Ahead of Brighton and Hove Pride 2025, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have announced that they will be enhancing their services for the event.

The Pride event, which runs on the 2nd and 3rd August, has had organisers and Govia Thameslink Railway planning since the start of the year.

During the event, GTR will be running additional trains with extra carriages to allow more people to safely travel by train.

On the 2nd August, 12 carriage services will be running between London Bridge and Brighton and all Gatwick Express services running between London Victoria and Brighton.

Those travelling along the coastal routes will also benefit from extra carriages.

For the 3rd August, as smaller attendance is expected, a normal timetabled service will run; however, there will be extra carriages on trains at peak times.

They advise those attending to plan ahead, leave extra time and be patient as people may not be able to get on the first train back out of Brighton.

The rainbow queuing system will also be in place, meaning that:

• The green queue will lead to the East Coastway for trains towards Lewes, Seaford and Eastbourne.
• The purple queue will be for West Coastway services towards Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing and Chichester.
• And the blue queue will be for trains on the Brighton Main Line heading up to Haywards Heath, Gatwick Airport and London.

Further information can be found online.

“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.”

Jenny Saunders, Customers Services Director at GTR