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🌬️Teams in Scotland continue to respond to damage caused by #StormBoelo. Flooding at Dalmarnock station. Fallen trees at Partick. Damage to overhead wires at Bishopton. Continue to check your journeys while we keep you moving safely: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zLRbQG

⚠️ There are more yellow weather warnings for wind in parts of Britain today. Check if your journey's affected with your train operator or National Rail: ➡️ https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ #Wind #WeatherAware

🎄 Most of Britain’s railway will stay open for Christmas - but please plan ahead while we carry out essential engineering work. Major projects will take place at London Paddington, Birmingham New Street and Huddersfield stations: 👉 https://bit.ly/4BHH4fE #ChristmasRailWorks

🌬️ Our teams across Britain have been working around the clock to keep you moving safely where possible. Watch for some of the incidents our colleagues on our Wales and Borders route have responded to since the storms hit. Check your journeys: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zLRbQG #StormAusten #StormBoelo

⚠️ Yellow weather warnings are still in place in parts of Britain today. Continue to check your journeys - strong winds can blow trees and objects onto our railway: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ 📹 Our team on site on the Glasgow Central - Gourock/Wemyss Bay route. #StormBoelo

💨 Tackling two storms to keep you moving safely. ⛈️ Using tech to respond to problems in severe weather. 🎟️ And a new customer-focussed role is set to shape a better railway for Britain. It's #WeekOnTheNetwork

⚠️ Weather warnings for wind are still in place across parts of Britain today. Check if your journey's affected with your train operator or National Rail: ➡️ https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Our teams are working hard to keep you moving safely. #StormBoelo

⚠️ We're working hard to keep rail services moving during #StormBoelo this weekend. 🌬️ If you live near the railway, firmly secure objects like trampolines, sheds and garden furniture. These can block lines and disrupt trains. Library pictures. 📷

⚠️ Weather warnings for wind are still in place across parts of Britain today. 🌬️ Strong winds can cause trees and objects to block lines. Check if your journey's affected with your train operator or National Rail: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zoX6jc #StormBoelo

Our teams are hard at work responding to the impacts of #StormAusten. 🌳 🍃 💨 During storms our colleagues often need to clear lines of trees, vegetation and large objects that have blown onto our railway. Check your journeys: ➡️ https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

⚠️ Weather warnings are in place for wind and rain. 🌬️ Strong winds can blow trees and objects like trampolines onto the railway. So we're working around the clock to keep you moving. Check if your train journey's affected: ➡️ https://nationalrail.co.uk #WeatherAware #StormAusten Library images.

⚠️ Weather warnings are in place for wind and rain in parts of Britain tomorrow. 🌬️ Strong winds can blow trees and objects onto our railway, disrupting train services. Check if your journey's affected: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zoX6jc #StormAusten

🌬️ #StormAusten is coming! Live near the railway? Make sure you tie down objects like trampolines and garden furniture. These can easily blow onto the tracks and block train services. ❌ #WeatherAware #Storm

⚠️ Weather warnings are in place for wind and rain in parts of Britain towards the end of the week. 🌬️ Strong winds can blow trees and objects onto our railway. Check if your journey's affected: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zoX6jc #StormAusten

🎉 Congratulations to Irlam, this year's 'World Cup of Stations' winner, celebrating “The stations creating connections that matter”. The win recognises the people and rail staff whose work helps keep the station at the heart of its community: 👉 https://bit.ly/4jyZDMs #WorldCupOfStations

What’s the alternative to closing a busy railway for 60 weekends for essential work? 🎦 Doing as much vital maintenance as possible in just three weeks: 👉 https://bit.ly/4yrn4e9 In collaboration with @serailway.bsky.social #ForBetterJourneys

🌅 Sunset view from Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury. Did you know Severn Bridge Junction in Shrewsbury is the largest working mechanical signal box in the world? It still has its original 180 levers inside, all dating from 1903: 👉 https://bit.ly/3fl9UKF 📸 : Joe Furber

