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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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Passengers urged to check before travelling ahead of major Easter weekend rail upgrades: West Coast Main Line upgrade work - generic

Passengers urged to check before travelling ahead of major Easter weekend rail upgrades

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Passengers travelling between London Euston and Scotland are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over the Easter bank holiday weekend.  

Best in show rail safety advice handed out at Crufts: Network Rail safety team outside Crufts 2025

Best in show rail safety advice handed out at Crufts

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Railway safety teams have returned to Crufts to help competitors, visitors, and their four-legged friends stay safe at level crossings. 

International Women’s Day: All-female signalling team showcases broad career opportunities at Network Rail: IMG-20250305-WA0002

International Women’s Day: All-female signalling team showcases broad career opportunities at Network Rail

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

In the run up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, members of an all-female signalling box just outside York have told of their journeys into the rail industry.

Network Rail signs Memorandum of Understanding with Transport for NSW: NR engineer

Network Rail signs Memorandum of Understanding with Transport for NSW

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Network Rail has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Transport for NSW in Australia to develop rail technology, improve reliability, and drive sustainability that will benefit millions of rail passengers on both sides of the world. 

Residents invited to track railway work near them through new digital service: Digital-pre-notification-OIS-landscape-1920x1080px (1)-2

Residents invited to track railway work near them through new digital service

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Network Rail has launched a new digital notification service for more than seven million residents living near the railway across east and north east England.

25 million people set to benefit from new digital service: Digital notifications-media image

25 million people set to benefit from new digital service

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Network Rail’s 25 million neighbours – people living within 500m of a railway line – are set to benefit from a new digital service that will let people know about upcoming railway engineering work, emergency work and get updates about current maintenance and upgrade projects in ‘real-time’. 

WESSEX: Lineside neighbours across London, Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire to benefit from new digital notification service: Digital-pre-notification-OIS-landscape-1920x1080px (1)

WESSEX: Lineside neighbours across London, Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire to benefit from new digital notification service

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Local residents who live near to the railway are set to benefit from a new digital service that will let people know about upcoming railway engineering work, emergency work and get updates about current maintenance and upgrade projects in ‘real-time’.

KENT: Lineside neighbours across Kent and south east London to benefit from new digital notification service: Digital-pre-notification-OIS-landscape-1920x1080px (1)

KENT: Lineside neighbours across Kent and south east London to benefit from new digital notification service

Thursday 6 Mar 2025

Local residents who live near to the railway are set to benefit from a new digital service that will let people know about upcoming railway engineering work, emergency work and get updates about current maintenance and upgrade projects in ‘real-time’.