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Purple Light Up 2021
3 December 2021 | 4 min read
We’re turning purple to celebrate International Day of Disabled Persons. We’re joining #PurpleLightUp on 3 December – an international campaign…
![Illustration of a yellow digger next to railway tracks, beside nearby houses.](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-30-at-12.19.48.png)
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Living by the railway
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Video – living by the railway
30 November 2021 | 2 min read
The railway touches most communities in Britain, which means we have millions of neighbours who live close to the tracks…
![Trains sit at Whitemoor, our recycling facility](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Marshalling-yard-freight-Whitemoor-Route-Services-1.jpg)
Welcome to Whitemoor – our huge recycling centre
29 November 2021 | 2 min read
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White Ribbon Day
25 November 2021 | 4 min read
![Television presenter Tim Dunn at the Curzon Street excavation site in Birmingham](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/uktv_66878049638-scaled.jpg)
The Architecture the Railways Built – Curzon Street
15 November 2021 | 2 min read
![A customer services assistant on a phone call on the concourse at Liverpool Lime Street station, daytime](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mobility-assistance-film-Sophie-still-min.png)
Here to help – our mobility assistance teams
13 November 2021 | 2 min read