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Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations have helped save the equivalent of one million plastic bottles* by embracing the ‘refill revolution’.

A staggering 23% of professional drivers have admitted that if they knew the train timetable and did not believe a train was due to arrive, they would drive over a level crossing. The most common reasons cited for taking the risk was running late to make a delivery (12%) or a desire to finish work and get home early (16%). This was despite an overwhelming majority of professional drivers knowing that all vehicles must stop for the warning lights at level crossings.

Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations can now shop more sustainably thanks to a new initiative from Network Rail.

• Network Rail sales grew 4.36% in 2018/19 financial year with like-for-like sales up 1.32%
• Over 250 million customers visited a Network Rail retailer in 2018/19
• London Bridge sales have doubled following significant retail investment
• Every penny of profit from retail sales is reinvested back into the railway

A project led by the Network Rail and Colas Rail has used solar lighting and power generation to prove the viability of a sustainable ‘Site of the Future’, achieving 97% diesel-free operation in support of a major rail renewal project at Llanwern, South Wales.

Five new regional managing directors were announced today as a key part in Network Rail’s evolution to a more nimble, customer-focused company that puts passengers first.

• Rail haulage and seasonal service contracts worth a total value of £800m
• Awarded to Freightliner, GB Railfreight, Direct Rail Services, DB Cargo UK, Colas Rail UK and Balfour Beatty as detailed

• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ over the Late May bank holiday weekend (Saturday 25 – Monday 27 May) as majority of the network is unaffected
• A 22,000 strong workforce will work around the clock over both May bank holiday weekends