Why drainage is essential to our planned engineering works
You may be familiar with engineering works like track renewals, signalling upgrades and electrification. But less visible work – like…
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Read the George Stephenson notebook online
Network Rail is proud to share one of the railway’s most historically important artefacts with the world. The rediscovery in 2018 of…
From the archive: WWII and the railway
The Network Rail archive is the custodian of a vast collection of historic documents and plans relating to today’s railway infrastructure. It…
The Railway at War – 1939-1945
“The railway was crucial in WWII … keeping the heart of Britain going.” The railway played a crucial role in…
Improving London Liverpool Street
The City of London has officially validated our planning application to develop London Liverpool Street station. It’s a big step…
Going solar for a greener railway
We’ve secured a revolutionary deal with energy company EDF Renewables to help power railway stations and offices using solar energy….
Rail freight wins over the past year
In the past year, we’ve worked tirelessly with our freight partners and industry bodies to grow and support the rail…
Late May bank holiday works in numbers
This late May bank holiday, we completed 277 vital projects up and down the country. All to give you and…
Renewing the Midland Main Line this late May bank holiday
We spent the past weekend completing the last of a run of nine weekends of major work on the Midland…
Upgrading the railway in West Yorkshire this late May bank holiday
We’re upgrading sections of the Transpennine route between Huddersfield and Leeds from this bank holiday Monday 26 May until Friday…