🚉 We've completed a major project at London Liverpool Street station, bringing brighter journeys. On the Victorian trainshed we've replaced old glazing panels spanning an area the equivalent of 8.8 Olympic-sized swimming pools: 👉 https://bit.ly/4zsdIjl #TimelapseTuesday

💧 💪 We're waterproofing and strengthening four underground tunnels on the #Merseyrail network this October and November. We'll also modernise power control systems across the Northern and Wirral lines. Find out more and plan your journey: 👉 https://bit.ly/4jpqdrd

🍃 We're getting into autumn and 22% of leaves have fallen from trees already! 🍂 We're using a dedicated fleet to tackle leaves on the line. Find out more: ➡️ https://bit.ly/4k4EfyA #Autumn #LeavesOnTheLine #LeafFall

🎬 More done … less disruption. We made the most of three weeks of work between Waterloo East to London Charing Cross this summer, avoiding affecting train services for 60 weekends. For better journeys: 👉 https://bit.ly/4hVbbsb In collaboration with @serailway.bsky.social

🤳 Reels blaring from the seat behind? 📢 A video call on speaker that the whole carriage didn't ask to join? 'Loudcasting' on public transport has become a daily annoyance for many passengers. Share the carriage, not the noise: 👉 https://bit.ly/47y8czM

🏢 Major milestones on our journey to Great British Railways. 🎁 Most of the railway to stay open as usual over Christmas. ⛈️ And our Wales and Borders route installs brand-new weather stations in time for autumn weather. It's another #WeekOnTheNetwork

🎉 Happy birthday Robert Stephenson! 🌉 The Royal Border Bridge, Berwick. 🌉 The High Level Bridge, Newcastle. 🌉 The Britannia Bridge, Anglesey. Just a few of the reasons George Stephenson's son is an #engineering legend in his own right: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3W8SB7d

🎄 Most of Britain’s railway will stay open for Christmas - but please plan ahead while we carry out essential engineering work. Major projects will take place at London Paddington, Birmingham New Street and Huddersfield stations: 👉 https://bit.ly/4yrqnSP #ChristmasRailWorks

🙌 Last year we carried out a pioneering upgrade on the Severn Tunnel to make your journeys more reliable on one of Britain's most important cross-border rail routes. Why is it one of the most challenging environments on Britain's railway? Find out: 👉 https://bit.ly/4eao26n

🎉 Happy birthday London King's Cross! #OnThisDay in 1852 the Great Northern Railway’s permanent King’s Cross station opened to passengers. The temporary station had been at Maiden Lane (now York Way): 👉 https://bit.ly/4dxOrf9 #RailHistory #RailHeritage

🤔 How much work can you fit into three weeks? The equivalent of what we’d have got done in 60 weekends! Watch the video to find out how we made the most of our £20m investment in Waterloo East to London Charing Cross. For better journeys: ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hXGIZi With @serailway.bsky.social

“If I can do it, so can you.” 🙌 We're celebrating women in engineering for #AdaLovelaceDay as we continue our commitment to building an inclusive workforce. Read inspiring stories of two women's journeys into engineering: ➡️ https://bit.ly/4jjXnsm #STEM #EngineeringCareers

We've prepared our Wales and Borders route for #autumn by upgrading drainage at sites repeatedly affected by flooding. 🍂 🌧️ And for the first time, we've installed 10 weather stations to give real-time local data to help reduce disruption: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3UjKW5y

We're reducing and #recycling materials to avoid waste.♻️ Like using more environmentally friendly sleepers - an essential part of track - to help reduce our carbon footprint: 👉 https://bit.ly/4zkEJFo

🚄 Rolling stock and infrastructure to come together for the first time in a generation. 🚉 400,000 journeys to and from Cambridge South in 100 days. 🏊 And what's the same as 8.8 Olympic-sized swimming pools? It's another #WeekOnTheNetwork

🐶 Paws on patrol ... 🚉 London Waterloo station adds dog patrols to security team. 🐕 🐕‍🦺 Gus and Winnie are helping to strengthen security and reassure customers: 👉 https://bit.ly/4AYHg9S #DogsWithJobs #Waterloo #NationalCustomerServiceWeek

