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THREE WEEKS TO GO: Passengers encouraged to plan ahead this Easter as Network Rail undertakes essential planned engineering work across Kent, Sussex and South London
From Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April customers are being urged to check before they travel as buses replace trains across parts of the railway in Kent, Sussex and South London
Rail customers urged to plan ahead this Easter as Network Rail carries out embankment stabilisation work between Axminster and Pinhoe and essential track upgrade work in the Staines area.
From Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April customers are being urged to check before they travel as buses replace trains across part of Network Rail’s Wessex route while Network Rail completes a range of essential upgrades to the railway as part of a wider £89m programme of investment across the country.
Network Rail and Lambeth Council unveil future vision for London Waterloo station and its surrounding area
Lambeth Council and Network Rail have joined forces with many partners to develop an ambitious long-term plan for the future development of London Waterloo station and the surrounding Waterloo and South Bank area.
Rail journeys affected by planned engineering works in Dorset
Great Western Railway services will be affected by essential maintenance work between Dorchester and Weymouth later in March.
People in Sheppey and north-east Kent are advised to plan ahead for Kingsferry Bridge closures this summer
People are being warned to plan ahead as the iconic Kingsferry Bridge is set to close for two weekends and two 8-day periods this summer for emergency repairs.
Railway between Rainham and Sittingbourne reopened as Network Rail completes landslip repairs
Work to repair a landslip at Newington in Kent has been completed by Network Rail
Kent: Emergency work to repair a landslip at Newington will mean buses replace trains between Gillingham and Sittingbourne until Monday 4 March
The railway line between Rainham and Sittingbourne will remain closed for at least the next seven days to allow Network Rail engineers to stabilise a landslip next to the railway at Newington.
Network Rail’s Southern region joins Samaritans to remind public small talk is no small thing
- Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign launches as half the nation admit to swerving someone they don’t know to avoid small talk.
- Nearly half of British adults in the Southern region avoid engaging with someone they don’t know to avoid small talk.
- 24% are worried they would say the wrong thing when engaging with someone.
- 92% of people say they don’t have a go-to question to start small talk.
- 82% have used small talk in their personal lives over the past month.
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