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REMINDER: Multi-million pound investment to prevent railway landslips at Bearsted in Kent continues this weekend
Preparatory works for cutting reinforcement project continued this Saturday (24 July). Buses will replace trains between Maidstone East and Ashford International.
New safety warning as over a quarter of adults in the South East say they would risk everything to get their wallet, keys or phone off the tracks
- Purse / wallet (28%), keys (26%) and mobile phone (25%) were among the personal items adults would retrieve from the track
- Yet 100% of adults understand that stepping onto the tracks carries risk of serious injury or death
- Seven-time Paralympian Simon Munn, MBE, joins Network Rail and British Transport Police to launch new safety film – Shattered Lives – highlighting the devastating consequences of adult trespass
Kidbrooke’s new rail station opened by Sir Peter Hendy CBE
A new station building that is part of the Kidbrooke Village development has been officially opened today by Network Rail’s chairman, Sir Peter Hendy, CBE, alongside guests from Berkeley Homes, Southeastern and the local community.
REMINDER: Multi-million pound investment to prevent railway landslips at Bearsted in Kent starts this weekend
Preparatory works for cutting reinforcement project start on Saturday. Buses will replace trains between Maidstone East and Ashford International.
Children’s hospice benefits from new mobility ramp and cash boost after Network Rail and suppliers club together to say “thank you”
For several weeks this winter, railway neighbours at Bobbing, near Sittingbourne, Kent, were living near a major construction project as Network Rail and suppliers Balfour Beatty, Seva and others got to grips with a landslip on the line to London.
Essential improvements to railway between Lewisham and Orpington means changes to trains for five weekends – don’t forget to check before you travel!
Passengers who travel between Orpington and Lewisham are being asked to plan ahead as essential improvement work is carried out in the Grove Park area over five weekends in late June and through July. There will also be replacement buses between Grove Park and Bromley North over the same weekends
Kent-based Network Rail station manager recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours for work to promote safety and wellbeing on the railway
Danny Hawkins, formerly a station manager at Stratford and Ebbsfleet and now a Facilities Delivery Manager in Network Rail High Speed has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Passengers reminded to check before they travel to the beach in Kent this weekend as two Thanet railway bridges set to be replaced on same day
Work to replace two ageing rail bridges in Thanet, Kent, will be carried out by Network Rail engineers over this weekend (12 and 13 June) within a few miles of each other.
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