Stay off the Tracks – phase two (July 2025)

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This content has been created for an adult audience. Please ensure an advisory message is put on all posts using video content. Full length campaign films to be run on NR-owned channels only.

Dates

18 July 2025 -

Locations

100 high risk locations across the entire rail network.

Audience

This content has been created for an adult audience.

Target age is 18 - 34 years old.

Media channels

Paid campaign will run on YouTube, Meta, Connected TV, cinema and Channel 4 (live TV and VOD).

Full length campaign films to be run on NR-owned channels only. Please contact for additional assets/video lengths.

Key contacts

Donna.Mitchell@networkrail.co.uk

Viewer discretion is advised for this content as it has been created for an audience aged 16 years and above.

“Stay off the Tracks” pairs first responders with professionals from the film industry to recreate the horrific effects of rail trespass on victims and their loved ones.

Protect yourself from catastrophic, life-changing injuries – or worse.

Phase two adds new content to the Stay off the Tracks campaign, addressing the emotional impact of rail safety incidents, the danger of distraction at level crossings and the internal damage caused by electrocution from the overhead lines (to be added in August).

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 5 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘Stay off the tracks - Sound’ messaging:

2 April 2025 -

View materials

‘Stay off the tracks - Sight’ messaging:

2 April 2025 -

View materials

‘Stay off the Tracks - Impact’ messaging:

2 July 2025 - 7 September 2025

View materials

‘You vs Train - Distraction ’ messaging:

2 July 2025 - 7 September 2025

View materials

‘Supporting "You vs Train" materials’ messaging:

18 July 2025 -

View materials

Materials for ‘Stay off the tracks - Sound’ campaign:

2 April 2025 -

Materials for ‘Stay off the tracks - Sight’ campaign:

2 April 2025 -

Materials for ‘Stay off the Tracks - Impact’ campaign:

2 July 2025 - 7 September 2025

Materials for ‘You vs Train - Distraction ’ campaign:

2 July 2025 - 7 September 2025

Materials for ‘Supporting "You vs Train" materials’ campaign:

18 July 2025 -

Greek Street

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Dates

16 June 2025 - 23 August 2025

Locations

North West and Central region

Audience

People looking to travel in and out of Stockport and Manchester in August.

Media channels

Meta, X, Out of home, Station screens, TVMs

Key contacts

Kate Burke, senior communication manager, North West route kate.burke@networkrail.co.uk

This August, Network Rail is replacing the Greek Street bridge in Stockport, which crosses the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line.

The original bridge, constructed in 1958, has reached the end of its life and needs to be replaced.

About 400 passenger and 50 freight services pass under the bridge each day. Above the bridge, sits a major roundabout junction in the centre of Stockport, which has been closed since 31 March 2025 to allow engineers to carry out the work safely.

From 2-23 August, engineers will remove the old bridge and replace it with a new one. During this time, there will be no trains through Stockport. Some services will be diverted, and others will be replaced by a bus. Passengers travelling Greater Manchester, Cheshire, and along the West Coast Main Line are advised to plan their journey on the National Enquiries website before they travel during this time.

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:

‘Campaign toolkit’ messaging:

1 February 2025 - 31 March 2026

View materials

‘Phase 1 (February 2025)’ messaging:

1 February 2025 -

View materials

‘Phase 2 (June - August 2025)’ messaging:

16 June 2025 - 23 August 2025

View materials

Materials for ‘Campaign toolkit’ campaign:

1 February 2025 - 31 March 2026

Materials for ‘Phase 1 (February 2025)’ campaign:

1 February 2025 -

Materials for ‘Phase 2 (June - August 2025)’ campaign:

16 June 2025 - 23 August 2025

Railway 200 – Network Rail campaign

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Campaign materials must not be used after 31 December 2025.

Dates

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

Locations

National

Audience

All passengers, rail users and station users.

Media channels

Owned channels (social, posters, digital screens)
Internal channels

Key contacts

Marketing and brand:

louise.mcgarrigle@networkrail.co.uk

Internal communications:

maneet.hayer@networkrail.co.uk

Network Rail Railway 200 team:

railway200@networkrail.co.uk

Railway 200 is a year-long programme running from 1 January to 31 December 2025. It marks 200 years of the modern railway and aims to inspire young people to pursue a career in rail.

The programme focuses on four themes:

  1. Culture, Heritage & Tourism
  2. Celebrating Railway People
  3. Education and Skills
  4. Innovation, Technology and Environment

To commemorate the past 200 years, several campaign materials have been produced, for teams to share on their owned channels, including:

  • Digital materials
  • Social materials
  • 4x animations outlining key dates from the past 200 years that relate to the four themes
  • Educational exhibition boards for each region, to be rotated around different locations throughout the year
  • Educational activity booklets for each Network Rail managed station, to be handed to children

Please share these materials on your channels throughout 2025. They must not be used after 31 December 2025.

