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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