Violence Against Women and Girls

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Dates

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

Locations

National

Audience

Potential perpetrators – Young men aged 16-24 with problematic attitudes
General public – young adults aged 16-34

Media channels

Digital screens in Network Rail managed stations
Pubs and bars within or near Network Rail managed stations
Billboards
Social media
On trains (subject to TOC support)
In TOC-managed stations (subject to TOC support)

Key contacts

sophie.zegarac@networkrail.co.uk

natasha.odonoghue@networkrail.co.uk

The Enough campaign is a rail industry adaptation of the Home Office’s original campaign, aimed at tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), with a focus on the types of harassment commonly experienced on the railway.

Delivered in partnership with the Home Office, Department for Transport, Rail Delivery Group and British Transport Police, the campaign highlights behaviours often experienced in stations and on trains, such as staring, intrusive questioning and unwelcome comments, while encouraging passengers to report incidents to BTP.

It supports a consistent, united approach across the network to tackling VAWG, aligned with the rail industry’s strategy and the government’s ambition to halve VAWG crimes within a decade.

By helping people recognise these behaviours for what they are and making clear they are not acceptable, the campaign builds awareness and confidence to report, reinforcing a safer, more respectful environment for everyone who uses the railway.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 4 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘Digital and social’ messaging:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

View materials

‘Digital out of home - static’ messaging:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

View materials

‘Digital out of home - motion’ messaging:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

View materials

‘Print’ messaging:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

View materials

Materials for ‘Digital and social’ campaign:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

Asking questions - seat

Total: 16.82 MB

Comments - platform

Total: 34.46 MB

Staring - pole

Total: 51.89 MB

Materials for ‘Digital out of home - static’ campaign:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

Materials for ‘Digital out of home - motion’ campaign:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

Materials for ‘Print’ campaign:

19 May 2026 - 16 August 2026

No Second Chances – Level Crossing Safety

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The static materials (posters and social posts) cannot be used after 22 April 2027. The film materials cannot be used after 22 April 2028.

Dates

23 April 2026 -

Locations

National

Audience

Primary audience: 16–34-year-olds​

Media channels

Posters in stations
Digital screens in stations
Social media
Paid media channels, including: YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Pixels


Key contacts

lucy.dixon@networkrail.co.uk

louise.weston@networkrail.co.uk

No Second Chances is a bold, hard‑hitting level crossing safety campaign and the first delivered under a new, unified rail safety brand identity.

Created in collaboration with partners from across the rail industry, the campaign represents a step change in how we work together to improve safety. By uniting under one clear and powerful message, it focuses on tackling the behaviours that pose the greatest risk at level crossings.

Level crossings are among the most dangerous places on the rail network. Many incidents are caused by brief moments of distraction. This campaign highlights how even a split‑second lapse in attention can have life‑changing consequences and reinforces a simple, consistent safety message for all users: Stop, look and listen at level crossings.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 9 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘20 second films’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Social media statics’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Stations’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Print’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Web’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Email footers’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Welsh stations’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Welsh socials’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

‘Toolkit’ messaging:

23 April 2026 -

View materials

Materials for ‘20 second films’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Social media statics’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Stations’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Print’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Web’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Email footers’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Welsh stations’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Welsh socials’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Materials for ‘Toolkit’ campaign:

23 April 2026 -

Check before you travel (CBYT) spring 2026 – phase 3, Late May

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Dates

5 May 2026 - 25 May 2026

Locations

National

Audience

All passengers:

Total audience: bank holiday leisure and business travellers.

Target audience: young males, aged 16-34 years old, employed, travelling with others and for leisure purposes (who are not planning train journeys, checking before they travel, or booking tickets in advance).

Media channels

Paid:
- Radio
- Digital programmatic
- Social media
- Billboards
- Press

Owned:
- Digital station screens
- Printed poster sites
- Social media posts
- Website articles

Earned:
- Press releases

Internal
- Digital screens in offices/depots

Key contacts

Abimbola.Caulker@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the spring bank holiday periods. We are encouraging leisure and business passengers to plan ahead and check if their train journey is affected before they travel by visiting www.nationalrail.co.uk/spring.

The 2026 spring bank holidays occur in quick succession: Easter, Early May, Late May.

Therefore, we are running our marketing campaign continuously. We change the creative assets immediately after each bank holiday to ensure the message is accurate and timely.

