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The Architecture the Railways Built – Wemyss Bay

Jan 19, 2021

Tim Dunn’s The Architecture the Railways Built is back for a second series – and heading straight to the spectacular...

Network Rail among UK’s best places to work

Jan 13, 2021

We’re proud to have ranked among the Best Places to Work UK for the first time, thanks to factors including...

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Heritage highlights of 2020

Jan 11, 2021

Our railway is steeped in amazing history. It ranges from pioneering engineers to a top-secret government codebreaking operation and the blueprint for the National Health Service. Here are nine heritage stories from 2020: Film: The...

Our most liked pictures of 2020

Jan 7, 2021

We love seeing your fantastic pictures of the railway, from all over Britain! Our regular picture competition on Twitter invites you to submit your striking images. Our followers then vote for their favourite as our...

From the archive: Brunel and Stephenson’s Christmas in Cairo

Dec 24, 2020

The Network Rail archive is the custodian of a vast collection of historic documents and plans relating to today’s railway infrastructure. It represents the development of the most significant structures, engineers and innovation on the railway from...

What happens to signal boxes when they retire?

Dec 16, 2020

Signal boxes are some of the best-loved icons of Britain’s historic railways. These trackside wooden huts became home to centralised signalling operations more than 130 years ago. You can still spot them dotted around the...

Network Rail wins five prizes at National Railway Heritage Awards 2020

Dec 4, 2020

We’re proud to have won five prizes at this year’s National Railway Heritage Awards as we continue to fund and support work to protect railway heritage for communities across Britain. Network Rail is the custodian...
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180 years of railway time

Nov 19, 2020

What’s railway time and how did it help standardise time around the world 180 years ago? It’s the standardisation of time across the railway in Britain, in November 1840. Before railway time, Victorian train drivers...

Film: The railway at war – 1914-1918

Nov 11, 2020

In 1919, a special service commemorated the railway workers who had served and lost their lives during the First World War. A hundred years later, the railway industry came together to mark the centenary, at...

Film: The Railway at War – 1939-1945

Nov 8, 2020

"The railway was crucial in WWII ... keeping the heart of Britain going." This year marks 75 years since the end of WWII, in which the railway played a crucial role, and for which we...
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