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“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans: STSL Phase 8 media image

“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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“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans: STSL Phase 8 media image

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

Tuesday 4 Mar 2025
  • Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign, in partnership with Network Rail and British Transport Police, launches as over half of adults in the west (67%) would appreciate someone checking on them, by offering words of support, if they were struggling to cope
  • 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
“Your words are a lifesaving kit” say East Midlands rail partners and Samaritans: STSL Phase 8 media image

“Your words are a lifesaving kit” say East Midlands rail partners and Samaritans

Tuesday 4 Mar 2025

Network Rail’s East Midlands route is joining forces with Samaritans and British Transport Police (BTP) to remind the public that a simple conversation could save a life.

“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans: STSL Phase 8 media image

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

Tuesday 4 Mar 2025
  • Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign, in partnership with Network Rail and British Transport Police, 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
“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans: STSL Phase 8 media image

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

Tuesday 4 Mar 2025
  • Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign, in partnership with Network Rail and British Transport Police, launches as over half of adults in Wales and Borders (69%) would appreciate someone checking on them, by offering words of support, if they were struggling to cope
  • 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
“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans: STSL Phase 8 media image

“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
Work begins to build Okehampton Interchange: Work starts at Okehampton Interchange, photo credit GWR

Work begins to build Okehampton Interchange

Monday 3 Mar 2025

Work has begun to build Okehampton Interchange, a new railway station on the edge of the Devon town.

ONE WEEK TO GO: Essential engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week: Yeovil Pen Mill signalling cropped

ONE WEEK TO GO: Essential engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week

Monday 3 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.

Severn Valley Railway and Birmingham Moor Street to be first stops for Railway 200 exhibition train: Railway 200-19

Severn Valley Railway and Birmingham Moor Street to be first stops for Railway 200 exhibition train

Monday 3 Mar 2025

Severn Valley Railway will be the first stop for a unique train on a 12-month tour of Britain celebrating 200 years of the modern railway.