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Get your maintenance career on track with Network Rail: Maintenance recruitment campaign

Get your maintenance career on track with Network Rail

Monday 2 Jun 2025

Network Rail has launched a new national recruitment drive, focussing on maintenance roles. There are a variety of positions open to entry level candidates, from Operative and Technician, right through to Team Leader.

Network Rail stations and offices go solar in ground-breaking deal with EDF Renewables: solar farm

Network Rail stations and offices go solar in ground-breaking deal with EDF Renewables

Friday 30 May 2025

A solar farm about to begin construction in Norfolk will help to power Network Rail stations and offices thanks to a revolutionary deal with energy supplier EDF Renewables.

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Dunkeld and Birnam station raised to new heights with platform upgrade: Dunkeld and Birnam Station - June 2025 - 2

Dunkeld and Birnam station raised to new heights with platform upgrade

Friday 6 Jun 2025

Work is now complete on a £3m project to raise the platforms at Dunkeld and Birnam station, significantly improving accessibility and safety for passengers at the historic Perthshire stop.  

Railway 200 wins top tourism prize at VisitEngland Excellence Awards: L to R: Jon Beardmore, Bluebell Railway, with Emma Roberts, Rob Lowe and Suzanne Donnelly from Railway 200, with the award.

Railway 200 wins top tourism prize at VisitEngland Excellence Awards

Friday 6 Jun 2025

Railway 200, a campaign to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway, won the Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award at VisitEngland Excellence Awards 2025.

Network Rail and East Midlands Railway unite to raise awareness of International Level Crossing Awareness Day: EMR and NR at Burton Joyce

Network Rail and East Midlands Railway unite to raise awareness of International Level Crossing Awareness Day

Thursday 5 Jun 2025

Network Rail has teamed up with East Midlands Railway (EMR) to mark International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) 2025 with a campaign promoting safer behaviour among pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.

Level crossing safety improvements reduces anti-social behaviour: Jamaica Road level crossing steps with new fencing

Level crossing safety improvements reduces anti-social behaviour

Thursday 5 Jun 2025

A Worcestershire level crossing has seen less deliberate misuse and less anti-social behaviour following work to make it safer.

Final footbridge link installed at Darlington station as £140m transformation progresses: Darlington station progress, credit to TVCA (1)

Final footbridge link installed at Darlington station as £140m transformation progresses

Thursday 5 Jun 2025

The final sections of the new footbridge at Darlington railway station have been successfully installed by Network Rail contractor BAM, connecting the historic Victorian station with the new eastern entrance and platforms as part of the ongoing £140m redevelopment project.

Work begins this weekend on £11.5m Far North Line project: Brora - Far North Line 2025-3 cropped

Work begins this weekend on £11.5m Far North Line project

Thursday 5 Jun 2025

Part of the Far North Line will close this Sunday for three weeks to allow major upgrades to take place. 

Growing the environmental legacy for Cambridge South station: Cambridge South tree planting montage

Growing the environmental legacy for Cambridge South station

Thursday 5 Jun 2025

The restoration and the extension of a nearby nature reserve planted with 18,000 trees, plants and shrubs will be the cornerstone of the new station’s environmental and biodiversity legacy. 

Action to tackle Broughty Ferry level crossing misuse: ScotRail train at Broughty Ferry level crossing

Action to tackle Broughty Ferry level crossing misuse

Thursday 5 Jun 2025

Efforts to improve safety at Broughty Ferry level crossing are being stepped up this week, as Network Rail and British Transport Police work together to raise awareness and encourage safe behaviour from both pedestrians and drivers.