💪 A big upgrade in one of the railway's most challenging environments.
🚉 A better station for Exeter.
🐑 And a flock of sheep gets to work in Perth.
It's another #WeekOnTheNetwork
🚅 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
Meet Manny, a community safety manager.
Manny started his railway career as a signaller 23 years ago. Now he helps school children understand the dangers of trespassing - keeping them safe and your trains moving:
👉 https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/hidden-heroes-mannys-story/
#RailSafetyWeek
⚠️ This shocking footage shows dog walkers, teens and even parents putting lives at risk on level crossings. 😬
Stay safe, stay off the tracks. It's not worth the risk!
👉 https://bit.ly/3S9iMZF
#RailSafetyWeek #NoSecondChances
We're urging lorry drivers to #WiseUpSizeUp after yet another vehicle hit a rail bridge this week. 🚛 ❌
Lorries hitting bridges can cause huge delays to rail journeys:
👉 https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/safety-in-the-community/railway-safety-campaigns/wise-up-size-up/
#SafetySaturday
🎬 We're celebrating 200 years of the modern railway with some of our favourite time-lapse footage of rail works in one video ...
Find out more about the history of the railway:
👉 https://railway200.co.uk/
#TimelapseTuesday #Railway200
🚉 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:
👉 https://bit.ly/4dW3X53
#CambridgeSouth #NewStation
👀 Ever wondered what the heat from a steam engine looks like through a thermal camera❓
Our Air Operations team captured this footage while doing some thermal imaging surveys of the overhead lines in Carlisle.
Find out more about our team in the sky:
👉 https://bit.ly/4ouy7QB
#AirOperations
GBR Anglia is supporting #BetterTransportWeek, which highlights how better transport connects people and places. 🚆 🚉
Across Anglia, sustained investment over the last decade has helped make rail travel easier, more accessible and more sustainable:
👉 https://bit.ly/4emfbyD
🚛 ❌ 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:
👉 https://bit.ly/4ekOHhd
#WiseUpSizeUp
