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Hello Journey members and a very warm welcome to our September 2026 update. As a long hot summer of events nears a close and the evenings start to draw in, we’d like to take the opportunity to thank all the networks in the sector who generously extended the invitation to Journey members to join various wonderful events these past few months. That said we’re not quite done yet, with Alstom kindly inviting us to join them at Derby Pride this Saturday 12th September in Markeaton

On Saturday 8th August we donned our pride gear, covered breakfast pancakes in caster sugar, and drank our Yorkshire tea. That's right, we were at Doncaster Pride! Hitachi Rail Pride in Unity network with a little Journey support in a parched Town Field Doncaster is steeped in railway history and remains a major operations and maintenance base for passenger and freight operators, as well as an engineering hub for the upkeep of the rail network. Hitachi Rail maintain the East

Hello Journey members, we hope that this finds you well and enjoying what feels like an endless summer? While there have been many highlights such as a record 150,000 people celebrating Trans joy and visibility at Trans Pride in London, continued anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments from many quarters were pulled into sharp and tragic focus in Berlin on that same weekend. This, and the tsunami of laughing emojis, misgendering, and repetition of age-old tropes about mental illness and perve

On 18th June 2026 Journey joined KPMG's Breathe Network, DfT's LGBT+ Network and DEFRA's Pride network for a special Pride Month event celebrating the environment, championing sustainability, and recognising the profound intersection between nature and queer identity. This unique event, generously hosted at KPMG's Canary Wharf offices, featured insightful presentations from experts in the field - Robbie Blackhall-Miles and Ellie Leech - followed by a fireside chat, a Q&A sess