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Network Rail and Southeastern partner with Earth Cubs to launch new educational videos for children
Positive storytelling through educational videos will help Network Rail and Southeastern work together to create a cleaner, greener and more socially responsible region, resilient to climate change
From bin to cup: Network Rail tracks the journey of a coffee cup from its station bins as part of new recycling effort to divert 100% of all waste from landfill
- Network Rail’s partnership with The Green Block has already boosted recycling rates from just 13% to 91% at London Victoria over the past three years
- Ambition is now to reach 95% and divert 100% of station waste from landfill
- Installation of 60 bins at London Victoria during National Recycling Week is enabling passengers to follow the journey of a coffee cup as it’s recycled
- Industry-first sponsorship opportunity could create a new revenue stream for the railway
Motorists reminded to plan ahead and change their travel plans as Kingsferry Bridge cable repairs to be completed over the Kent school half-term in October
- Network Rail and Kent County Council have agreed measures to keep people moving
- People are still advised to change travel plans to help reduce road congestion.
- Bridge repairs will take place between 22:00 on Friday 25 October and 05:00 on Sunday 3 November
TWO WEEKS TO GO: Engineering upgrades to close Lymington branch line
Essential work will close the railway between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier in Dorset between Saturday 26 October and Sunday 3 November with buses replacing trains.
2,608 lives saved on the railway across the south of England in just five years
- New figures reveal that the Rail Suicide Prevention Programme has carried out over 2,600 potentially life-saving interventions across Network Rail’s Southern region
- Nationally, over 27,000 interventions have been made since the partnership with Samaritans and the British Transport Police began in 2010.
- Partnership helps raise awareness about suicide prevention and provides specialist training for rail industry staff to help identify and support a vulnerable person
ONE MONTH TO GO: West of England line between Axminster and Exeter to close for two weeks for important upgrade work
Buses will replace trains between Axminster and Exeter St Davids from Saturday 9 November to Friday 22 November inclusive while Network Rail engineers install a mile of new track through Honiton Tunnel.
Island Line services resume following completion of large programme of vital maintenance
South Western Railway (SWR) services resume this morning (Monday 7 October) following a month-long closure of the Island Line while engineers completed a comprehensive programme of critical maintenance.
TWO WEEKS TO GO: Passengers asked to plan ahead of major repairs in the Ore tunnel between Hastings and Rye from Saturday 19 October to Sunday 3 November 2024
Work in the tunnel to improve drainage and repair brickwork will protect the railway for the future, improving the reliability of rail passengers' journeys
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