The Royal Albert Bridge – Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s masterpiece – stars in the brand-new The Architecture the Railways Built. Historian and presenter Tim Dunn visits the world-famous bridge, which crosses the River Tamar between Plymouth and Saltash, Cornwall, in the second episode …
We’ve donated laptops to a school in Manchester as part of our efforts to support children learning at home – and reduce waste. Volunteers at Network Rail have designed a scheme to donate old laptops to children across Britain who …
Tim Dunn’s The Architecture the Railways Built is back for a second series – and heading straight to the spectacular Wemyss Bay station. Watch the new series from 8pm on Tuesday 19 January on Yesterday. In the first episode, railway …
Very wet and windy weather can significantly impact the railway. When this happens, our engineers work determinedly night and day to keep the railway open for your train services: With wind and heavy rain forecast across Britain, Network Rail and …
Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge invited transport workers to join them in watching legendary Christmas singer Shakin’ Stevens to perform “Merry Christmas everyone” on Euston Station concourse. Their Royal Highnesses personally thanked people from across the …
We’re proud to have won five prizes at this year’s National Railway Heritage Awards as we continue to fund and support work to protect railway heritage for communities across Britain. Network Rail is the custodian of a railway that dates …
Remember It has recently been highlighted that the deck of a foot crossing had been removed and the surface partially replaced with ballast during High Output track renewal work (example image above). This is not permitted by the relevant company …
Overview The new Safety Task Force established this week has determined there should be an immediate change when work on the track would require a touch lookout to warn staff of an approaching train. The risk control hierarchy requires us …
OverviewOn 28/05/2019 at 17:55, the driver of 1A52 reported that objects had been placed on the Up Main line. The objects were subsequently identified as two drainage pipes (each 500mm diameter, 2m long and weighing 68kg). The train struck the …
Date: 23 May 2018 A landscaping services company was sentenced today after a worker was seriously injured when a retaining wall collapsed into a trench. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 7 November 2016, an employee of Award Winning …
A Construction company has been fined after a tipper vehicle driven by one of its employees came into contact with overhead power lines during the construction of a waste transfer station. Northampton Crown Court heard that on 9 March 2016 …