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How we built a railway station in six months

Jul 9, 2020

The brand-new Horden railway station opened to passenger services on 29 June - just six months after our teams broke...

Preventing landslips around the railway

Jul 8, 2020

We're busy strengthening the near the railway around Britain, including in Cumbria, where a £3.5m investment will lead to more...

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The Architecture the Railways Built – interview with presenter Tim Dunn

Jul 7, 2020

Growing up in Metro-land - the leafy suburbia served by the London Underground’s Metropolitan line - Tim Dunn’s track as one of our best-known railway historians had already been laid. His grandparents met as schoolchildren...

Delays explained – overhead line equipment

Jul 6, 2020

We know delays caused by OLE failures are frustrating and do all we can to minimise them. What is OLE? Overhead line equipment – or OLE – is the name for the overhead wires and...

Week on the Network 06.07.20

Jul 6, 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,...

The NHS and the railway

Jul 5, 2020

We’re celebrating the hard work of everyone at the National Health Service as it turns 72, and its historic links with another service that runs on critical workers - the railway. Take a stroll down...

Work carries on – routine railway works in June

Jul 1, 2020

The railway has undergone huge changes in response to coronavirus, to keep vital services running for key workers and freight operators and ensure people using the railway and working on it can stay far enough apart...

The Architecture the Railways Built – Great Western Railway

Jun 30, 2020

It's the final stop for television presenter Tim Dunn on his exploration of the incredible architecture on the railways across the UK and Europe. Watch the last episode of his 10-part series, The Architecture the...

Week on the Network 29.06.20

Jun 29, 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,...

How we prevent tracks from getting too hot

Jun 24, 2020

With hot weather forecast across Britain, we’re working hard to prepare the tracks for the added strain of higher temperatures. Here’s how we do it: We work closely with specialist weather forecasters and local weather stations...
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