  • Phase 1 (Easter): 16 February until 6 April
  • Phase 2 (Early and Late May): 7 April until 4 May
  • Phase 3 (Late May): 5 May until 25 May

The Late May phase of the spring campaign will be promoted across owned, earned, internal, low-cost, and paid media channels (digital, social, billboards, radio, press).

Thank you assets are also available, below, for you to recognise our passengers’ patience while engineers carried out improvements to the railway.

We are also supporting our regional and TOC colleagues by uplifting paid media in affected areas.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 3 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘National resources’ messaging:

5 May 2026 - 25 May 2026

View materials

‘Wessex resources’ messaging:

5 May 2026 - 25 May 2026

View materials

‘Thank you’ messaging:

26 May 2026 - 1 June 2026

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

5 May 2026 - 25 May 2026

Digital resources

Total: 5.79 MB

Print resources

Total: 11.44 MB

Social resources

Total: 14.53 MB

Radio advert

Total: 15.67 MB

Euston screens

Total: 17.55 MB

Materials for ‘Wessex resources’ campaign:

5 May 2026 - 25 May 2026

Materials for ‘Thank you’ campaign:

26 May 2026 - 1 June 2026

Making more of the West Coast Main Line

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Dates

30 March 2026 -

Locations

North West & Central region, specifically West Coast Main Line

Audience

Passengers

Media channels

Multi-channel campaign across owned, paid and earned

Key contacts

chelsea.green@networkrail.co.uk

‘Making more of the West Coast Main Line’ is an always‑on campaign that brings together long‑term investment and targeted passenger information in one clear, consistent story.

Across industry owned channels and paid/earned where necessary, the campaign will switch between benefits‑led creative (showing how upgrades are improving reliability, connectivity and resilience) and essential Check Before You Travel messaging. This approach allows us to build understanding and confidence over time, while providing clear, timely information during planned closures (most often over weekends and bank holidays, with some mid‑week impacts) so passengers can plan ahead while we carry out vital work.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 3 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘Digital materials’ messaging:

30 March 2026 -

View materials

‘Print materials’ messaging:

30 March 2026 -

View materials

‘Social materials’ messaging:

30 March 2026 -

View materials

Materials for ‘Digital materials’ campaign:

30 March 2026 -

Major upgrades

Total: 15.47 MB

More checking here

Total: 24.35 MB

More connectivity

Total: 29.49 MB

More goods here

Total: 35.01 MB

More planning ahead

Total: 40.01 MB

More resilience

Total: 45.56 MB

More work now

Total: 52.06 MB

Working on the line

Total: 59.36 MB

Materials for ‘Print materials’ campaign:

30 March 2026 -

Major upgrades

Total: 92.42 MB

More checking here

Total: 107.70 MB

More connectivity

Total: 119.42 MB

More goods here

Total: 127.43 MB

More planning ahead

Total: 137.69 MB

More resilience

Total: 152.90 MB

More work now

Total: 171.71 MB

Working on the line

Total: 190.96 MB

Materials for ‘Social materials’ campaign:

30 March 2026 -

Major upgrades

Total: 199.62 MB

More checking here

Total: 204.56 MB

More connectivity

Total: 207.38 MB

More goods here

Total: 210.57 MB

More planning ahead

Total: 213.39 MB

More resilience

Total: 216.48 MB

More work now

Total: 220.03 MB

Working on the line

Total: 224.08 MB

Check before you travel (CBYT) spring 2026 – phase 2, Early and Late May

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Dates

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Locations

National

Audience

All passengers:

Total audience: bank holiday leisure and business travellers.

Target audience: young males, aged 16-34 years old, employed, travelling with others and for leisure purposes (who are not planning train journeys, checking before they travel, or booking tickets in advance).

Media channels

Paid:
- Radio
- Digital programmatic
- Social media
- Billboards
- Press

Owned:
- Digital station screens
- Printed poster sites
- Social media posts
- Website articles

Earned:
- Press releases

Internal
- Digital screens in offices/depots

Key contacts

Kaleb.Ells@networkrail.co.uk and Abimbola.Caulker@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the spring bank holiday periods. We are encouraging leisure and business passengers to plan ahead and check if their train journey is affected before they travel by visiting www.nationalrail.co.uk/spring.

The 2026 spring bank holidays occur in quick succession: Easter, Early May, Late May.

Therefore, we are running our marketing campaign continuously. We change the creative assets immediately after each bank holiday to ensure the message is accurate and timely.

