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Four Network Rail employees have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, published on Friday 11 June.

Network Rail is marking LGBT Pride Month by hosting its second annual Pride Fest event across two weeks in June, following the success of the inaugural event last year.

Network Rail has today announced plans to work with rolling stock owner and asset manager, Porterbrook, to showcase some of the best of British low-carbon train technology at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which will be held in Glasgow later this year. 

In another landmark on Network Rail’s journey to provide a better and greener railway for all, Britain’s rail infrastructure operator has joined railway organisations from around the world in signing the International Union of Railways (UIC) Climate declaration.

Network Rail has responded to the publication of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.

• Network Rail carrying out 620 upgrade projects worth £80m to improve railway for passengers
• Those looking to travel by train over the Late May Bank Holiday are urged to plan their journeys in advance and travel at quieter times where possible

12 young people have become the first to join Network Rail under the Government’s Kickstart scheme, with more to follow in the weeks and months ahead.

Edinburgh-based architectural practice, 7N Architects, has won a competition to shape Britain’s future railways, Network Rail and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have announced today.