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For Mental Health Awareness Week this year, we're raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental health and the practical steps we can take to address it.

Rail industry seeks to make people smile and encourage help-seeking behaviour during Mental Health Awareness Week Brighter Journeys campaign will be rolled out across railway stations from 9-31 May in partnership with Chasing the Stigma

Network Rail has completed a range of essential upgrades to the railway between London Euston, the Midlands and North West this Early May Bank Holiday.

Switches and crossings – the complex railway components which allow trains to change tracks – are being replaced by Network Rail between Preston, Manchester, Warrington, and Wigan on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April.

Train operators are working together to provide support to Ukrainian arrivals by offering free onward travel to their final destinations in Britain. The scheme will be live from Sunday 20 March 2022, and complements offers made by the European Railway Family, to provide safe and free passage for Ukrainians.

Network Rail carrying out 530 upgrade projects worth £83m to upgrade railway for passengers over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Majority of network will be open for business as usual, but some routes will be affected by the works taking place, so passengers are asked to check before they travel

Urgent repairs to a Victorian railway viaduct over the River Tame in Greater Manchester have restarted after three major storms forced Network Rail engineers to down tools.

Rail companies are urging customers planning to travel on Friday to reconsider their plans after red and amber weather warnings were issued for Storm Eunice, with strong winds expected to affect much of the UK.

RPC Supporting its client on site with De-Vegatation management at the weekend for its Platform extension schemes in the Midlands.

The HS2 (Crewe to Manchester) Bill was introduced to Parliament last month but while Welsh taxpayers will contribute towards the £100bn+ cost the line does not enter Wales – and some experts believe could actually be detrimental to the nation’s economy.

Track is being upgraded between Bolton, Salford Crescent and Manchester Victoria in February as part of the Great North Rail Project. The £3.1m investment involves renewing switches and crossings which are moveable sections of track allowing trains to move from one track to another. The essential work will mean smoother and more reliable journeys for passengers in the North West.

RPC in attendance at shettleston,scotland for the CAS (Collision Avoidance System)

Over 300 people sleeping rough have been helped by a pioneering partnership between housing and homelessness charity Shelter, and two of Network Rail’s largest railway stations.

Network Rail is investing £2.3m as part of the Great North Rail Project to build a new railway bridge high enough for 25,000-volt overhead cables to pass underneath. The bridge rebuild is needed so a £78m electrification scheme along 13 miles of railway can take place.

At the heart of our safety policy are 10 lifesaving rules, which help our employees to stay safe and go home safe every day.

This Brew Monday, 17 January, Samaritans is reminding everyone to reach out for a cuppa and a catch-up with the people you care about.

RPC Supporting works at Cambridge Station for a valued client for the removal of the Anti-Trespass Mats and lifting of all Inspection Chamber Lids along the Extension and Existing Platform 4 to enable a visual Survey of the Cable Labelling / Identification.

It’s estimated that the average person spends around one third of their life at work.Managing a demanding workload alongside a busy home life has its challenges but adding a global pandemic into the mix can be overwhelming, with coronavirus having completely altered the way we work.

We've just completed hundreds of Christmas and New Year projects across Britain's railway to give you better and more reliable journeys for the long term.

Network Rail has completed upgrades to the railway between Euston, the Midlands and the North West over Christmas. From Friday 24 until Wednesday 29 December, hundreds of railway engineers carried out vital work on the railway.