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Changes to train service as regeneration programme continues
‘Look before you book’ August bank holiday travel advice
- Railway improvements between London, the West Midlands, and North West are taking place between 28-30 August
- Future passenger and freight journeys will benefit from a £17m investment
- Passengers are advised to ‘look before they book’, travel at quieter times and out of respect for others, wear a face covering in busy indoor settings
TransPennine Express colleague in West Yorkshire helps to save a life as rail industry supports Samaritans Small Talk Saves Lives campaign
- Huddersfield-based railway colleague, Sheila Anderson, has made a life-saving intervention after Samaritans training with Network Rail
- With 43% of people in Yorkshire rating their small talk as ‘good’*, Samaritans are relaunching their Small Talk Saves Lives campaign
- The campaign aims to give the wider public the confidence to trust their instincts and, like Sheila, act if they see someone who needs help
Major bridge reconstruction work starts in Manchester – passengers reminded to check journeys
- Work to reconstruct and strengthen railway bridges in central Manchester has started and will continue until Sunday 15 August
- Passengers travelling through Manchester Victoria are being urged to check their journeys at nationalrail.co.uk
- This work is part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) which will bring faster, more reliable services to passengers travelling between Manchester and York, via Huddersfield and Leeds
Major changes to train times on the way as Network Rail prepares for three-days of improvement works in Surrey to improve reliability and deliver better journeys
Passengers traveling on trains between London Waterloo and South West London, Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire should check before they travel and plan ahead as three days of improvement work - including a weekday – at Weybridge in Surrey will mean major changes to services.
Network Rail and Busk In London team up to provide summer of music at London King’s Cross station
Network Rail and Busk In London have joined forces to create a summer schedule of music for travellers at King’s Cross station.
Three quarters of adults in the south east have continued to make small talk with strangers during the pandemic as Network Rail and the Samaritans encourage people to keep talking to save lives
- As the country begins to readjust to life with easing restrictions, Network Rail and the wider rail industry joins charity to empower the public to act if they see someone who needs help by starting a conversation
- New survey reveals over three quarters of people in the South East have continued to use small talk with strangers during pandemic restrictions, including connecting with neighbours they hadn’t spoken to before
- One in ten surveyed are more likely to want to make small talk once restrictions have lifted, appreciating the sense of community the pandemic brought out
Network Rail gets on board for Samaritans' Small Talk Saves Lives
- As the nation begins to readjust to life with easing restrictions, Network Rail, British Transport Police and the wider rail industry joins charity to empower the public to act if they see someone who needs help by starting a conversation
- New survey reveals over three quarters of the nation have continued to use small talk with strangers during pandemic restrictions, including connecting with neighbours they hadn’t spoken to before
- One in five surveyed are more likely to want to make small talk once restrictions have lifted, appreciating the sense of community the pandemic brought out
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