Overview
- Network Rail teams across the East Coast Main Line, including York station, invited passengers to pause for a chat over a brew.
- On Great Western routes, GWR, Network Rail and Samaritans handed out teabags to encourage connection, with leaders saying small interactions can help someone who is struggling.
- Govia Thameslink Railway ran four Brew Trains on January 19—three into London Blackfriars and one to Brighton—engaging 4,240 passengers with teabags, biscuits and volunteer support.
- Luton Town and Stevenage football clubs added visibility, including a video message from Jack Wilshere and academy players joining volunteers at Stevenage station.
- Samaritans has partnered with the rail industry and British Transport Police for more than 15 years, training over 28,000 staff as part of the sector’s wider suicide-prevention programme.