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Install a fountain as part of wider refurbishment works later this year.Īndrew Haines, Network Rail chief executive, said: “This is a great start and shows that passengers share our passion to reduce single use plastic. Stations, including Bristol Temple Meads, Birmingham New Street, Manchester

Since launching the water fountain initiative at London Charing Cross inįebruary 2018, Network Rail has expanded it to 19 of Britain’s largest railway We encourage passengers to download City to Sea’s Refill App, which connects people to over 21,000 Refill Stations around the UK, including Network Rail’s water fountains. Activity will be underway at London Charing Cross, London Paddington, London Bridge and Birmingham New Street stations on Wednesday 19 June to mark the day and raise the profile of station water fountains. The announcement coincides with National Refill Day – an initiative led by charity City to Sea that aims to reduce plastic pollution. The year and we’re encouraging passengers to make the switch to reusable We have set a target of saving two million water bottles by the end of Stacked end to end, the bottles would stretch the distance between London and Cardiff (235km) or fill a total of 833 rubbish trucks. Saving more than 100,000 water bottles from landfill every month with the help Introduced last year, Network Rail’s free drinking water fountains now Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations have helped save the equivalent of a million plastic bottles by embracing the ‘refill revolution’.