Charity

ScotRail is adding more seats to services between Motherwell and Balloch this Sunday as thousands of people are expected to take part in Glasgow’s biggest ever charity Kiltwalk. A record 14,000 walkers will get their tartan on and take part...

Railway workers across are set to raise thousands of pounds for Samaritans this April as they put on their running shoes to take on the 2024 TCS London Marathon. South Western Railway’s runners are supporting Samaritans after it was chosen as the...

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway stations across the country, raising money and awareness for the work being done to help the thousands of vulnerable young...

A control room train services manager for Govia Thameslink Railway hopes to visit all 2,580 of Great Britain's railway stations in just six weeks. Dave Jones, 34 of Three Bridges, West Sussex, expects to average 62 stations a day in...

On Thursday 22 February, representatives from the Railway Heritage Trust, Henley-in-Arden Parish Council, West Midlands Railway, Friends of the Shakespeare Line and Friends of Henley Railway Station joined Network Rail’s Lord Peter Hendy to open Henley-in-Arden’s newly refurbished station...

Network Rail has joined Samaritans, British Transport Police and the wider rail industry to remind the public that small talk can be lifesaving as part of Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign. New findings released by Samaritans reveal nearly half...

February is Payroll Giving Month and Railway Mission is asking the railway family to support the charity's chaplaincy team's vital work by setting up a regular donation through their salary. With payroll giving, donations to Railway Mission are taken monthly...

Railway Children is urging the rail community to swap their warm beds to spend the night on a cold station floor to support their work with vulnerable children around the world.  The charity’s popular Sleepout event is back for 2024...

Okehampton United Charities has leased seven acres of unplanted grassland to Network Rail for 35 years under a new agreement that will help protect wildlife and increase biodiversity in Devon. New habitats for rare hazel dormice will be created in...

Network Rail has joined Samaritans to encourage the public to have a cuppa and a catch up for the charity’s annual Brew Monday campaign. Samaritans has long campaigned to dispel the idea that the third Monday of January, also known...