Eastern news
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
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.
Network Rail warns people in Newcastle of the dangers of trespassing after a third of British adults admit they would step onto the track to retrieve their mobile phone
- Over one third of adults would retrieve their phone, 33% would get their purse or wallet and 31% would step onto the track for their keys1
- Yet 98% of adults understand that stepping onto the tracks carries risk of serious injury or death
- 975 trespass incidents were reported on or around the East Coast Main Line between April 2020 and March 20213
Network Rail warns people in Durham of the dangers of trespassing after a third of British adults admit they would step onto the track to retrieve their mobile phone
- Over one third of adults would retrieve their phone, 33% would get their purse or wallet and 31% would step onto the track for their keys1
- Yet 98% of adults understand that stepping onto the tracks carries risk of serious injury or death
- 975 trespass incidents were reported on or around the East Coast Main Line between April 2020 and March 20213
Network Rail warns people in Darlington of the dangers of trespassing after a third of British adults admit they would step onto the track to retrieve their mobile phone
- Over one third of adults would retrieve their phone, 33% would get their purse or wallet and 31% would step onto the track for their keys1
- Yet 98% of adults understand that stepping onto the tracks carries risk of serious injury or death
- 975 trespass incidents were reported on or around the East Coast Main Line between April 2020 and March 20213
Network Rail warns people in York of the dangers of trespassing after a third of British adults admit they would step onto the track to retrieve their mobile phone
- Over one third of adults would retrieve their phone, 33% would get their purse or wallet and 31% would step onto the track for their keys1
- Yet 98% of adults understand that stepping onto the tracks carries risk of serious injury or death
- 975 trespass incidents were reported on or around the East Coast Main Line between April 2020 and March 20213
Network Rail warns people in Doncaster of the dangers of trespassing after a third of British adults admit they would step onto the track to retrieve their mobile phone
- Over one third of adults would retrieve their phone, 33% would get their purse or wallet and 31% would step onto the track for their keys1
- Yet 98% of adults understand that stepping onto the tracks carries risk of serious injury or death
- 975 trespass incidents were reported on or around the East Coast Main Line between April 2020 and March 20213
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