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Video: Green train goes Forth to mark COP26 in Glasgow
Network Rail and Vivarail have released stunning aerial shots of the first emission-free fully-electric train to cross the iconic Forth Bridge as the United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place in Glasgow.
Best-selling children’s authors on board to explore low-carbon train technology at COP26
- Network Rail teams up with best-selling Adventures on Trains authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman to inspire the next generation aboard a Porterbrook hybrid train – the HydroFLEX.
- Primary schoolchildren from Glasgow will join the authors, along with engineers from Network Rail and Porterbrook, for a fun-packed literary journey where they can learn about the secrets of storytelling and how technology is powering rail’s green revolution in Britain.
- The event will mark Transport Day at COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, on Wednesday, 10 November.
Network Rail completes longest civilian BVLOS drone flight over dry land
Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain.
Plaque unveiled at London King’s Cross to commemorate remarkable career of Britain’s first black train driver
- Wilston Samuel Jackson – known as Bill to his friends and family – became Britain’s first black train driver in 1962, and went on to drive famous trains and locomotives such as the Flying Scotsman and The Elizabethan
- Ceremony at King’s Cross attended by Wilston’s family, Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines and ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan
- Rail industry continuing efforts to boost diversity during Black History Month, as ASLEF figures show just 10% of train drivers in England, Scotland and Wales are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds
Fearne Cotton and Paul Merson join Rail Wellbeing Live 2021 line-up
- The rail industry’s largest free health and wellbeing event, Rail Wellbeing Live, returns online next month (17 to 18 November)
- 100+ inspiring speakers and 75 pick ‘n’ mix free sessions to choose from
- 10pm evening sessions have been added to the 2021 agenda.
Network Rail launches Brighter Journeys campaign to support passengers’ mental health amid return to workplaces
- Network Rail launches new ‘Brighter Journeys’ campaign with national mental health charity Chasing the Stigma to encourage those who may be struggling with their mental health to seek help this World Mental Health Day (10 October)
- Campaign launches as new research shows more people now returning to work and using the railway, with nearly half of UK workers (48%) travelling to their workplace for the majority of their working week in August
- This new campaign forms part of Network Rail’s efforts to reduce suicides across the rail network, with train operating companies and the British Transport Police
Network Rail and Vivarail bring the next-generation battery train to COP26
Network Rail and Vivarail today announced that Vivarail’s next-generation battery train will be launched at COP26 and will run daily services throughout the international climate change conference.
Network Rail launches second phase of Network Operating Strategy
- Network Rail, in partnership with the rail industry, has published the second phase of its Network Operating Strategy aimed at improving operations
- The strategy is designed to help the rail industry provide a better experience for passengers and freight users
- It focuses on a collaborative industry approach to applying the strategy’s recommendations and areas for improvements covering people, change/technology, and processes
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