Southern: Kent news
Thanet Parkway celebrates its first birthday!
- Station provides highspeed and Main Line services to central London and Kent and is designed to be a catalyst for future investment and growth
- Since opening, around 91,000 journeys have been made to or from the station
- To mark the occasion, Network Rail and Southeastern staff gathered to enjoy a slice of birthday cake
15 suppliers appointed to £1.4bn Southern Region minor works, buildings and civils partnership framework
New suppliers to provide planned and reactive maintenance across Network Rail's Southern Region.
First points renewal for Southern Integrated Delivery completed at Hoo Junction
- Replacement of switches and crossings on the North Kent line took place over several weekends in May and June
Network Rail issues new trespass safety warning as holiday season begins
Network Rail is urging people to stay off the tracks and not put themselves and others at risk new safety figures reveal that there were more than 19,300 trespass incidents (2,685 on the Kent routes) on the rail network in the 2023/24 financial year – that’s one every half an hour.
Frightening video footage shows people risking their lives at level crossings as Network Rail warns people to stay safe at level crossings during the summer holidays
- Network Rail is reminding parents and children to remain vigilant around the railway as incidents of level crossing misuse rise during the summer break
- Never-seen-before CCTV footage shows reckless behaviour and near misses with trains
- 258 incidents of misuse and 33 near misses recorded at level crossings across Network Rail’s Kent route over the last year as hotspot locations are revealed
- Network Rail has set up a dedicated safety centre set up in Margate - believed to be the only one of its kind in the country
THREE DAYS TO GO: Eight-day closure of Kingsferry Bridge begins this Friday evening
People travelling to and from the Isle of Sheppey are asked to plan ahead from Friday (28 June) when the first eight-day closure of Kingsferry Bridge, linking Sheppey to the mainland, takes place.
One week to go until the first Kingsferry Bridge closure: people on the Isle of Sheppey are reminded to plan ahead
The first of four closures will begin on Friday 7 June
Essential repairs to Blackheath tunnel to start from 1 June for 10 weeks
No trains will run between Blackheath and Charlton from 1 June for 10 weeks so that Network Rail engineers can carry out essential repairs
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