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Jul 9, 20212 min read
Vital track upgrade sees temporary closure of Craven Arms level crossing in Shropshire
Work to upgrade the railway through Craven Arms, Shropshire will see the town’s level crossing temporarily closed for two months. The...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Data revolution set to improve rail travel for passengers
An innovative approach to sharing rail data that will improve journeys for passengers and support the commitments in the Williams-Shapps...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station
Another ‘key’ milestone in reopening the Dartmoor Line has been reached with the completion of the purchase of the railway and Okehampton...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Passenger trains converted to deliver parcels to city centres
High-speed parcel deliveries will soon be made by rail to satisfy a growing demand for faster freight. Network Rail and distribution firm...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Network Rail staff host football match for mental health charities supported by Pompey legend
Hot on the heels of Friday's England match, another football match kicks off this Friday (9 July) to raise money for charities working to...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 8, 20213 min read
Network Rail and Highways England publish a Solent to the Midlands multimodal freight strategy
Network Rail and Highways England have published the first phase of the Solent to the Midlands Multimodal Freight Strategy. The strategy...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 25, 20211 min read
Network Rail volunteer leads mental health first aider training
Earlier in June (Monday 7 to Thursday 10), Network Rail mental health first aider, Shaun Giddins volunteered to run a two-day mental...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 25, 20213 min read
Beyond wood – first recycled plastic railway sleepers laid on Network Rail tracks
Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 23, 20213 min read
Okehampton Remembered!
1972: It was the year the Watergate Scandal broke, Emmerdale Farm first appeared on our TV screens, Mary Peters won pentathlon gold at...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
TPGroup Powers the UK's First Full-Scale Hydrogen Train
tpgroup, the providers of mission-critical solutions for a more secure world, is pleased to provide further detail on its ‘Hydrogen...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Graffiti hotspots tidied up in major cleaning blitz on the railway
Communities across the south west are to benefit from a tidier, cleaner-looking railway following a spring clean of graffiti-affected...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Network Rail’s 3000th apprentice takes up his station at Suffolk signal box
Signalling apprentice, Thomas Briggs, based at Saxmundham in Suffolk, has become Network Rail’s 3000th apprentice since the...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Birmingham brick Victorian viaducts get railway revamp
Two Victorian-built railway viaducts in Birmingham are having essential repairs to make them more reliable for passenger and freight...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Secure 'cycle pod' opens at Birmingham New Street
A secure ‘cycle pod’ has been created at Birmingham New Street for city centre commuters to store their bikes and interchange from cycle...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Four Network Rail employees recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Four Network Rail employees have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, published on Friday 11 June. Rajinder Pryor, John...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Edwardian era station improved for 21st century Chiltern passengers
Major improvements at Gerrards Cross have now been completed in order to improve the station for Chiltern main line passengers. A £2.4m...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Innovative railway footbridge design is unveiled
A new design of bridge that could transform rail crossings across Britain was unveiled by Network Rail at Rail Live today (June 16). The...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
Manchester Piccadilly escalator trials virus busting technology
Space-age technology is being trialled at Manchester Piccadilly station to give passenger escalators added protection from COVID-19. A...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Low-Carbon Concrete Turns Dawlish Sea Wall a Greener Shade of Grey
A rail resilience project reduces carbon impact by two-thirds with use of low carbon concrete leading to a 1,130-tonne carbon dioxide...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Swansea railway station sees biggest refurbishment in more than a decade
Swansea railway station has been given a dramatic transformation after Network Rail and Transport for Wales came together to deliver key...
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