2.2K views · 75 reactions | ️ Essential track upgrades take place across Britain today. Before we carry out these projects, we inspect track conditions.  Here's how tech is helping us make track inspection safer for our workers: ➡️ https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/how-cutting-edge-track-technology-is-reducing-delays-for-passengers/ #MachineMonday #EasterMonday | Network Rail | Facebook

7K views · 174 reactions | Three women engineers at Network Rail are spearheading one of Europe’s most exciting tech innovation projects.  Watch this video about automatic train operation (ATO) and the Shift2Rail European research programme: ➡️ https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/women-rail-blazers-spearhead-groundbreaking-tech/ #TimesTop50 | Network Rail | Facebook

6.8K views · 147 reactions | ⛈️ Climate change and extreme weather have caused five landslips in two years on the Severn Estuary line.  We're investing £25m to make our railway more resilient.  Our team in Wales explains how we aim to prevent further delays and disruptions.⬇️ https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-rail-announces-gbp-25m-investment-to-secure-future-of-critical-wales-and-borders-transport-link | Network Rail | Facebook

16K views · 387 reactions | 磊For the first time ever, a railway bridge in Wales has been raised away from waters to stop flooding. 80-tonne bridge ⛓️8x 20-tonne chains ⏱️32K hours ... and we lifted the whole thing BY HAND!  How?! Find out ➡️ https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/rising-to-the-challenge-bridge-successfully-lifted-out-of-flood-zone-in-wales-railway-first | Network Rail | Facebook

🎥 Across the network, we work closely with the heritage sector. As part of our Railway 200 series, television's Tim Dunn visits the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and the Bluebell Railway to discover how the heritage and mainlines benefit from informal and formal agreements. Find out more about our railway heritage work: 👉 https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our-history/working-with-railway-heritage/ #Railway200 #HeritageRailway #HeritageRailways | Network Rail

3.7K views · 199 reactions |  ✉️ It's #WorldPostDay! Did you know Britain's railway has transported mail for almost 200 years❓ Here's a brief history of this fascinating tradition:  https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/a-brief-history-of-rail-mail/ Images and sources: The Postal Museum, Royal Mail, National Railway Museum and Network Rail | Network Rail | Facebook

3.4K views · 138 reactions | #OnThisDay the new Tay Bridge in Dundee opened in 1887. The original bridge's 13 ‘high girders' - which formed the central part of the structure - had collapsed in a storm in December 1879:  https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our-history/iconic-infrastructure/the-history-of-the-tay-bridge-dundee/ #RailHeritage #TayBridge | Network Rail | Facebook