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Bringing more trains to West Yorkshire
Published 12 June 2025
| Average read time 4 min read

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Smart sensors, fewer delays: tackling heat on the tracks
13 June 2025 | 4 min read
We’re rolling out a remote temperature monitoring system that’ll help us track rail temperatures more accurately, precisely and frequently in…

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Planned engineering works
Why drainage is essential to our planned engineering works
11 June 2025 | 3 min read
You may be familiar with engineering works like track renewals, signalling upgrades and electrification. But less visible work – like…

Read the George Stephenson notebook online
9 June 2025 | 3 min read

From the archive: WWII and the railway
6 June 2025 | 3 min read

The Railway at War – 1939-1945
6 June 2025 | 5 min read

Improving London Liverpool Street
3 June 2025 | 3 min read