Our colleagues are celebrating LGBT+ History Month at London Bridge station with the Pride Pillar. The station team at London Bridge has worked with Archway, our employee network for promoting, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) inclusion at Network Rail, on an art installation aimed at educating people about LGBT+ flags and communities. You’ll be … Continued
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The railway is vital to Britain’s economy and acts as a ‘steel spine’ It helps create jobs and business opportunities so we work with the rest of the rail industry and our partners to help keep the economy on track. Here’s how … Working with freight: Rail freight contributes almost £2.5bn to our economy and … Continued
Rail companies are warning you to not travel today as Storm Eunice causes major disruption and widespread line closures. The severe weather will affect all forms of transport across the country, meaning rail companies will struggle to provide alternative means for you to get to your destination. If you have a train ticket for today, you’ll … Continued
Rail companies are urging customers planning to travel on Friday to reconsider their plans after amber and yellow warnings were issued for Storm Eunice, with strong winds expected to affect much of the UK. Journeys will take longer as blanket speed restrictions – 50mph in most places – will be imposed for safety reasons on … Continued
Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge invited transport workers to join them in watching legendary Christmas singer Shakin’ Stevens to perform “Merry Christmas everyone” on Euston Station concourse. Their Royal Highnesses personally thanked people from across the transport industry for their commitment to keeping passengers safe and moving throughout COVID-19. Included in … Continued
Sharon Willis, director of communications, Southern region Homelessness is an issue that affects us deeply on the railway and in particular those of us who work at our stations. As places of safety, warmth, light and people, our buildings naturally attract far more visitors than simply passengers and our teams are used to working with … Continued
How rail freight in our Eastern Region is playing its part Kevin Newman, Senior Route Freight Manager, Eastern region Every day, workers at Teesport rail freight terminal load more than 3,000 tonnes of goods onto supermarket trains. A Tesco train heads south to stock shelves in England, while two services travel to Scotland to keep … Continued
Tim Shoveller, managing director of North West & Central By the early hours of tomorrow morning, 18,500 tonnes of supermarket goods (pasta, loo roll, bananas etc) will have passed over the English / Scottish border at Gretna on the West Coast main line since yesterday afternoon. That produce, transported by freight trains, will be available … Continued
Archway, one of our biggest employee networks, is celebrating LGBT History Month, which aims to educate out prejudice. We’re proud to be an inclusive employer. Archway, our lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) employee network, is one of five such membership organisations at Network Rail. It gives people the chance to influence policy making across Network Rail … Continued