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• More than 95% of rail network open for business as normal, but some routes will be affected.

• Network Rail will be undertaking around 400 projects as part of a £142m upgrade programme over Christmas and New Year to improve your railway and provide better, more reliable services for passengers across Britain.

• Timetables now live; passengers asked to plan their journeys as soon as they can. Visit National Rail Enquiries or your train operator’s website.

• Molly Neal joins Network Rail from National Grid in January
• Molly replaces David Leam who has moved into the role of Chief of Staff

This World Mental Health Day (10 October 2024), Network Rail has announced a new milestone with its Rail Suicide Prevention Programme as more than 27,000 interventions have been made across Britain’s rail network.*

Network Rail and the Department for Transport have today (Friday 4 October) announced a five-point plan that aims to improve the functioning of Euston station and deliver a better passenger experience while it undergoes longer-term design changes.

• More than a thousand name suggestions have been whittled down to just four- which will get your vote in the search for a fitting name for one of Network Rail’s leaf busting trains?

• Voting is now open at www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/can-you-help-name-one-of-our-leaf-busting-trains/, closes midnight Friday 11 October

• The winning name will feature on one of Network Rail’s fleet of leaf-busting trains as they travel Britain clearing the rails to keep the railway running this autumn

• Registration is open for the biggest free wellbeing event for the rail industry, Rail Wellbeing Live (RWL)
• Dates are 5-7 November
• Over 40 pick ‘n’ mix sessions to choose from, all free to attend
• Evening sessions for night shift workers
• Register by visiting www.RWL24.co.uk