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Landscape view of exterior of Severn Bridge Junction signal box, daytime
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Refurb of world’s largest working mechanical signal box completes

25 May 2021 | 4 min read

The largest working mechanical signal box in the world has just had its biggest refurbishment in more than a decade….
Newly laid track
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Why the end of the gauge war didn’t standardise Britain’s railway

20 May 2021 | 7 min read

The battle to establish a standard gauge between the rails across Britain ended 129 years ago. So why do we…
An aerial shot of tracks leading into London, with skyscrapers on the horizon.

Network Rail invites £1bn private sector investment in telecoms

26 April 2021 | 3 min read
Aerial shot of the Box Tunnel, daytime

The Box Tunnel – Brunel builds the impossible

8 April 2021 | 2 min read
The golden hour on the tracks of the Brighton Main Line with historic pillars either side

What’s a Main Line? Rail history explained

30 March 2021 | 3 min read
Engineer Tara Scott in PPE at the Bletchley flyover, watching it being taken apart, nighttime

World Engineering Day – Trackside Tara and 300 tonnes of concrete

4 March 2021 | 4 min read