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• Samaritans survey shows only half of the nation feel confident approaching someone they are concerned about in public.   
• So, to boost public confidence, the rail industry has teamed up with Samaritans volunteers for the Small Talk Saves Lives campaign, hosting station outreach events to speak to passengers and empower them to act if they see someone who needs help by starting a conversation 
• New campaign film reassures the public that a little small talk like ‘where can I get a coffee?’ can set someone on a path to recovery   

Rail passengers in West Cornwall are set to enjoy a more accessible St Ives branch line following confirmation of a step-free footbridge to be built at St Erth station.

Following a wall collapse and landslip at Yarnton near Oxford on Friday evening, part of the railway line between Oxford and Worcester is closed while Network Rail undertakes emergency repairs to the bridge and surrounding land.

Commuters between Portishead and Bristol are a step closer to benefitting from a new rail link as the project to restore the disused railway through North Somerset reaches a new milestone.

Member of Parliament Derek Thomas met with representatives from Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) on Thursday 2 February at Long Rock Depot in Cornwall, where the rail companies are working with Cornwall Council on a multi-million-pound rail and travel scheme near Penzance.

Network Rail is supporting this year’s edition of the Bristol Light Festival, held from Friday 3 February until Sunday 12 February, by lighting up the iconic Bristol Temple Meads station in dazzling blue and pink.

Network Rail has welcomed Mid-Devon District Council’s approval of its plans to reduce the frequency and duration of flooding on the railway at Hele.

Paddington station will be bathed in purple light by Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) this Friday, in a moment of remembrance for Holocaust Memorial Day.