Stories - Network Rail

Statement on the death of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

Apr 9, 2021

From Sir Peter Hendy, chair of Network Rail “It is with great sorrow that we have learned of the death...

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....

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Access for All update – April 2021

Apr 7, 2021

We're working hard across Britain to provide Access for All - from step-free access to the latest tech to give you better journeys. The Access for All Programme aims to provides an obstacle free, accessible route to...

Aerial image of Dartford Bridge showing Easter engineering works

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 projects around the country between...

Easter rail works – spotlight on Essex and East London

Mar 31, 2021

This Easter, we'll start work to make your rail services more reliable in Essex and East London. Over the next four years, we're investing more than £80m in replacing 50 kilometres of wire. It's an...

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 to describe principal rail links...

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 safe and reliable to work...

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 different type of track ......

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Easter rail works – spotlight on West Coast Main Line

Mar 23, 2021

Our teams are preparing for lots of essential improvements to the busy West Coast Main Line this Easter. Our Easter works around Britain will take place from Friday 2 to Monday 5 April 2021 and will...

Together – the railway reflects on a year since lockdown

Mar 23, 2021

Today (23 March) the railway has come together to mark a year since the UK entered its first lockdown. It's been a year like no other, with unprecedented challenges and change. But what will never...

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