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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…

Stories

Infrastructure insights

Why does Network Rail paint rails white for the summer?

23 April 2025 | 3 min read

This spring we’ll use about 1,500 litres of white paint – the equivalent of 30,000 square metres – for sections…

Five things you didn’t know about our fleet

20 March 2025 | 3 min read

A bigger and better Bristol Temple Meads

6 February 2025 | 3 min read

Happy birthday Glasgow Queen Street: seven things you didn’t know

3 February 2025 | 4 min read

Using tech to help battle bridge strikes

28 January 2025 | 3 min read