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Railway heritage
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Film: discover the Network Rail archive
6 August 2019 | 6 min read
A deed signed by Sir Christopher Wren, a letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the earliest plans for modern rail…
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Growing appetite for investment in Britain’s railway
5 August 2019 | 4 min read
Appetite among private companies to invest in our railway is growing as Network Rail strives to become easier to work…
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From the archive: our oldest items
1 August 2019 | 3 min read
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Read the George Stephenson notebook online
1 August 2019 | 3 min read
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Flooding and landslips explained
31 July 2019 | 3 min read
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Art and the railway – Illuminated River
30 July 2019 | min read