Southern: Sussex news
15 suppliers appointed to £1.4bn Southern Region minor works, buildings and civils partnership framework
New suppliers to provide planned and reactive maintenance across Network Rail's Southern Region.
Network Rail issues new trespass safety warning as summer holiday season begins
Network Rail is urging people to stay off the tracks and not put themselves and others at risk new safety figures reveal that there were more than 19,300 trespass incidents (2,811 on the Sussex route) on the rail network in the 2023/24 financial year – that’s one every half an hour.
Frightening video footage shows people risking their lives at level crossings as Network Rail warns people to stay safe at level crossings during the summer holidays
- Network Rail is reminding parents and children to remain vigilant around the railway as incidents of level crossing misuse rise during the summer break
- Never-seen-before CCTV footage shows reckless behaviour and near misses with trains
- 194 incidents of misuse and 29 near misses recorded at level crossings across Network Rail’s Sussex route over the last year as hotspot locations are revealed
ONE WEEK TO GO: Rail customers in South London, Sussex and Kent should plan ahead of the Early May Bank Holiday as Network Rail gets set to undertake essential planned engineering work
From Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May customers are asked to check before travelling as planned upgrades and routine maintenance to the railway take place across Kent, Sussex and south east London.
Rail customers in South London, Sussex and Kent are urged to plan ahead of the Early May Bank Holiday as Network Rail gets set to undertake essential planned engineering work.
Two weeks today there will be a number of planned upgrades and routine maintenance to the railway and any customers intending to travel by train over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend are urged to plan ahead.
Redhill to Tonbridge line to reopen after Network Rail completes Edenbridge landslip repairs
The railway between Redhill and Tonbridge will reopen for the start of service on Monday morning after Network Rail’s engineers successfully completed emergency landslip repairs at Bough Beech, near Edenbridge in Kent.
No trains for at least two weeks between Tonbridge and Redhill due to emergency repair work
The line between Tonbridge and Redhill will be closed for at least two weeks while Network Rail undertakes urgent repairs to the embankment that carries the railway.
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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