  • Phase 1 (Easter): 16 February until 6 April
  • Phase 2 (Early and Late May): 7 April until 4 May
  • Phase 3 (Late May): 5 May until 25 May

The Early May phase of the spring campaign will be promoted across owned, earned, internal, low-cost, and paid media channels (digital, social, billboards, radio, press).

We are also supporting our regional and TOC colleagues by uplifting paid media in affected areas (towns/cities) including the North West and the West Coast South line.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 6 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘National resources’ messaging:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

View materials

‘Anglia route’ messaging:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

View materials

‘North West & Central resources’ messaging:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

View materials

‘North West’ messaging:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

View materials

‘West Coast South’ messaging:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

View materials

‘Western’ messaging:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Digital resources

Total: 6.29 MB

Print resources

Total: 12.16 MB

Social resources

Total: 15.40 MB

Radio advert

Total: 16.55 MB

Euston screens

Total: 18.32 MB

Campaign toolkit

Total: 18.32 MB

Materials for ‘Anglia route’ campaign:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Materials for ‘North West & Central resources’ campaign:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Euston screens 2026

Total: 22.01 MB

Digital resources

Total: 26.49 MB

Print resources

Total: 33.39 MB

Social resources

Total: 41.03 MB

Materials for ‘North West’ campaign:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Digital resources

Total: 45.43 MB

Print resources

Total: 52.52 MB

Social resources

Total: 60.62 MB

Materials for ‘West Coast South’ campaign:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Digital resources

Total: 67.85 MB

Print resources

Total: 74.90 MB

Social resources

Total: 82.63 MB

Materials for ‘Western’ campaign:

7 April 2026 - 4 May 2026

Check before you travel (CBYT) spring 2026 – phase 1, Easter

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Dates

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Locations

National

Audience

All passengers:

Total audience: bank holiday leisure and business travellers.

Target audience: young males, aged 16-34 years old, employed, travelling with others and for leisure purposes (who are not planning train journeys, checking before they travel, or booking tickets in advance).

Media channels

Paid:
- Radio
- Digital programmatic
- Social media
- Billboards
- Press

Owned:
- Digital station screens
- Printed poster sites
- Social media posts
- Website articles

Earned:
- Press releases

Internal
- Digital screens in offices/depots

Key contacts

Kaleb.Ells@networkrail.co.uk and Abimbola.Caulker@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

The purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the spring bank holiday periods. We are encouraging leisure and business passengers to plan ahead and check if their train journey is affected before they travel by visiting www.nationalrail.co.uk/spring.

The 2026 spring bank holidays occur in quick succession: Easter, Early May, Late May.

Therefore, we are running our marketing campaign continuously. We change the creative assets immediately after each bank holiday to ensure the message is accurate and timely.

  • Phase 1 (Easter): 16 February until 6 April
  • Phase 2 (Early and Late May): 7 April until 4 May
  • Phase 3 (Late May): 5 May until 25 May

The Easter phase of the spring campaign will be promoted across owned, earned, internal, low-cost, and paid media channels (digital, social, billboards, radio, press).

We are also supporting our regional and TOC colleagues by uplifting paid media in affected areas (towns/cities) including the North West and the West Coast Main Line.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 7 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘National resources’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

‘Anglia route’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

‘North West & Central resources’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

‘Southern resources: Wessex - Honiton route’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

‘Southern resources: Wessex - Staines route’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

‘Southern resources: Wessex - Waterloo’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

‘Western resources’ messaging:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Digital resources

Total: 7.98 MB

Print resources

Total: 13.88 MB

Social resources

Total: 17.23 MB

Radio advert

Total: 18.38 MB

Materials for ‘Anglia route’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Materials for ‘North West & Central resources’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Euston screens 2026

Total: 22.50 MB

Digital resources

Total: 29.05 MB

Print resources

Total: 36.01 MB

Social resources

Total: 44.62 MB

Materials for ‘Southern resources: Wessex - Honiton route’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Materials for ‘Southern resources: Wessex - Staines route’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Materials for ‘Southern resources: Wessex - Waterloo’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Materials for ‘Western resources’ campaign:

16 February 2026 - 6 April 2026

Recruitment Campaign 2025 – for all roles

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Dates

4 November 2025 -

Locations

National

Audience

Audiences that may not currently consider Network Rail as an employer of choice or maintenance roles as a career option.

Media channels

Owned channels, including: Facebook, Instagram, station posters, digital tokens, webpages, etc.

