One of the supporters of the suicide prevention charity Samaritans’ annual ‘24/7’ Awareness Day held yesterday, Friday 24th July, was GBR Anglia.
Category: Mental Health
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 […]
Railway Mission launches open mental health resilience courses
Two new half-day open mental health resilience training sessions have been launched by Paideia Coaching, Railway Mission’s professional training arm. The courses are on 10 September in Leeds and 17 September in London and provide a cost-effective way for individuals or small groups to benefit from the railway-industry specific training, which normally requires a full […]
Railway Mission launches open mental health resilience courses
Two new half-day open mental health resilience training sessions have been launched by Paideia Coaching, Railway Mission’s professional training arm. The courses are on 10 September in Leeds and 17 September in London and provide a cost-effective way for individuals or small groups to benefit from the railway-industry specific training, which normally requires a full […]
Railway family responds to fatal Bedford collision
The railway industry is mourning the loss of East Midlands Railway (EMR) driver Shaun Burton following the tragic train collision near Bedford on Friday 19 June. The collision, which occurred south of Bedford near Elstow, involved two EMR passenger services and resulted in around 100 sustaining injuries, 11 serious. Shaun Burton, a mainline driver with […]
ORR says most journeys made on Great Britain’s rail network since 1920
Passengers made 1.83 billion journeys on Great Britain’s rail network between April 2025 and March 2026, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has announced; the highest number since 1920. The latest annual figure exceeds the recent high of 1.75 billion recorded in the year April 2018 to March 2019 and is also up 6% on the […]
ScotRail encourages customers and staff to take action during Mental Health Awareness Week
ScotRail is encouraging customers and staff across the country to take action to support good mental health as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, with station announcements across the network reminding people that it is ‘OK to talk’. Throughout the week, audio announcements at stations and messages on customer information screens have been encouraging people […]