Dwell Time

Dwell time: The time a train spends at a scheduled stop without moving. Typically, this time is spent boarding or alighting passengers, but it may also be spent waiting for traffic ahead to clear, or idling time in order to get back on schedule. Dwell Time is a newspaper published for the Penistone Line Railway in Yorkshire that seeks contributions concerning reflections on your own or someone else’s mental wellbeing. We are seeking drawings, illustrations, poetry and personal stories about real life, raw feelings and survival stories; more about the journeys more than the destinations. The Penistone Line is a slow and scenic journey from Huddersfield to the steel city of Sheffield, through beautiful countryside and over Penistone Viaduct, plus a stop at Meadowhall shopping centre. Almost 300 people died in suicide incidents on Britain’s railways in 2016/17, according to Office of Rail and Road figures, including on the Penistone Line. According the the mental health charity Mind: Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week. 20.6 in 100 people have suicidal thoughts 6.7 in 100 people have suicide attempts and 7.3 in 100 people self-harm.