Key contacts

Recruitment Marketing Lead: Emily.McCabe@networkrail.co.uk

 

 

This toolkit is for you to use to drive our recruitment campaign on your channels from November 2025 onwards.

By highlighting Network Rail career, our campaign aims to:
– Increase the visibility of Network Rail careers to audiences that may not currently consider Network Rail as an employer of choice.
– Increase the number of quality applicants. 

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 6 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘Campaign toolkit’ messaging:

4 November 2025 -

View materials

‘Print materials - without crop marks’ messaging:

4 November 2025 -

View materials

‘Print materials - with crop marks’ messaging:

4 November 2025 -

View materials

‘Digital materials ’ messaging:

4 November 2025 -

View materials

‘Social materials’ messaging:

4 November 2025 -

View materials

‘Website materials’ messaging:

4 November 2025 -

View materials

Materials for ‘Campaign toolkit’ campaign:

4 November 2025 -

Materials for ‘Print materials - without crop marks’ campaign:

4 November 2025 -

Book

Total: 12.59 MB

Bowling

Total: 19.44 MB

Ducks

Total: 23.92 MB

All A1 - A4 posters without crop marks

Total: 34.20 MB

All double royal posters without crop marks

Total: 41.36 MB

Materials for ‘Print materials - with crop marks’ campaign:

4 November 2025 -

Book

Total: 150.82 MB

Ducks

Total: 262.54 MB

Bowling

Total: 462.03 MB

All A1 - A4 posters with crop marks

Total: 745.52 MB

All double royal posters with crop marks

Total: 881.90 MB

Materials for ‘Digital materials ’ campaign:

4 November 2025 -

Materials for ‘Social materials’ campaign:

4 November 2025 -

Books

Total: 909.11 MB

Bowling

Total: 913.24 MB

Ducks

Total: 916.59 MB

All 1080 x1080 social posts - static

Total: 919.48 MB

All 1080 x1350 social posts - static

Total: 922.56 MB

All 1200 x627 social posts - static

Total: 924.41 MB

All 1080 x 1920 social posts - static

Total: 928.67 MB

Materials for ‘Website materials’ campaign:

4 November 2025 -

Check Before You Travel (CBYT) – Christmas 2025 – Phase 2

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Dates

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Locations

National

Audience

All passengers:

Total audience: bank holiday leisure and business travellers.

Target audience: young males, aged 16-34 years old, employed, travelling with others and for leisure purposes (who are not planning train journeys, checking before they travel, or booking tickets in advance).

Media channels

Paid:
- Radio
- Digital programmatic
- Print
- Search (PPC)
- Social media
- Billboards

Owned:
- Digital station screens
- Printed poster sites
- Social media posts
- Website articles

Earned:
- Press releases

Internal
- Digital screens in offices/depots

Key contacts

Jessica.Lawrence4@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

*Phase 2 (Monday 27 October 2025 until Friday 2 January 2026)*

Our national CBYT marketing campaign raises awareness of planned rail engineering work during the Christmas and New Year bank holiday periods. We are encouraging all rail passengers – primarily leisure travellers – to plan ahead and check if their train journey is affected before they travel.

Some parts of the country will see significant disruption for our passengers and therefore we are supporting routes and regions with local, tailored messaging and paid media targeting in six affected geographical areas: Wessex (London Waterloo), North & East (York > Leeds), Wales & Western, Anglia (Cambridge & London Liverpool Street), and the West Coast Main Line.

All resources below can be downloaded and promoted across owned media channels. Industry colleagues including train operators are also welcome to download these resources and amplify across their channels, if they would like to.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 11 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘National resources’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘Anglia resources (Cambridge)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘Anglia resources (London Liverpool Street)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘North and East resources’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (West Coast South)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘Wessex resources’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘Wales and Western resources (English)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘Wales and Western resources (Welsh)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (HS2 Small Dean)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (HS2 Water Orton)’ messaging:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

View materials

‘Thank you resources’ messaging:

3 January 2026 - 11 January 2026

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 12.46 MB

Print resources

Total: 19.13 MB

Social media resources

Total: 22.70 MB

Radio advert

Total: 23.85 MB

Materials for ‘Anglia resources (Cambridge)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Materials for ‘Anglia resources (London Liverpool Street)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Materials for ‘North and East resources’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 46.46 MB

