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Network Rail

@networkrail

*Official account* 🚂 We own, operate and develop Britain’s rail infrastructure. Follow #PuttingPassengersFirst #RailwayUpgradePlan ➡️ Customer support 24/7

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Joined August 2011

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🚉 Cambridge South station is due to open at the end of the month. It will be the first Great British Railways-branded station in the country and is expected to welcome 1.8m passengers a year: 👉 networkrail.co.uk/our-work/our-r… #CambridgeSouth #NewStation
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🚅 Plain Line Pattern Recognition inspection unit at Gateshead. 📷 Cameras mounted underneath the trains capture an image every 0.8mm, taking 70,000 images a second at the top speed of 125mph, to identify potential defects. Captured by our Air Operations team @nrairops
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🚛 ❌ A lorry hit a bridge in Bedworth in Warwickshire yesterday, causing disruption to rail passengers and road users. These strikes can be very dangerous and disruptive, but can be avoided. Drivers, know the height of your vehicles: 👉 bit.ly/4ekOHhd #WiseUpSizeUp
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@networkrail
Jun 11
⚛️ Yesterday leaders from Network Rail and DfT Operator - the government’s rail owning group - took part in a symbolic rail journey to champion #SocialMobility and inspire the next generation: ➡️ news.wmtrains.co.uk/pressreleases/… #STEM #GreatBritishRailways #BigBangFair @WestMidRailway
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@networkrail
Jun 10
🥳 We're supporting our LGBTQ+ colleagues this #Pride season and attending some of the parades across Britain. 🏳️‍🌈 Find out more about how we're building a more diverse and inclusive organisation representing the passengers we serve: 👉 bit.ly/4v1ASeH #LGBTQ
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@networkrail
Jun 10
🙌 Train services are running through the Severn Tunnel again after a pioneering £23m upgrade to make your journeys more reliable on one of Britain's most important cross-border rail routes. 👉 bit.ly/4eao26n #Engineering #Innovation
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@networkrail
Jun 9
🎉 Happy birthday to George Stephenson, born #onthisday in 1781. 📜 He planned the Stockton and Darlington Railway - considered the world’s first passenger railway to use steam locos - which celebrated 200 years last year: ➡️ networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our… #InternationalArchivesWeek
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Jun 9
Last year we closed a level crossing in Gateshead after near misses involving cyclists, pedestrians and a dog walker. 😰 Always be aware of your surroundings at a level crossing! 👉 bit.ly/4ggI8wG #ILCAD #InternationalLevelCrossingAwarenessDay
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@networkrail
Jun 9
📹 😰 Viewer discretion advised. A train coming towards you barely makes a sound. This International Level Crossing Awareness Day, we're reminding you to always stop, look and listen at level crossings: 👉 bit.ly/3QvyE8d #NoSecondChances #ILCAD
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@networkrail
Jun 8
📜 Our corporate archive manages and preserves a large collection of historical railway engineering drawings and today's documents. Pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale had links to engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel ... 👉 bit.ly/4ns3tqC #InternationalArchivesWeek
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Rail Safety Week
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Jun 8
🟣#RSW26 | SUPPORT FROM THE VERY TOP 🟣 Jeremy Westlake, CEO of Network Rail, and Alex Hynes, Rail Chief Executive for DfT Operator, are backing #RSW26. If they're in, what's your organisation doing? --- 📋 Submit your activity to the What's On guide: lnkd.in/eh-i7HmP
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@networkrail
Jun 7
⚓ Vital upgrades to the Portsmouth Direct Line. 🛤️ Nine days of improvements in Kent. 👀 And another glimpse of the new Cambridge South station. It's #WeekOnTheNetwork
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@networkrail
Jun 6
This D-Day we commemorate all those who served during WWII.🎖 🎞 The railway played a crucial role in supporting the war effort - and the preparations for the Allied invasion of Normandy: 👉 bit.ly/4dR16u9 #DDay #WWII
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