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• Parents urged to hammer home railway safety message before it’s too late
• Child railway trespass injuries always spike during school closures
• 1^st ever opportunity to tune into railway safety lessons from home

Network Rail today announced swift and significant measures aimed at supporting retailers in Britain’s busiest and biggest stations, and small business tenants across their commercial estate, as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic begins to severely impact trading.

Station manager Craig Stenning and his team are seen trying to keep train passengers moving safely through Britain’s busiest interchange in an ITV documentary on Network Rail tomorrow (Thurs) night.

Charlene Wallace has joined Network Rail as director for National Passenger & Customer Experience in the Network Services Directorate.

Operations manager Rob Bligh plays a key role in Network Rail’s response to flooding disruption in the opening episode of a new ITV series airing this week.

• thinned-out timetable in operation between Watford Junction and Euston
• services as far afield as Blackpool, Manchester and Birmingham affected
• first of two nights of repairs to South Kenton overhead wire damage begins at 9pm tonight
• rail industry advice to passengers is “check before you travel"

Passengers wanting to travel to or from London Euston are urged to complete journeys early this evening (Sunday 8 March).