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Supporting key workers with free parking

Apr 1, 2020

Network Rail is offering key workers free parking at APCOA-managed parking locations across Britain as the country responds to the...

Freight keeps Britain’s lights on

Mar 31, 2020

The rail freight industry is working together to ensure millions of homes and businesses in Britain have electricity during the...

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Coronavirus – how we have responded so far

Mar 30, 2020

The railway is working hard to keep vital goods moving and train services running for essential workers. Here's a look at how we have responded to the coronavirus outbreak so far: Freight success We have...

Week on the Network 30.03.20

Mar 30, 2020

Network Rail works hard to improve the railway each week. We cater for 4.8m rail journeys every single day, while simultaneously delivering an ambitious, multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan. We're renewing and upgrading 20,000 miles of track,...

Network Rail supports army to deliver vital medical face masks to NHS front line

Mar 27, 2020

Railway workers have driven hundreds of miles through the night to deliver two lorry loads of protective medical face masks for frontline workers in the NHS. Network Rail lent its staff and vehicles for the...

Freight continues to deliver vital goods across Britain

Mar 26, 2020

Rail freight is vital for moving goods all over Britain - even more so as the country works together to keep the National Health Service (NHS), supermarkets and other retailers stocked with essential supplies. We...

Calling all former signallers

Mar 26, 2020

Network Rail is appealing for former signallers to keep vital train services moving. Have you signalled trains professionally? We need your help during the coronavirus outbreak to provide crucial support to keep the railway running....

Network Rail teams turn timetable around in one week

Mar 26, 2020

This week we introduced a new a reduced timetable to ensure vital train services for key workers could keep running throughout a prolonged coronavirus outbreak. It would usually take about 14 weeks to process a...

Covid-19: A moment to appreciate things we take for granted? Update from North West & Central

Mar 26, 2020

Tim Shoveller, managing director of North West & Central By the early hours of tomorrow morning, 18,500 tonnes of supermarket goods (pasta, loo roll, bananas etc) will have passed over the English / Scottish border...

Easter upgrades – spotlight on West Coast Main Line

Mar 24, 2020

We're working hard to keep the railway running during this challenging time - including preparing for our £113m of Easter upgrade projects across Britain. Each bank holiday, we plan large-scale engineering works to enable better...
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