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Great British Railways in action – passengers benefit from track and train being united on South Eastern Railway
- Southeastern and Network Rail unite to operate under a single, more efficient leadership team known as South Eastern Railway
- Under public ownership Southeastern are delivering some of the lowest cancellation rates nationally and have forecast a £50m reduction in taxpayer subsidy
- South Eastern Railway marks a significant milestone towards Great British Railways and creating clear accountability for performance, delivering better public transport
Get your maintenance career on track with Network Rail
Network Rail has launched a new national recruitment drive, focussing on maintenance roles. There are a variety of positions open to entry level candidates, from Operative and Technician, right through to Team Leader.
National & regional news
Life-saving campaign launched as youths accessing rail tracks in Cambridge nearly doubles in four years
Alarming new figures show that the number of young people taking risks on the railway track has nearly doubled in the Cambridge area in the last four years.
Life-saving campaign launched as new figures reveal one teenager risks their life on railway tracks every four hours
Alarming new figures reveal more than a quarter of teenagers (27%) confess to behaving in a way that could endanger their life on the railway. One in 10 teenagers admitted to walking along the railway line - more than two fifths of those (42%) in the last year¹.
Passengers in the West Midlands urged to avoid Euston station as it closes for three summer weekends
Euston shut 18-19 + 25-27 August + 1-2 September
Rail Safety Week - helping keep people safe on the railway
Network Rail’s community safety managers were in Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street last week promoting rail safety to customers and passengers passing through the stations.
VIDEO: Liverpool Lime Street major upgrade
Network Rail engineers have completed the first stage of upgrades in an eight week programme to remodel station platforms and upgrade signalling as part of Liverpool Lime Street station’s major transformation.
Network Rail staff receive Honours
Three Network Rail employees have today been honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours list:
- Ian Stevens, programme manager, MBE, for services to suicide prevention
- Scott Heath, project manager, BEM, for services to the LGBT community
- Mark Carne, chief executive, CBE, for services to the railway industry
Liverpool Lime Street platforms 1 and 2 to reopen on Monday
Direct services to run between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Victoria and Wigan
Stations to get even greener - Network Rail marks World Environment Day with major environmental announcements for managed stations
Network Rail has today announced plans to tackle three significant environmental issues in the country’s biggest and busiest rail stations.
- Ban retailers from supplying plastic cutlery and cups in managed stations by the end of 2020
- Implement a coffee cup recycling scheme for managed stations by the end of 2020
- Expand the roll out of coffee ground recycling to all managed stations by the end of 2020
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