It is the annual Samaritans Awareness Day today (Friday 24 July), and West Midlands Railway (WMR) is reminding passengers they don’t have to face their problems alone.
Category: Charity
West Midlands Railway reminds customers Samaritans is there for them 24/7 to mark Samaritans Awareness Day
West Midlands Railway (WMR) is reminding passengers they don’t have to face their challenges alone this Friday (24 July) for Samaritans Awareness Day. This weekend, the train operator is providing Samaritans volunteers with free passes to travel on WMR routes and raise awareness of the charity to passengers. Railway organisations like WMR and Network Rail […]
Metro track recycled for new South Tyneside war memorial
A donation of used Metro track will be used to create a new memorial to British soldiers who served in the Far East during World War Two. The track, 10metres in total, will commemorate a North East solider and his fellow prisoners who built the so-called ‘Death Railway’ between Thailand and Myanmar, formerly Burma, from […]
Metro track recycled for new South Tyneside war memorial
A donation of used Metro track will be used to create a new memorial to British soldiers who served in the Far East during World War Two. The track, 10metres in total, will commemorate a North East solider and his fellow prisoners who built the so-called ‘Death Railway’ between Thailand and Myanmar, formerly Burma, from […]
Mark Hopwood becomes a Patron for TBF
It has been announced that Mark Hopwood CBE, Managing Director of GWR, has become a Patron of the Transport Benevolent Fund CIO, known as TBF. “I am delighted to be joining the team of TBF patrons. The railway is a family, and it is important that we come together to offer support when needed,” says […]
Siemens’s Goole Charity Cricket Day passes £100,000 fundraising milestone
Siemens Mobility has celebrated another successful Charity Cricket Day in Goole, with the fourth annual tournament raising £32,000 for local charities and taking the event’s cumulative total past the £100,000 mark since its launch in 2023. Aglaja Schneider, joint CEO and managing director, rolling stock and customer services at Siemens Mobility UK&I, said: “The Goole […]
RBF launches 2026 Auction of Rail Experiences
Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) has proudly announced that its Auction of Rail Experiences is back for 2026. The auction returns with a fresh lineup of experiences, including cab rides, behind-the-scenes access, and much more. Whether bidders have followed railways their whole lives or are just beginning to take an interest, RBF say there is something […]
Alstom colleagues pull historic steam locomotive for charity
Alstom is celebrating after one of its depot teams successfully completed a unique charity challenge on Wednesday 1 July, pulling a 25 tonne historic steam locomotive entirely by hand at Didcot Railway Centre. Sixteen colleagues based at Great Western Railway’s Reading Depot pulled No. 1340 Trojan – built in 1897 – along a 250 metre […]