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Planned engineering works
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May bank holiday works in numbers
16 May 2023 | 4 min read
Timely engineering work is necessary for millions of you – and the freight companies that rely on the railway every…
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Life at Network Rail
What’s it like to be a signaller?
5 May 2023 | 5 min read
The safe, efficient and reliable operation of signals across the railway allows trains to move around safely and keeps Britain moving….
![Head shot of Anne-Marie Imafidon, co-founder of Stemettes](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-07-at-13.03.44-min.png)
International Women’s Day: top engineering questions answered
7 March 2023 | 4 min read
![Image taken from above of the DC testbed found inside the substation at Willesden Junction.](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-2023-02-23-at-17.17.29-min.png)
Preserving early electric railway history
23 February 2023 | 3 min read
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Why we do maintenance and engineering work at night
7 February 2023 | 2 min read
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Network Rail helps Samaritans bust ‘Blue Monday’ myth
16 January 2023 | 2 min read