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• Network Rail joins digital charity Mental Health Innovations and the wider rail industry to launch new campaign Make a Connection - encouraging the public to text the keyword ‘Journey’ to 85258 for free and confidential mental health support, 24/7  
• New nationwide report, featuring anonymised data from conversations with 680,000 people, reveals 15.5% of people in Wales had issues of loneliness when they contacted the Shout text message support service, run by Mental Health Innovations   
• More than half of users from Wales who texted Shout about loneliness were under 25-years-old (61%) with almost a quarter (24.5%) being between the ages of 14-17, with almost one in ten (9%) being 13 and under 

Network Rail has successfully moved two new 160-tonne metallic spans into place onto Barmouth Viaduct, reaching a milestone in the restoration of the iconic structure. 

A new digital system to let communities know about work taking place on the railway near their homes has been launched across Network Rail’s Wales and Borders route. 

Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience and understanding today after the completion of work to renew the track inside the historic Dinmore Tunnel on the Marches line.  

Network Rail is reminding passengers that buses will replace trains on the Ebbw Vale line on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October as work on the £70m upgrade enters its final stage.  

Residents in Llanharan are being invited to a drop-in event to find out more about work to install a new footbridge near Trenos level crossing.  

Brand new rail services are set to be launched on one of South Wales’ key lines, almost doubling the number of travel options.

Buses will replace trains between Hereford and Shrewsbury during a nine-day closure on the Marches Line between Tuesday 12 September to Thursday 21 September as teams work around the clock to renew the track and ballast inside the historic tunnel.