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European Mobility Week
21 September 2022 | 3 min read
Choose a greener journey this European Mobility Week and travel by rail. Did you know rail is one of the…
![Aerial shot of newly reopened Llandudno freight yard in North Wales](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Llandudno-slate-freight-train-drone-shot.jpg)
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Environment
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Resurgence of Welsh rail freight
7 September 2022 | 2 min read
Better ‘slate’ than never – we have begun transporting North Welsh slate to Luton, England, via rail for the first…
![Bristol Temple Meads roof scaffolding in Autumn 2021](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/roof-scaffolding-in-Autumn-2021.jpg)
Station improvements across the railway
6 September 2022 | 4 min read
![Railway in Southern Region during heatwave](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Track-in-heat-scaled.jpg)
Soil Moisture Deficit on the railway
1 September 2022 | 3 min read
![Old signalling gantry being lifted out by crane in Macclesfield.](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Old-signalling-gantry-being-lifted-out-by-crane-in-Macclesfield.jpg)
August Bank Holiday 2022 – five highlights
30 August 2022 | 2 min read
![Main Victorian pump house at Sudbrook pumping station, South Wales.](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Pumphouse-scaled.jpg)
Pumping towards the future
25 August 2022 | 2 min read