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Video: Network Rail trials helicopter-borne Multi-Angle Camera System to spot failures before they happen and give incredibly-detailed view of the railway
Network Rail’s Air Operations team has been testing a powerful new camera system that combines high-resolution photography with laser surveys and near-infrared images to give engineers an incredible view of the network.
“Your words are a life-saving kit” says Network Rail and Samaritans
- Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign launches as over half of UK adults (67%) would appreciate someone checking on them, by offering words of support, if they were struggling to cope
- London Bridge station hosts ‘The Power of Words’ exhibition – celebrating people who have saved lives by using small talk
- New campaign film reminds the public that when it comes to saving a life, you already have a life-saving kit available to you – your words
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Trains in Devon running again after successful engineering work
Trains between Okehampton, Barnstaple and Exeter are running again after Network Rail successfully completed engineering work to protect and enhance the railway in Devon.
Eight weekends of track, station and tunnel upgrade work as part of TRU
TRU are encouraging customers to check before they travel as engineers complete a series of upgrades across eight consecutive weekends, starting on Saturday 29 March, between Mossley and Dewsbury.
Collaboration the key as Cardiff Central gears up to welcome thousands of rugby supporters on 'Super Saturday'
Wales take on England in the second of their two home Six Nations matches for 2025 tomorrow – which means tens of thousands of rugby supporters will be passing through Cardiff Central station before and after the match.
Plan ahead for your rail journeys across East Anglia this Easter
While much of the rail network will be open this Easter, engineers will be working in key locations to maintain, renew and improve the railway infrastructure to keep services running safety and reliably.
A day of triumph and collaborative success for Wales and Borders’ railway
Picture caption: Delighted Rail Industry employees from the Wales and Borders route celebrate their successes for improving the railway
ONE WEEK TO GO: Essential engineering works on the Windsor line to close railway for a week
This Saturday marks one weeks to go until the start of critical railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor.
Uncovering the hidden secrets of Salisbury station
- Railway engineers uncover historic tunnels and rooms underneath Salisbury station
- Tunnels and rooms believed to have been previously used to store barrels of beer, eggs and support the operational running of the station
- Another entrance, in an unused building on Platform 1, has also been discovered with further investigations to follow.
£14m upgrade works set to begin on Inverclyde lines
Engineers will be working around-the-clock on the Inverclyde lines between Saturday (March 15) and Tuesday (March 18) to deliver more than £14m of investment in renewing vital infrastructure.
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