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Our leaf-busting operation

Oct 29, 2018

The autumn is the most challenging time of year for the railway, so we spend the rest of the year...

Spotlight on level crossings

Oct 17, 2018

This month (October 2018) we launched our latest national campaign - targeting drivers of road vehicles - to reduce the...

150 years of St Pancras – Victorian gothic to HS1

Oct 1, 2018

Today (1 October) London St Pancras International - one of our most famous and iconic railway stations - turns 150 years old. Owned by HS1 Limited and managed by Network Rail, today St Pancras is a crucial London...

Delays explained

Sep 18, 2018

How can delays affect your journey and what do we do to minimise disruption? Delays are frustrating so we do everything we can to prevent them and provide useful, up-to-date information. The demands on Britain’s railway are...

Autumn on the railway

Sep 17, 2018

Autumn's here - the nights are drawing in, the temperature's dropping and we're preparing to combat leaves on the line. Millions of trees grow along the railway, dropping thousands of tonnes of leaves onto the tracks...

Signals explained

Sep 5, 2018

Upgrades to signalling and train control systems feature strongly in our improvement works and are part of our ongoing plans to install modern technology to improve services for passengers and freight operators. Signalling is a crucial part...

Spotlight on flooding: prevention and repairs

Aug 30, 2018

In September we’ll start work on a £9 million flood defence scheme on our Wessex route to better protect the railway line. We’ll reduce the likelihood of local flooding from a one in five-year risk, to a...

From plot to platform: how fast can we build a railway station?

2018年8月2日,

Many are expected to achieve it in 18, some manage it in 12. Maghull North did it in nine. The brand-new railway station in Merseyside opened in June after just nine months of construction. The £13m...

Air operations: Network Rail and drones

Aug 1, 2018

Our air operations team has been busy developing our use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems, over the past six months. The addition to our air ops unit, which already includes our own helicopter, will bolster our capacity...

Meet Network Rail’s employees in the sky

Jul 19, 2018

Hundreds of feet in the air, Network Rail employees are making a complete photographic record of the Scottish railway. From Perth to Inverness and Glasgow to the Highlands, a camera fitted beneath a helicopter takes a...
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