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Passengers should plan ahead over August Bank Holiday weekend
- Network Rail carrying out £105m worth of investment to upgrade the railway and improve future passenger journeys over August Bank Holiday
- Those who are travelling by rail should wear a face covering unless they are exempt. Passengers should also travel at quieter times and maintain a distance from other passengers wherever possible
Network Rail introduces range of measures to keep passengers safe from coronavirus
- A range of measures – including enhanced cleaning regimes at stations – introduced to help keep passengers safe from the virus while travelling by rail
- Network Rail has been deploying almost two and a half times the number of station staff than before the pandemic, and more than twice as many additional staff to help customers compared with the 2012 London Olympics
- Passengers should continue to follow public health guidance – wear a face covering if you are not exempt, travel at quieter times and maintain a distance from others wherever possible
Competition launched to shape Britain’s future railway stations
Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have today (14 July 2020) launched an international competition to shape the future of Britain’s railway stations.
Network Rail supporting initiatives to solve railway challenges
Network Rail is supporting 11 of the 25 winning entrants of the Government’s £9.4m First of a Kind (FOAK) 2020 competition to provide a better, more reliable and efficient railway for passengers and freight users.
Stations across the country light-up to help celebrate NHS birthday
From Leeds to Liverpool to London Bridge, stations across the country will be ‘going blue’ on Saturday evening to help celebrate the 72nd birthday of the NHS.
New research highlighting lack of female role models prompts Network Rail to promote inspirational women in engineering on landmark day
To mark International Women in Engineering Day (Tuesday 23rd June), Network Rail is promoting the contributions of women in engineering as new research has highlighted a lack of female role models within Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) sectors.
Passengers who must travel urged to plan ahead over Late May Bank Holiday weekend
- Passengers should only travel if they have to over forthcoming Late May Bank Holiday
- Network Rail’s engineering works – designed to improve passengers’ journeys in future – will affect some routes
- Passengers who do have to travel should check before they travel
Network Rail issues warning as more than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded during COVID-19 lockdown
Newly released figures from Network Rail have revealed that trespassers disrupted vital passenger and freight services a staggering 1,0241 times during the first month of the Government’s COVID-19 lockdown.
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