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National news
Switch on to rail safety
- New rail industry safety educational programme – Switched On - for children aged from 3 to 16 years launched.
- Full of interactive, age-targeted resources, Switched On aims to educate children and young people to use the railway safely and avoid risky behaviour.
- Programme launches as shocking new CCTV footage is released showing young girls doing handstands on a level crossing in Nottinghamshire.
Record turnout for Rail Wellbeing Live 2021
- Over 16,000 people from 600 organisations took part in Rail Wellbeing Live 2021, the rail industry’s biggest event dedicated to health and wellbeing
- Fearne Cotton, Jason Fox, Rebecca Adlington and Paul Merson were among this year’s celebrity speakers
- All sessions are free to view online on-demand until Thursday 2 December.
Network Rail urges lorry drivers to ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ as Britain’s most-bashed bridges revealed
- Despite fewer trains and passengers on the rail network due to the Covid-19 pandemic, bridge strikes still cost Network Rail more than £5.5 million in delay and cancellation fees in 2020/21
- More than 1,600 bridges were hit over the year, with the most bashed - Coddenham Road bridge in Suffolk - struck 19 times
- In anticipation of a spike in incidents over Black Friday and the Christmas period, and an influx of newly qualified lorry drivers on Britain’s roads, ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ campaign is being rolled out reminding lorry drivers to check the height of their vehicles and plan their route in advance to avoid low bridges
Railway prepared for busy festive period as majority of network open for business as usual
- Vast majority of the rail network – over 95% – will be open for business as usual for passengers looking to travel by train over Christmas and New Year
- Most of the £131m upgrade work planned for when passenger trains don't run – such as overnight, Christmas Day and Boxing Day – to minimise disruption. But some routes will be affected by the essential work taking place, so passengers should plan ahead
- Passengers – who are asked to wear a face covering in busy indoor settings unless they are exempt – can continue to travel with confidence this Christmas
Green milestone reached as half of Network Rail suppliers commit to reducing their carbon footprint
Network Rail’s Commercial and Procurement (C&P) team has reached an important milestone in partnering with suppliers to tackle climate change by securing commitments from 50% of suppliers to join the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to reduce their carbon footprint.
Award-winning authors inspire Glasgow schoolchildren aboard green train on COP26 Transport Day
Best-selling authors of the Adventures on Trains series, M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, teamed up with Network Rail this afternoon to take schoolchildren from Glasgow on a fun-packed literary adventure aboard Porterbrook's HydroFLEX train celebrating Transport Day at the climate change conference.
Photos: Network Rail welcomes Prime Minister at Glasgow Central to see ground-breaking green trains at COP26
The Prime Minister was welcomed to Glasgow Central station this afternoon by Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines as he boarded one of the green trains of the future being showcased at COP26.
Photos: DfT minister tours green trains with Network Rail at COP26
Trudy Harrison MP, DfT minister and Member of Parliament for Copeland, was joined by Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines this afternoon to get a closer look at the best of British low-carbon train technology at Glasgow Central station.
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