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• Network Rail has partnered with the Samaritans to promote annual Brew Monday campaign
• Charlie Mackesy, author of the smash hit The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, has also got involved this year to encourage people to reach out over a virtual cuppa and chat to those they care about during the winter months
• Charlie has created a bespoke animated illustration, which will be featured across Network Rail stations, including Leeds, from today (Monday, 18 January)
• Leeds station historic dark arches also lit up green and blue to support the initiative

Network Rail's Anglia region is participating in ‘Brew Monday’ today (Monday January 18) to help passengers and staff make contact, reach out to each other and focus on mental wellbeing on what is thought to be the most difficult day of the year.

• Charlie Mackesy, author of the much-loved book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, has come together with Samaritans and Network Rail to encourage passengers and staff to reach out over a virtual cuppa and chat to those they care about during the winter months
• Charlie's illustration, of his beloved character the Mole, will be featured across Network Rail stations, including London Waterloo’s big screen, from January 18

Network Rail Southern Region is participating in ‘Brew Monday’ today (Monday January 18) to help passengers and staff make contact, reach out to each other and focus on mental wellbeing on what is thought to be the most difficult day of the year.

Network Rail engineers are about to kickstart improvements to Portsmouth’s railway and the landmark Landport Viaduct.

A footbridge over the Chiltern main line will undergo a major overhaul to make it safer and more reliable for passengers and the public.

Engineers will be working through the weekend to deliver another slice of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan, which will provide a bigger, better, and more reliable railway for passengers.

Rail users are being advised to check before they travel in the Dartford area as work to replace the track and points at Slade Green junction, up the line towards London, starts this weekend.