😍 The beautiful Wemyss Bay station in Scotland. Did you know the ornate ironwork at Wemyss Bay Station was never purely decorative? They were thoughtfully designed to guide passengers effortlessly from train to boat, while filling the station with natural light. ☀️

📜 In August, a plaque was unveiled in honour of Asquith Xavier, outside his former home in London's Notting Hill. It's been 60 years since he ended a colour bar when he became the first Black train guard at London Euston: 👉 https://bit.ly/46UFKYE #BlackHistoryMonth

We aim to reduce the impact of our work on your train services when looking after our railway. 👷‍♀️ 👷 Like this summer, when we avoided 60 weekends of disruption by doing £20m of work in just three weeks. For better journeys: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VA12s2 In collaboration with @serailway.bsky.social

🍂 Stunning autumnal photos of our railway. 😍 Did you know that during #autumn we use leaf-busting trains? They clean the top of the rail by spraying it with a high-pressured water jet: 👉 https://bit.ly/3VorUv9 Share your autumnal photos below ...👇

🔔 We've introduced a digital notification system for people who live near the railway. Sign up for timely and detailed information about railway work near your home or business: 👉 networkrail.co.uk/RailWorkNearMe #DigitalNotifications #CustomerServiceWeek #NationalCustomerServiceWeek

🍂 Our #autumn operation is in full swing across Scotland, keeping you and freight moving safely. This year we'll treat the equivalent of more than 80,000 miles of track as millions of leaves fall onto the railway: 👉 https://bit.ly/4jfa6fF

🟡 Say hello to yellow. 👋 Station staff at Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly are now wearing yellow vests. This makes them easier to find when you need help, directions or support: 👉 https://bit.ly/4wR0xXt #StationUniform #StationStaff #NationalCustomerServiceWeek

🏛️ Happy #WorldArchitectureDay! Last week London Victoria and London St Pancras International each turned a year older. 🎈 When St Pancras was built, the arched train shed was the largest ironwork structure of its kind: 👉 https://bit.ly/4za4g3P

🛤️ 16 days of improvements in the Huddersfield area. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Once-in-a-generation work along the North Wales Coast. 🍂 And more leaf-busting trains start their autumn shifts. It's #WeekOnTheNetwork

🎉 Happy birthday to London Liverpool Street station! Trains began serving the partially completed station from 2 October 1874. 📹 Two years ago we celebrated the station turning 150! It was known as the ‘dark cathedral’ before its 1980s redevelopment. https://bit.ly/4e87lt6

It's not just people who trespass on our tracks and disrupt your journeys. Sometimes our teams have to deal with swans, sheep and even horses ... 🐴 🦢 Find out how we're reducing the number of animals going onto the railway: 👉 https://bit.ly/4zf5MlA

🚄 🍃 Our specialist autumn trains use a high-powered water jet to blast leaves off the rails. Find out more about how we keep you and freight moving at this time of year: 👉 https://bit.ly/3U3QLns #Autumn

🥳 Balgray station has opened to passengers! You can now travel by train from the new £18.3m #Balgray station, south of #Barrhead. 🚉 The station will encourage more people to choose rail, with convenient links to Glasgow and the wider rail network.

The world's first bridge to combine rail and road traffic. 😍 The iconic High Level Bridge in #Newcastle was opened by Queen Victoria #onthisday in 1849! 👉 https://bit.ly/4xG8NtX 📸 : Captured by our Air Operations team

🌧️ Preventative projects protecting our railway during storms. 🛣️ Reconnecting west Oxford. 🌉 And emergency removal of a footbridge near Watford. 📽️ It's #WeekOnTheNetwork

🐶 A cohort of specialist dogs are training to help in the battle against cable theft. Working with British Transport Police, measures include targeted security patrols, CCTV, drones and forensic marking of assets to help prevent, detect and investigate offences: 👉 https://bit.ly/46Krd1u

🚦 Three years ago, we reached a major milestone as we switched on 116 new state-of-the-art digital signals across parts of south-west London and Berkshire. This was part of four years of work to give you better journeys: 👉 https://bit.ly/4yayBPD