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“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans

Tuesday 4 Mar 2025
  • Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign launches as over half of UK adults (67%) would appreciate someone checking on them, by offering words of support, if they were struggling to cope
  • London Bridge station hosts ‘The Power of Words’ exhibition – celebrating people who have saved lives by using small talk
  • New campaign film reminds the public that when it comes to saving a life, you already have a life-saving kit available to you – your words
Manny Squared: Award winning Mannys team up to create a rail safety lesson that will never be forgotten as school children head off for their half term break: Big Manny and Manny Kang

Manny Squared: Award winning Mannys team up to create a rail safety lesson that will never be forgotten as school children head off for their half term break

Monday 17 Feb 2025

Tik Tok sensation Big Manny teamed up with Network Rail community safety manager Manny Kang to deliver an informative and interactive rail safety talk to pupils of the King Charles I school in Kidderminster. The session served as a timely reminder for students to stay vigilant and safe around railways, as they approached the half-term holiday.

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Network Rail and Perth High School pupils explore future careers during Scottish Apprenticeship Week

Monday 10 Mar 2025

To celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week, Network Rail teamed up with Perth High School to deliver a workshop aimed at inspiring students to consider a career in the railway industry.

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Passengers top tips ahead of Cheltenham Festival

Monday 10 Mar 2025

Cheltenham Festival-goers travelling by train from Birmingham New Street are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start for 2025.

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Freight is great! The benefits of using freight on the Wales & Borders route

Monday 10 Mar 2025

Rail freight is often unfairly viewed as the second-class citizen of the railway – especially as it’s difficult to argue that almost every single one of us benefits from it in one way or another.

Female freight colleagues take the lead for International Women’s Day: Female freight colleagues take the lead for International Women’s Day

Female freight colleagues take the lead for International Women’s Day

Monday 10 Mar 2025

Network Rail teamed up with freight partners to run a female-led freight train to mark International Women’s Day and inspire the next generation of women to consider a role in rail freight. 

ONE WEEK TO GO: Vital £15m engineering work to close parts of the Cambrian line for 16 days from next week: Work on the Cambrian line will close the line for 16 days cropped

ONE WEEK TO GO: Vital £15m engineering work to close parts of the Cambrian line for 16 days from next week

Monday 10 Mar 2025

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel on the Cambrian line ­from next week until early April when Network Rail will be carrying out a range of work across a 16-day period.

STARTING MONDAY: Essential engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week: Maiden Newton station

STARTING MONDAY: Essential engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week

Friday 7 Mar 2025

From Monday 10 March to Sunday 16 March, train services will change on the Heart of Wessex Line with no trains running between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary for a week, while Network Rail complete vital improvements to the railway in the Yeovil area.

A birthday dream come true for train enthusiast Zach: Zach

A birthday dream come true for train enthusiast Zach

Friday 7 Mar 2025

A train-loving lad from Walsall had a birthday treat going behind the scenes at the signalling hub which keeps the West Midlands railway moving. 

Euston station champions women in rail for International Women’s Day: IWD 2025 - WCS

Euston station champions women in rail for International Women’s Day

Friday 7 Mar 2025

Railway colleagues at London Euston station and across the West Coast Main Line are celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on Saturday 8 March 2025, by spotlighting the achievements of women working in rail operations.