Stories around our network
![Ice swimmer and railway worker Jade Perry sits in front of a loch in Scotland wearing her ice swimming medals](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jade-Perry-ice-swimmer-still-wide-shot-1.png)
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Life at Network Rail
People and the railway
Film – Everyday Heroes: Ice Swimmer
3 March 2021 | 7 min read
“Everything I’ve done has prepared me for ice swimming.” On the railway, Jade Perry works as a programme integration manager…
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Railway safety
Network Rail continues to support victims of domestic abuse
22 February 2021 | 3 min read
We have extended our support to domestic abuse victims by leading the rail industry in implementing an Online Safe Spaces service portal…
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Why we carry out engineering works over bank holidays
18 February 2021 | 3 min read
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Change the Game – Q and A with graduate Olivia Woodward
16 February 2021 | 8 min read
![Original map of the Stockton and Darlington Railway inside George Stephenson's notebook](https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stephenson-notebook-Stockton-Darlington-Stephenson-Parliamentary-Plan-1822-resized-1035x545.jpg)
The Architecture the Railways Built – the birthplace of the modern railway
9 February 2021 | 4 min read
Video: Delays explained – landslips
4 February 2021 | 3 min read