people travel safely to the many different events held across the city throughout the weekend. On Saturday 2 August, all Thameslink services between London Bridge and Brighton will run with 12 carriage trains, as will all Gatwick Express services running between London Victoria and Brighton. Trains running along the coastal routes East and West in and out of Brighton will also have additional carriages, to provide more room. There’ll also be additional trains to help with the crowds at the busiest times. On Sunday 3 August with smaller attendance figures expected than the Saturday, GTR will operate a regular timetabled service, but will run many trains with extra carriages to provide additional capacity for those who might be travelling to or from the city that day. Jenny Saunders, Customers Services Director at GTR, said: “We’re really proud to support Brighton & Hove Pride. Since the start of the year my team has been working flat out with the event organisers and our partners to plan and deliver another safe and reliable service for festivalgoers. “We are also reminding passengers to be patient and courteous to other travellers and railway staff, who will be going above and beyond to make sure everyone gets to and from the event safely. Even though we’ll be running longer and extra trains, with so many people expected to travel our services will be much busier than usual during Pride, so passengers should allow plenty of time to travel, especially for the return home.” Paul Kemp, Managing Director Brighton Hove Pride, said: “We welcome the news that GTR will again be providing additional train services over the Pride weekend, which becomes especially relevant if it is a hot weekend and day trippers boost visitor numbers. We have had many months of planning meetings with GTR and are grateful to the whole team for committing time and effort to plan the best possible services over the anticipated busy Pride weekend. Train services into our city are essential for tourism all year round, as well as for the future success of Pride. We are really excited to be working closely with GTR and expect this year to be one of the best.” With little over two weeks until one of the largest Pride events GTR is providing advice for those planning to attend Brighton & Hove Pride:
Once again. GTR is bringing back its rainbow queueing system at Brighton station. The colour-coded guidance helps customers to identify the correct route as they head out of Brighton after a day of fun and dazzling events.
There’ll be plenty of signs and lots of staff to help ensure rail passengers are in the right queue. As with previous Pride events, Preston Park station and London Road (Brighton) station will be closed all weekend to help manage crowds safely. Travel information can be found on the Pride section of the Southern and Thameslink websites to help customers plan their journeys, and there’s also useful information on the Pride Travel page.
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Boosted train service in place for Brighton & Hove Pride 2025
Govia Thameslink Railway will run additional services and longer trains to transport crowds to and from the event
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