Stories around our network
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Stories
Railway safety
Preventing suicides on the railway
16 November 2018 | min read
Gillian Assor is one of many members of the public who have saved a life on the railway. Gillian, from Hertfordshire,…
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Stories
Supporting modern railway workers in the Armed Forces
9 November 2018 | 4 min read
This Remembrance Sunday, the centenary of the end of WWI, Network Rail employee Alan Pattison will lay a wreath at…
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WWI and the railway
1 November 2018 | 4 min read
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Our leaf-busting operation
29 October 2018 | 3 min read
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How we moved a river: re-routing a waterway and protecting the environment
24 October 2018 | min read
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Network Rail recognised for BAME work
23 October 2018 | min read