Print resources

Total: 50.93 MB

Social media resources

Total: 53.92 MB

Radio advert

Total: 55.06 MB

Materials for ‘North West & Central resources (West Coast South)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 67.12 MB

Print resources

Total: 68.76 MB

Social media resources

Total: 72.60 MB

Radio advert

Total: 73.75 MB

Materials for ‘Wessex resources’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 81.42 MB

Print resources

Total: 86.54 MB

Social media resources

Total: 90.31 MB

Radio advert

Total: 91.45 MB

Materials for ‘Wales and Western resources (English)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 100.56 MB

Print resources

Total: 108.55 MB

Social media resources

Total: 112.00 MB

Radio advert

Total: 113.15 MB

Materials for ‘Wales and Western resources (Welsh)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 120.56 MB

Print resources

Total: 128.55 MB

Social media resources

Total: 131.12 MB

Materials for ‘North West & Central resources (HS2 Small Dean)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 136.44 MB

Print resources

Total: 141.60 MB

Social media resources

Total: 145.40 MB

Materials for ‘North West & Central resources (HS2 Water Orton)’ campaign:

27 October 2025 - 2 January 2026

Digital resources

Total: 149.39 MB

Print resources

Total: 157.61 MB

Social media resources

Total: 160.42 MB

Materials for ‘Thank you resources’ campaign:

3 January 2026 - 11 January 2026

Make a Connection – phase 2

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Dates

10 October 2025 - 31 March 2026

Locations

National, but with elevated activity targeting 18 high priority locations.

Audience

All rail users, particular focus on 18-24 year olds

Media channels

Stations: digital and print
Digital display
Social (Snapchat and Twitch)
Organic social

Key contacts

Lucy Dixon – Lucy.Dixon@networkrail.co.uk

In partnership with Shout and the wider rail industry, Make a Connection encourages anyone feeling anxious, stressed or overwhelmed to text ‘Journey’ to 85258 for free, confidential support, 24/7.

This is part of our industry’s ongoing commitment to reduce suicides on the railway, particularly with mental health challenges among 18–24-year-olds at record levels.

By signposting to Shout’s service, we aim to turn moments of vulnerability into opportunities for connection. Updated for 2025 with fresh insights and materials, the campaign focuses on encouraging help-seeking behaviours and reminding people they’re not alone.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

There are 2 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘Make a Connection’ messaging:

10 October 2025 - 31 March 2026

View materials

‘Make a Connection - Welsh versions’ messaging:

10 October 2025 - 31 March 2026

View materials

Materials for ‘Make a Connection’ campaign:

10 October 2025 - 31 March 2026

Communications toolkit

Total: 11.41 MB

Campaign film

Total: 271.54 MB

Social media materials

Total: 374.77 MB

Station materials

Total: 381.05 MB

Print materials

Total: 387.41 MB

Digital materials

Total: 388.04 MB

Materials for ‘Make a Connection - Welsh versions’ campaign:

10 October 2025 - 31 March 2026

Campaign film

Total: 648.17 MB

Social media materials

Total: 651.58 MB

Print materials

Total: 657.97 MB

Check Before You Travel – Christmas 2025 – Phase 1

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Dates

29 September 2025 - 26 October 2025

Locations

National

Audience

All passengers:

Total audience: bank holiday leisure and business travellers.

Target audience: young males, aged 16-34 years old, employed, travelling with others and for leisure purposes (who are not planning train journeys, checking before they travel, or booking tickets in advance).

Media channels

Owned:
- Digital station screens
- Printed poster sites
- Social media posts
- Website articles

Earned:
- Press releases

Internal
- Digital screens in offices/depots


Key contacts

Jessica.Lawrence4@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

*Phase 1 (Monday 29 September until Sunday 26 October) *

The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the Christmas and New Year bank holiday period, encouraging leisure and business passengers to plan ahead and check if their train journey is affected before they travel.

Phase 1 (soft launch) will run from 29 September until 26 October on owned media before Phase 2 (full launch) is promoted from 27 October until 4 January across all channels including paid media. Phase 2 will feature a slightly different creative with strengthened messaging and a more festive style.

These campaigns are no longer live or being promoted to public and passengers. However, if you would like to use these resources please ask permission from Network Rail’s marketing team: marketing@networkrail.co.uk

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

29 September 2025 - 26 October 2025

Digital resources

Total: 12.88 MB

Print resources

Total: 19.84 MB

Social media resources

Total: 23.35 MB