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How we’re helping you travel during coronavirus

Jul 27, 2020

We're helping you use the railway confidently - with a range of measures to keep you safe during the pandemic....

Film – a railway rich in biodiversity

Jul 22, 2020

Running Britain’s railway comes with great responsibility for the land and wildlife beside it. Folkestone Warren, a country park along...

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Big Bang Digital 2020

Jul 14, 2020

This year's Big Bang Fair has gone digital - all day on 14 July. Big Bang, an annual event inspiring children to explore science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), has teamed up with a wide...

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 ground at the site in County Durham. How did we complete one of our fastest...

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 reliable journeys for passengers. What causes landslips? How do we try to prevent them? And...

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...

International Women in Engineering Day 2020

Jun 23, 2020

'Shape the world' is the theme for this year's International Women in Engineering Day. What does it mean to us? Anything from innovative design to projects that help communities and getting more people involved in...

INWED 2020 – a year in the life of an engineer

Jun 23, 2020

Track engineer Tara Scott’s had a busy year since appearing in our film for International Women in Engineering Day last year. We catch up with her to talk travel, working in Canada and getting over...

Windrush Day 2020

Jun 22, 2020

This Windrush Day the railway celebrates the vital contribution of a diverse workforce as we look forward to permanently commemorating the Windrush generation at London Waterloo. On 22 June 1948, hundreds of passengers, many of...

The Architecture the Railways Built – Barmouth Viaduct

Jun 16, 2020

On tonight's The Architecture the Railways Built railway historian Tim Dunn takes us to Barmouth Viaduct - Wales' only major timber railway bridge still in use. Watch Tim on his new series on Yesterday on...
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