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Station cafes collectively hand out 10,000 coffee cups including inspiring messages of hope, whilst Samaritans volunteers provide emotional support at stations from London King’s Cross to Durham.

Today marks the end of major work at Newcastle Central station to boost reliability and provide smoother journeys, helping to create a railway which is fit for the future.  

The railway’s favourite bear, Paddington, has returned to his beloved Platform 1 at London Paddington station.

Johnstone station’s new, fully-accessible footbridge and lifts are now open for passengers.

The latest round of RMT strike action will mean a reduced service in Scotland over the weekend. 

Network Rail has today submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.

• Passengers should only travel if absolutely necessary during RMT strike action this Saturday 8 October
• A special timetable will be in place with only nine departures per hour from Birmingham New Street
• Many routes have no trains at all - those which do run will start later from 7:30am and finish by 6.30pm
• Passengers are reminded to plan ahead using National Rail Enquiries and to expect disruption

Network Rail is reminding passengers in Wales to only travel by train if absolutely necessary this Saturday (8 October) due to further industrial action by the RMT union.