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Work starts to restore iconic Ribblehead viaduct

Work is under way to improve passenger and freight journeys over the world-renowned Ribblehead viaduct.

North Yorkshire bridge renewals mean changes for passengers from this weekend

Multi-million pound bridge upgrades are taking place on the Settle to Carlisle line in North Yorkshire from this weekend to make the railway more reliable for passengers and freight.

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Passengers warned of railway closure as historic Todmorden bridge work starts

Oct 21, 2020

Gauxholme viaduct is undergoing a multi-million-pound restoration to improve passenger journeys and secure its future for generations to come. The £3.7m Great North Rail Project investment will see the 1840-built Grade II listed structure grit...

Super-fast graffiti cover up in £500k Midlands and Chiltern railway crackdown

Oct 21, 2020

*Downloadable unedited B-Roll footage at the bottom of the media release* The clean-up operation is supporting the Secretary of State Grant Shapps’ recent commitment to improve the look and feel of the railway as part...

Graffiti hotspots targeted in major railway cleanup on Merseyside

Oct 21, 2020

The clean-up of this stretch of the Merseyrail network supports Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ recent commitment to improve the look and feel of the railway. Network Rail workers from the Liverpool team spent six hours...

Exhibition opens into race relations railwayman’s fight for workplace equality

Oct 16, 2020

Asquith Xavier was a guard with British Rail and was denied a promotion based on the colour of his skin in 1966. Despite being the year after the 1965 Race Relations Act banning discrimination in...

West Coast main line protected as Cumbrian river restored back to its original course

Oct 13, 2020

Network Rail is working with the Eden Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, Natural England and landowners to return the River Leith near Thrimby back to its natural course and make the West Coast main line more...

Rail industry cares for community garden in Staffordshire village of Hixon

Oct 13, 2020

The site in Hixon, Staffordshire, commemorates a tragic collision between a train and a low-loader lorry on a level crossing in the village in 1968. In recent years the garden has become overgrown and damaged....

Safe storage for Stephenson statue during Euston’s HS2 transformation

Oct 12, 2020

The 150-year-old bronze monument to Robert, the son of ‘father of the railways’ George Stephenson, came to Euston in 1871 and has stood in pride of place in its current location since 2008. Now the...

Queen honours railway signaller with MBE for homelessness charity work

Oct 9, 2020

Chris Conway, a relief signaller at Bamber Bridge, near Preston, has helped people living on the streets in his hometown for many years. The 27-year-old started his Thursday night ‘community watch’ street walks in 2018,...
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