Southern: Kent news
From bin to cup: Network Rail tracks the journey of a coffee cup from its station bins as part of new recycling effort to divert 100% of all waste from landfill
- Network Rail’s partnership with The Green Block has already boosted recycling rates from just 13% to 91% at London Victoria over the past three years
- Ambition is now to reach 95% and divert 100% of station waste from landfill
- Installation of 60 bins at London Victoria during National Recycling Week is enabling passengers to follow the journey of a coffee cup as it’s recycled
- Industry-first sponsorship opportunity could create a new revenue stream for the railway
Motorists reminded to plan ahead and change their travel plans as Kingsferry Bridge cable repairs to be completed over the Kent school half-term in October
- Network Rail and Kent County Council have agreed measures to keep people moving
- People are still advised to change travel plans to help reduce road congestion.
- Bridge repairs will take place between 22:00 on Friday 25 October and 05:00 on Sunday 3 November
Network Rail and White Cliffs Countryside Partnership hire some unusual new staff – with hooves instead of hard hats - to sustainably manage rare landscape
They’re not the usual employees you’d expect a railway to hire, but Network Rail’s latest recruits, a herd (or "trip") of goats, have taken to their new jobs with great enthusiasm, helping to restore chalk grassland near – but not on – tracks in Folkestone.
2,608 lives saved on the railway across the south of England in just five years
- New figures reveal that the Rail Suicide Prevention Programme has carried out over 2,600 potentially life-saving interventions across Network Rail’s Southern region
- Nationally, over 27,000 interventions have been made since the partnership with Samaritans and the British Transport Police began in 2010.
- Partnership helps raise awareness about suicide prevention and provides specialist training for rail industry staff to help identify and support a vulnerable person
ONE MONTH TO GO: Passengers asked to plan ahead over October half term as Network Rail undertakes essential work on the Medway Valley line
- Engineering works to take place near East Farleigh station and at Maidstone West station
- Between Thursday 31 October and Sunday 3 November the line is closed between Paddock Wood and Maidstone West, with buses replacing trains
- People asked to plan ahead and check before they travel
National Poetry Day: Network Rail signaller publishes poems inspired by time spent working in a signal box
When he isn’t keeping the railway safe and moving freely, Network Rail signaller Ezra Miles is penning his thoughts down in the form of poetry.
Kingsferry Bridge cable repairs to be completed over the Kent school half-term in October
- Bridge repairs will take place between 22:00 on Friday 25 October and 05:00 on Sunday 3 November
- Network Rail and Kent County Council have agreed measures to keep people moving
- People are still advised to change travel plans to help reduce road congestion.
Excitement builds for railway’s 200th anniversary across the south of England
- Railway 200 celebrations on track, as more partners get on board
- International festival programme unveiled, inspired by journey that changed the world
- National rail sale, largest assembly of trains and rail exhibits, national locomotive ‘whistle-off’, and much more!
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