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Extreme weather response update 17.03.20

Mar 17, 2020

Extreme weather across Britain has caused significant disruption and damage to the railway. Our teams have worked around in the...

IWD: Q&A with Michelle Chrabalowski, environment specialist

Mar 11, 2020

Birds' nests, great crested newts and squirrels are just part of a normal working day for environment specialist Michelle Chrabalowski....

IWD: Q&A with Rhian Lane, geotech engineer

Mar 9, 2020

Rhian Lane loved exploring the outdoors growing up so pursued a career where she could do just that. Find out why Rhian loves her job looking after the land the railway runs on – and...

International Women’s Day – All Change

Mar 8, 2020

This International Women’s Day we celebrate how the railway is changing - and we’re changing with it. A flagship film launched on International Women’s Day (8 March) takes us on an exciting railway journey, calling...

Resilience works across the railway

Feb 27, 2020

The recent severe weather has highlighted the vital work we do across Britain to protect the ground the railway runs on and keep passengers moving. In South East England, our teams have worked around the...

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

Feb 21, 2020

Glasgow Queen Street station - currently the site one of our biggest improvement projects - is 178 years old this week. This year we will complete a huge upgrade of the Victorian station, to give...

Storm Dennis – how we’re responding

Feb 17, 2020

This weekend, Storm Dennis caused widespread disruption to the railway - just days after Storm Ciara. Our teams are working around the clock to respond to problems caused by the severe weather and get passengers...

Landslip repairs: Redhill-Tonbridge railway to reopen in March

Jan 22, 2020

Network Rail and engineers from contractor BAM Nuttall have begun work to repair a remote landslip in the South East of England. The railway has been cut in half since 22 December after the incident...

How we moved a river: re-routing a waterway and protecting the environment

Sep 26, 2019

A year ago, we completed work moving a river to save a railway and preserve the surrounding are. The radical solution has reduced the long-term risks of erosion, protected biodiversity and provided better land access. All in...

Pioneering trial for solar-powered trains

Sep 4, 2019

A pioneering trial to use solar energy to partly power a railway line has become our latest effort to develop a greener network. Last month, social enterprise Riding Sunbeams switched on the first ever solar...
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