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Network Rail to invest £2.8bn on protecting railways from climate change and extreme weather

Network Rail is increasing investment to protect the railway from climate change and extreme weather.
Network Rail plans to invest £2.8 billion over five years to improve resilience. Measures include recruiting drainage engineers and installing CCTV at flood-prone sites.
Collapsed embankments have caused severe disruptions on various routes, prompting the need for increased preparedness and mitigation against extreme weather.

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The Guardian

Network Rail to spend £2.8bn to cope with effects of climate crisis

Funding for drains, embankments and other measures is part £45.4bn five-year investment planNetwork Rail is to spend nearly £3bn to protect the railway from the effects of the climate crisis and extreme weather, as it warned that the country’s network was having to contend with hotter summers and increased winter floods.As part of its new £45.4bn five-year investment plan, the body in charge of Great Britain’s rail network will spend £2.8bn over…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Network Rail ramps up spending on protecting railway from climate change

The Government-owned company said it will invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years in relation to climate change and extreme weather.

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Liverpool Echo

Network Rail to spend billions on protecting railway from climate change

The Government-owned company said it will invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years

1 month ago·Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

Network Rail ramps up spending on protecting railway from climate change

The Government-owned company said it will invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years in relation to climate change and extreme weather.

1 month ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

Network Rail ramps up spending on protecting railway from climate change

The Government-owned company said it will invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years in relation to climate change and extreme weather.

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Network Rail to invest £2.8bn on protecting railways from climate change and extreme weather

The government-owned company's chief has described climate change as the "biggest challenge our railway faces" and the investment will fund projects such as installing CCTV in sites at risk of flooding.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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