Keeping our communities safe in Anglia
Our work
- GSM-R: the railway’s mobile communication system
- Our regions
- Digital Railway
- Long-term planning
- Looking after the railway
- Asset management
- Asset Protection and Optimisation
- Bridges, tunnels and viaducts
- Delays explained
- Earthworks: cutting slopes and embankments
- Level crossings
- Our fleet: machines and vehicles
- Planned works
- Litter and fly-tipping
- Responding to weather impacts on the railway
- Signalling
- Track
- Vegetation management
- Our routes
- Anglia route
- About the Anglia route
- Improving the railway in Anglia
- Keeping our communities safe in Anglia
- East Coast route
- East Midlands route
- North & East route
- West Coast South route
- North West route
- Central route
- Kent route
- South East upgrade
- Hither Green station Access for All improvements
- Peckham Rye station upgrade
- Shortlands station Access for All improvements
- Blackheath Tunnel Upgrade
- Hungerford Railway Bridge Refurbishment
- Lewisham resignalling
- Landslip prevention works at Chislet
- Upgrading the sea defences at Folkestone Warren
- Renewing the lifts at Sevenoaks station
- Petts Wood station footbridge refurbishment
- Hastings to Tunbridge Wells, and Hastings to Bexhill line closure
- Bexley station subway
- Dartford Junction: Line closure between Dartford and Gravesend
- South East upgrade
- Sussex route
- Network Rail High Speed
- Scotland route
- Wales route
- Wessex route
- Wessex railway upgrade plan
- Heart of Wessex line upgrades
- Feltham and Wokingham re-signalling programme
- Portsmouth Direct Upgrade
- Wessex Access for All schemes
- Improving London Waterloo station
- West of England line improvements
- Island Line Improvements
- North Downs Line signalling upgrade
- Portsmouth and Portcreek area improvement work
- Staines to Windsor improvement work
- Barnes to Feltham via Hounslow Upgrades
- Berrylands Station Upgrade
- London Waterloo and Clapham Junction line closures
- Reading improvement works
- Bournemouth to Dorchester South Line Renewals
- New Malden to Twickenham Renewals
- Western route
- South West Rail Resilience Programme
- Oxfordshire Connect
- Tackley Level Crossing
- Bristol Rail Regeneration
- Dartmoor Line
- MetroWest rail upgrades
- Old Oak Common lineside logistics compound
- Devizes Gateway feasibility study
- HS2 Old Oak Common Station
- Mid Cornwall Metro
- The Portishead Line
- Gloucester signal box upgrade
- Langport bridge
- Frome Railway Bridge
- Autumn drainage work in Somerset
- Anglia route
- Train operating companies
- Living by the railway
- Railway Upgrade Plan
Keeping people safe on and around the railway is at the heart of everything we do.
We care about making sure our communities understand how to stay safe. We have a responsibility to inform and educate, as although we have one of the safest rail networks in Europe, serious or fatal accidents or near misses with trains still occur.
In theAnglia Route, we run a range of initiatives to encourage people to behave safely around the railway.
Young people
We want young people to use the railway and travel sustainably. We aim to equip young people with knowledge and skills for safe, confident travel.
Primary school aged children can watch our video “Keeping Safe Around the Railway” to learn about safety at stations and level crossings and about why we always keep away from the railway tracks.
Primary school aged children can learn about level crossing safety by watching our Safety Rap film below and doing the activities on ourlevel crossing safety worksheet.
Our Community Safety Manager delivers rail safety presentations and workshops to schools, community groups and Crucial Crew/ Junior Citizens schemes. If you are interested in hosting a Network Rail safety presentation or workshop, please contactAngliaCommunitySafety@networkrail.co.uk. The service is free of charge. We can adapt our delivery to meet your requirements.
We also provides the following resources:
- Children can learn railway safety awareness from a young age with our book,Stay Safe with Thomas.
- Primary and Secondary Schools can useour educational resources.
Trespass
In theAnglia Route, we promote theYou vs. Train campaign to reduce trespass on the railway. We reach out to schools, local businesses and community groups to help us raise awareness about the dangers of trespass.
You vs. Train is aimed at young people over the age of 11. Primary school aged children can join the Track Pack to learn about the dangers of trespass atwww.funkidslive.com/railways. Kids’ radio station Fun Kids is hosting animations, podcasts and activities.
Level crossings
There are 778 level crossings in Anglia Route. We run events at level crossings to promote safety awareness. We provide information to help communities understand how to use level crossings safely.
The below infographic leaflets to promote level crossing safety without the use of words, which we hope will help people in our communities who don’t read English.
Downloadable leaflets
In support of our national programme, we also help promote ourlevel crossing safety campaigns.
If you want to find out more about community safety in Anglia, contactAngliaCommunitySafety@networkrail.co.uk