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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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Reshaping prison education
12 May 2025 | 4 min read
We’re working with vocational education body City and Guilds, His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Highpoint and other rail industry partners to…

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Infrastructure insights
What’s on a freight train?
8 May 2025 | 3 min read
Have you ever spotted a freight train thundering past? Billions of pounds worth of goods are transported throughout Britain every…

VE Day – The railway in WWII
8 May 2025 | 5 min read

A freight hub at London Waterloo station
2 May 2025 | 2 min read

Why does Network Rail paint rails white for the summer?
23 April 2025 | 3 min read

Increasing the resilience of our railway
23 April 2025 | 4 min read