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Reopening Horton quarry rail link after 60 years
Published 15 July 2025
| Average read time 4 min read
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International Women’s Day: top engineering questions answered
7 March 2023 | 4 min read
This International Women’s Day, women from the railway and beyond answer some of the internet’s most asked questions about science,…
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Railway heritage
Preserving early electric railway history
23 February 2023 | 3 min read
Our railway is full of fascinating history. And every now and then we find something really special that we can…
Why we do maintenance and engineering work at night
7 February 2023 | 2 min read
Network Rail helps Samaritans bust ‘Blue Monday’ myth
16 January 2023 | 2 min read
Christmas engineering works completed
9 January 2023 | 3 min read
Why can’t normal train services run on snow and ice?
12 December 2022 | 3 min read