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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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Jul 9, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 9, 20213 min read
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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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Jul 9, 20213 min read
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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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Jul 9, 20213 min read
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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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Jul 9, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 8, 20213 min read
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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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Jun 25, 20211 min read
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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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Jun 25, 20213 min read
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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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Jun 23, 20213 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20211 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20211 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20213 min read
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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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Jun 22, 20213 min read
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