Living by the railway - Network Rail

Careers search - Network Rail

Looking after the railway - Network Rail

You searched for - Network Rail

Helping the homeless - Network Rail

“Your words are a life-saving kit” - Network Rail

Delays explained - Network Rail

Stories around our network - Network Rail

Armed Forces - Network Rail

Rail freight - Network Rail

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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June 2025

May 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Living by the railway - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/communities/living-by-the-railway/	6
Careers search - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/careers/careers-search/	1
Looking after the railway - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/looking-after-the-railway/	1
You searched for - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/?s	1
Helping the homeless - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/stories/helping-the-homeless/	1
“Your words are a life-saving kit” - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/stories/your-words-are-a-life-saving-kit/	1
Delays explained - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/looking-after-the-railway/delays-explained/	1
Stories around our network - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/stories/page/69/	1
Armed Forces - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/careers/our-business-areas/armed-forces/	1
Rail freight - Network Railwww.networkrail.co.uk/industry-and-commercial/rail-freight/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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