Stories around our network
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Stories
From the archive
Railway heritage
From the archive: our oldest items
1 August 2019 | 3 min read
The Network Rail archive is the custodian of a vast collection of historic documents and plans relating to today’s railway infrastructure. It…
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Stories
Railway heritage
Read the George Stephenson notebook online
1 August 2019 | 3 min read
Network Rail is proud to share one of the railway’s most historically important artefacts with the world. The rediscovery last year of…
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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
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Britain’s biggest ever signalling upgrade – five things we’ve delivered for Bristol
29 July 2019 | min read
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Why engineering works over bank holidays minimise disruption
22 July 2019 | 3 min read