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Network Rail’s Southern Region join Samaritans in taking part in Brew Monday

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.

Essential engineering work about to get underway at Slade Green, near Dartford

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.

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Stablisation works near Wadhurst to make for more reliable services between Hastings and London

Jan 11, 2021

Network Rail engineers are about to start work to prevent future landslips happening at a steep-sided cutting at the southern entrance to Wadhurst Tunnel. The construction solutions the company is putting in place at the...

Better journeys for Kent passengers after New Year improvements to London’s ‘main arteries’ completed

Jan 5, 2021

Projects took place at Ashford, Barming and Bearsted, Denmark Hill, Greenwich, Hither Green, Kemsing, Lewisham, New Cross Gate, Nunhead, Orpington and Petts Wood. The largest of these was the replacement of the track, points and...

VIDEO: Neighbours and passengers thanked for their patience as first part of Christmas Lewisham engineering work completed

Dec 30, 2020

A junction crossing all four lines from Hither Green into the heart of London was renewed between Christmas Day and Tuesday, 29 December, to improve the reliability of trains in the area. The work involved...

Engineering works bring New Year improvements for passengers in the South East

Dec 22, 2020

Engineering works at south east London's busiest rail junctions are set to bring more reliable journeys in the New Year. Network Rail staff will be working between Christmas and new year to improve the reliability...

Renewed appeals to drivers of tall vehicles to take care after December spike in Kent and South East London bridge bashes

Dec 22, 2020

Railway bridges in the county were hit at least 11 times over the first half of December, with incidents recorded at Chestfield, Headcorn, Herne Hill, Kent House, Rochester, Swalecliffe, Orpington, Petts Wood, Sole Street and...

VIDEO: Warning to drivers after near miss at East Sussex level crossing

Dec 18, 2020

It comes after a near miss at a level crossing near East Guldeford in East Sussex last month. The incident occurred during the day on 28th November on the A259 at Star crossing near Rye. ...

Passengers asked to plan ahead for travel over Christmas in South East London

Dec 7, 2020

While engineering works are likely to affect passengers on Southeastern Metro routes over the festive period, Network Rail and the train operating companies are doing all they can to minimise that impact by providing clear...

International Day of Disabled Persons marked in Network Rail’s Southern region with new mobility buggies and Changing Place facility

Dec 3, 2020

Network Rail's Southern region is marking the International Day of the Disabled Person today with the introduction of new accessibility features at three of its largest London stations. New state-of-the-art mobility buggies have been introduced...
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