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Delays explained – flooding

Feb 25, 2021

Very wet weather can significantly impact the railway, causing flooding and disrupting your train services. When this happens, our engineers...

Network Rail continues to support victims of domestic abuse

Feb 22, 2021

We have extended our support to domestic abuse victims by leading the rail industry in implementing an Online Safe Spaces service portal...

More stories from around our network

Why we carry out engineering works over bank holidays

Feb 18, 2021

We’re frequently asked why we schedule big engineering projects for bank holiday weekends. We plan these large-scale works for certain times so they cause the least disruption to your journeys. These include bank holidays, Sundays...

Happy birthday Glasgow Queen Street: seven things you didn’t know

Feb 17, 2021

Glasgow Queen Street station - currently the site one of our biggest improvement projects - is 179 years old this week. We're close to completing a huge upgrade of the Victorian station, to give you...

Change the Game – Q and A with graduate Olivia Woodward

Feb 16, 2021

At school, aspiring athlete Olivia Woodward threw herself into as many sports as possible. After university, she joined a much bigger team - the railway. We chat to Olivia about her love of maths, making...

Exhibition celebrates railway heroes

Feb 15, 2021

The National Railway Museum and its sister museum Locomotion have launched an exhibition celebrating the vital role played by railway key workers during the pandemic. Named Railway Heroes, the exhibition has initially opened online and...

The Architecture the Railways Built – the birthplace of the modern railway

Feb 9, 2021

Where can you find the origins of the modern railway? In County Durham, where The Architecture the Railways Built is heading in its new series. County Durham is rich in railway heritage - so much...

Getting you around safely this winter

Feb 8, 2021

We're working hard to keep you moving in cold weather as temperatures drop across Britain. Before one winter’s over, we’re thinking about the next. We plan ahead for snow, ice, floods and wind (as well...

Video: Delays explained – landslips

Feb 4, 2021

Extreme weather across Britain has put the railway at a higher risk of landslips, which typically grow in number during winter. What is a landslip? Landslips happen on the railway when soil, rocks and earth...

How did we build a tunnel within a tunnel … and why?

Feb 3, 2021

It’s 11,000 tonnes, weighs more than the Eiffel Tower and is a first for UK engineering. Last month we pushed this huge curved concrete box under one of Britain’s busiest railway lines, near Peterborough. Actually,...
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