Stories around our network

Black and white photograph by Howard Grey of the Windrush Generation arriving at London Waterloo station
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People and the railway
Railway heritage

Remembering Windrush Day at Network Rail

21 June 2023 | 4 min read

It’s the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day, when the railway joins in the remembrance and celebration of the invaluable contributions…
Senior engineer Nilda Sanchez stands in the library at the Network Rail office in Milton Keynes.
Stories
Life at Network Rail
People and the railway

Q and A with Nilda Sanchez

16 June 2023 | 6 min read

Ahead of this International Women in Engineering Day we find how senior engineer Nilda went from sandcastles in Venezuela to…
Eurovision crowds with banners outside Liverpool Lime Street.

Liverpool Lime Street’s Eurovision highlights

17 May 2023 | 3 min read
Image taken from above of the DC testbed found inside the substation at Willesden Junction.

Preserving early electric railway history

23 February 2023 | 3 min read
Still from an animation depicting Network Rail board member Stephen Duckworth at the hospital in a wheelchair

International Day of Disabled Persons – Against Strong Winds

2 December 2022 | 4 min read
Eight members of our employee network Cultural Fusion gathered behind a meeting room table.

What does Black History Month mean to me?

20 October 2022 | 4 min read