Stories around our network
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Stories
Environment
Industry-leading
Trackside Tara and a big biodiversity project
2 September 2021 | 5 min read
Trackside Tara talks about her passion for a big biodiversity project, which will create a dedicated site to protect wildlife…
![Details of the offices and bedrooms in the secret underground shelter at Down Street tube station](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Archive-Detail1-copy.png)
Stories
From the archive
Industry-leading
From the archive – Churchill’s secret station
19 August 2021 | 4 min read
Plans for Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s hidden underground shelter from the Blitz are some of the most intriguing in our…
![Black and white photographs of a family at the seaside](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Seaside-by-Rail-still-Kirby-family-photographs-min.png)
Film – The Seaside by Rail
18 August 2021 | 2 min read
![Drone shot of the Barmouth viaduct and estuary, daytime](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Barmouth-Viaduct-drone.jpg)
Summer by rail – boosting economy and environment
17 August 2021 | 3 min read
![Close up of a workman restoring the details on the Eleanor Cross](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Eleanor-Cross-4-scaled.jpg)
The heart of London restored
10 August 2021 | 4 min read
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Who was Joseph Locke? From birth of the railway to great legacy
9 August 2021 | 5 min read