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Your Spring 2025 issue of Penfriend is here

May 19, 2025
The latest issue of Penfriend, our newsletter for retired members, is available online now.



You’ll find
articles on:

  • the 2025 pension increase
  • communications when it comes to your pension
  • working after retirement
  • celebrating 200 years of rail
  • how our readers are spending their lives after work
  • this issue's competition

You'll also find your regular features of the Chair's message, pension news, Rail Staff Travel updates, stories, letters and photos. Thank you to everyone who has written in to us.

Your printed copy of Penfriend

You'll receive your printed copy of Penfriend soon. All of the content was correct at the time of going to print. 

In the meantime, you can read the latest issue on the dedicated newsletter page.

We’d love to hear what you think of this issue

If you enjoyed this issue, or have any suggestions on where we could improve, please tell us what you think by filling out this short survey.

Would you like to feature in the next issue?

Thank you to all who got in touch with us and contributed to this issue. If you'd like to feature in an upcoming issue of Penfriend, please send your letters and photos to penfriend@railpen.com

 

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