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Fearne Cotton and Paul Merson join Rail Wellbeing Live 2021 line-up
- The rail industry’s largest free health and wellbeing event, Rail Wellbeing Live, returns online next month (17 to 18 November)
- 100+ inspiring speakers and 75 pick ‘n’ mix free sessions to choose from
- 10pm evening sessions have been added to the 2021 agenda.
Volunteers come together to spruce up Barnstaple station
Passengers travelling to and from Barnstaple will now enjoy a cleaner and brighter looking station after a team of volunteers from Network Rail helped smarten up the station and platform.
Brighter Journeys campaign comes to Liverpool Lime Street station
A new rail industry mental health awareness campaign called Brighter Journeys is bringing the outdoors in to Liverpool Lime Street station to put smiles on passengers’ faces.
Incident at Enfield Town Tuesday 12 October 2021
Statement regarding the derailment at Enfield Town on Tuesday 12 October 2021.
Two more weeks for passengers to prepare for line closure from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings
- Strengthening of multiple steep-sided landslip-prone cuttings near Tunbridge Wells
- Work to refurbish Etchingham footbridge and improve bio-diversity along the line
- Bus replacement services will take passengers to their destinations while works are carried out
Government restores the Dartmoor Line as services resume for first time in half a century from 20 November
- The Dartmoor Line between Okehampton and Exeter will officially reopen for year-round services on 20 November, ahead of schedule
- It is the first former line to open under the Government’s Restoring Your Railway manifesto commitment
- Tickets will go on sale today (12 October) for trains running every 2 hours, increasing to hourly from May 2022
- Passengers travelling between Crediton and Exeter will also benefit from an increase in service frequency.
Major engineering work in November and December to provide better journeys for rail passengers in Weymouth, Dorchester and Yeovil – but watch out for line closures
Passengers in Weymouth, Dorchester and Yeovil will soon benefit from big improvements to their railway as engineers get to work on improving track and stations.
Crossing the railway in the village of Bobbing to be made safer for residents
Network Rail has unveiled plans to improve the safety of crossing a 90mph railway line at a village outside Sittingbourne in North Kent.
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