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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...

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...

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Exhibition celebrates railway heroes

Mar 23, 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...

International Women’s Day 2021 – we choose to challenge

Mar 8, 2021

This International Women’s Day we #ChooseToChallenge. Today, women from across the railway share why it’s a fantastic place to work and how you can make a difference by joining us. Watch this video to find...

World Engineering Day – Trackside Tara and 300 tonnes of concrete

Mar 4, 2021

We're sharing some of our favourite engineering moments this World Engineering Day ... ... like when Trackside Tara found out how to lift 300 tonnes of concrete from directly above the railway! Tara Scott, a...

World Engineering Day 2021 – six awesome engineering projects on the railway

Mar 4, 2021

This World Engineering Day we look back at six times we witnessed amazing feats of engineering around Britain's railway. Watch this video for more: 1 - Farnworth tunnel breakthrough What does digging through a tunnel...

Film – Everyday Heroes: Ice Swimmer

Mar 3, 2021

"Everything I've done has prepared me for ice swimming." On the railway, Jade Perry works as a programme integration manager in Scotland. In freezing waters, she's a world champion ice swimmer - and just one...

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...

Cultural Fusion: embracing differences to make a difference

Feb 3, 2021

“The best way to spread any kind of word is to have dedicated volunteers like myself who are passionate about change.” Sharon Salmon is co-chair of Cultural Fusion, Network Rail’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic...

Change the Game – Q and A with graduate Adedayo Akeredolu

Feb 2, 2021

Graduate Adedayo Akeredolu joined us straight from university and quickly found out that not one person is the same in our 40,000+ workforce. We talk to him about diversity, unique thinking and exploring the global...
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