Stories around our network
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Stories
Delays explained
Infrastructure insights
Signals explained
5 September 2018 | 5 min read
Upgrades to signalling and train control systems feature strongly in our improvement works and are part of our ongoing plans to install…
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Stories
Railway safety
“I was burnt from head to toe.”
4 September 2018 | 3 min read
Tom Crosby received a 25,000-volt electric shock while ‘playing’ on the railway when he was just 14 years old. The horrifying…
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Spotlight on flooding: prevention and repairs
30 August 2018 | 4 min read
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“I wanted a job that helped make a difference to people’s lives.”
23 August 2018 | 2 min read
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The railway and our pollinators
22 August 2018 | 2 min read
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Build a career at one of Britain’s top employers
16 August 2018 | 2 min read