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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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Film – Everyday Heroes: Ice Swimmer
3 March 2021 | 7 min read
“Everything I’ve done has prepared me for ice swimming.” On the railway, Jade Perry works as a programme integration manager…
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Delays explained
Living by the railway
Why we carry out engineering works over bank holidays
18 February 2021 | 3 min read
We’re frequently asked why we schedule big engineering projects for bank holiday weekends. We plan these large-scale works for certain…
Change the Game – Q and A with graduate Olivia Woodward
16 February 2021 | 8 min read
The Architecture the Railways Built – the birthplace of the modern railway
9 February 2021 | 4 min read
How did we build a tunnel within a tunnel … and why?
3 February 2021 | 6 min read
Cultural Fusion: embracing differences to make a difference
3 February 2021 | 3 min read