Southern has announced that 12 trains have rebranded with the colours of the rainbow as Govia Thameslink Railway joins Brighton & Hove in celebrating Pride 2018 this weekend.
Staff will also be joining in the spirit and dressing up and wearing glitter.
Govia Thameslink Railway expects Brighton station to be busy so there will be colour-coded queues in the spirit of the event to help people board the right train. GTR will be running longer trains were possible to cater for the influx of passengers.
Station assistants will be keeping passengers hydrated with bottles of water.
Preston Park station will be closed all day Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 August and London Road station will also be closed from 12 noon on Saturday and all day on Sunday.
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What did the officials say?
Brighton Station Manager Graham Thrower said:
“There is a real feeling of anticipation at the station. Staff have been working hard behind the scenes to get ready, and will be joining in by dressing up and wearing glitter. We're looking forward to a fantastic weekend and wish all our passengers a happy and safe Pride.”
GTR's diversity champion and Operations Learning Manager Polly McGillivray will be celebrating at the festival. She said:
”Pride is such an important celebration. Personally, I have been very fortunate to be working with a company that wants to celebrate diversity with its employees and the LGBTQ+ community and understands the importance of Pride.”'
Paul Kemp of Brighton & Hove Pride CIC said:
“We are expecting record numbers of people travelling from all over the UK and from around the world to attend Brighton & Hove Pride this year and we thank GTR for their work to support Pride and for their preparations to ensure everyone attending Brighton Pride can get in and out of the city with the minimum of disruption.”
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Hopefully there won’t be any delays on Southern and Thameslink during the event. But well done Southern for supporting the Brighton & Hove pride 2018.