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Railway Day – supporting people at their most vulnerable
April 30, 2021
Supporting vulnerable people during the pandemic has been an important cause for us on the railway. The rail industry has come together to give people help and hope at a...

Network Rail listed in Times Top 50 Employers for Women
April 29, 2021
We're proud that we have today (29 April) been named as one of the top 50 employers for women in the UK. The Times Top 50 Employers for Women is...
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Inspire – our employee network for gender equality
Apr 29, 2021
The team behind our gender equality employee network is celebrating a landmark achievement. Network Rail has been named one The Times Top 50 Employers for Women. The list “celebrates outstanding...

Network Rail invites £1bn private sector investment in telecoms
Apr 26, 2021
Network Rail is seeking private sector investment in its trackside fibre optic cable network in a deal that would enable performance, safety and connectivity benefits for passengers. It could also...

The Box Tunnel – Brunel builds the impossible
Apr 8, 2021
The Box Tunnel in Wiltshire is one of our finest Victorian structures. It’s also one of the railway’s greatest triumphs. Once completed, it inspired short stories and poems, cementing itself...

Easter bank holiday engineering works complete
Apr 6, 2021
We just completed more than £100m of vital railway upgrades and maintenance projects over the this Easter weekend to give you better journeys across Britain. Our teams carried out 600...

What’s a Main Line? Rail history explained
Mar 30, 2021
We talk a lot about Main Line railways but what are they and how do they differ from other lines? One simple answer is that we typically use Main Line...

Easter rail works – spotlight on Greater London
Mar 25, 2021
We look at our bank holiday plans in London as we count down to our huge Easter railway works. They range from essential improvements to signalling to keep your journeys...

Change the Game – Q and A with data manager Chloe Barnett
Mar 24, 2021
A seat close to the fast-paced pit crew at a Formula 1 race track gave Chloe Barnett the excitement to pursue engineering. Now, she helps a team on a very...

Recycling around the railway
Mar 18, 2021
We're sharing some of our recent efforts to reduce waste across the railway ... Reuse, recycle or redeploy We're aiming to reuse, recycle or redeploy all our nonhazardous infrastructure materials...
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