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:

‘Print materials’ messaging:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

View materials

‘Digital materials’ messaging:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

View materials

‘Social materials’ messaging:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

View materials

‘Character animation videos’ messaging:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

View materials

‘Activity book’ messaging:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

View materials

‘Campaign characters’ messaging:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

View materials

Materials for ‘Print materials’ campaign:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

Materials for ‘Digital materials’ campaign:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

Materials for ‘Social materials’ campaign:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

Materials for ‘Character animation videos’ campaign:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

Materials for ‘Activity book’ campaign:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

Materials for ‘Campaign characters’ campaign:

9 June 2025 - 31 December 2025

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

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Dates

6 May 2025 - 26 May 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

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

Jessica.Lawrence4@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the spring period bank holiday period. 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 2025 spring bank holidays occur in quick succession: Easter, Early May, Late May. This means, our marketing campaign runs consecutively and we change the creative assets immediately after each bank holiday to ensure the message is accurate and timely.

  • Phase 1 (Easter): 28 February until 21 April
  • Phase 2 (Early May): 22 April until 5 May
  • Phase 3 (Late May): 6 May until 26 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). Furthermore, we are supporting our regional and TOC colleagues by uplifting paid media in affected geographical areas (towns/cities) including the West Coast Main Line (WCML).

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:

6 May 2025 - 26 May 2025

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (Central route) resources’ messaging:

6 May 2025 - 26 May 2025

View materials

‘'Thank you' resources’ messaging:

27 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

6 May 2025 - 26 May 2025

Digital resources

Total: 7.71 MB

Print resources

Total: 9.80 MB

Social resources

Total: 15.91 MB

Radio advert

Total: 17.05 MB

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

6 May 2025 - 26 May 2025

Digital resources

Total: 22.57 MB

Print resources

Total: 23.85 MB

Social resources

Total: 28.42 MB

Materials for ‘'Thank you' resources’ campaign:

27 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

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

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Dates

22 April 2025 - 5 May 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

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

Jessica.Lawrence4@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the spring period bank holiday period. 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 2025 spring bank holidays occur in quick succession: Easter, Early May, Late May. This means, our marketing campaign runs consecutively and we change the creative assets immediately after each bank holiday to ensure the message is accurate and timely.

  • Phase 1 (Easter): 28 February until 21 April
  • Phase 2 (Early May): 22 April until 5 May
  • Phase 3 (Late May): 6 May until 26 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). Furthermore, we are supporting our regional and TOC colleagues by uplifting paid media in affected geographical areas (towns/cities) including the South Coast and the West Coast Main Line (WCML).

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:

22 April 2025 - 5 May 2025

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (Central route)’ messaging:

22 April 2025 - 5 May 2025

View materials

‘Southern resources (Wessex - Staines route)’ messaging:

22 April 2025 - 5 May 2025

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

22 April 2025 - 5 May 2025

Digital resources

Total: 9.37 MB

Print resources

Total: 14.38 MB

Social resources

Total: 21.95 MB

Radio advert

Total: 23.10 MB

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

22 April 2025 - 5 May 2025

Digital resources

Total: 32.40 MB

Print resources

Total: 37.14 MB

Social resources

Total: 40.52 MB

Radio advert

Total: 41.66 MB

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

22 April 2025 - 5 May 2025

Digital resources

Total: 51.65 MB

Print resources

Total: 60.69 MB

Social resources

Total: 63.67 MB

Radio advert

Total: 64.82 MB

Stay off the Tracks

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This content has been created for an adult audience. Please ensure an advisory message is put on all posts using video content. Full length campaign films to be run on NR-owned channels only.

Dates

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

Locations

100 high risk locations across the entire rail network.

Audience

This content has been created for an adult audience.

Target age is 18 - 34 years old.

Media channels

Paid campaign will run on YouTube, Meta and Connected TV.

Full length campaign films to be run on NR-owned channels only. Please contact for assets.

Key contacts

Donna.Mitchell@networkrail.co.uk

Viewer discretion is advised for this content as it has been created for an adult audience.

Trespass is one of the top three causes of delay on the rail network. Every year, there are over 19,000 incidents of people straying onto the tracks, causing more than 750,000 minutes of delay for passengers and costing taxpayers over £75 million in direct costs.

Last financial year (2023/24), there were exactly 19,398 incidents, which caused 918,691 minutes of delay at a cost of £71 million.

“Stay off the Tracks” pairs first responders with professionals from the film industry to recreate the horrific effects of rail trespass on victims and their loved ones.

The railway is full of unexpected risks, and being on the tracks is more dangerous than people realise.

Protect yourself from catastrophic, life-changing injuries – or worse. Stay off the tracks. It’s just not worth it.

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:

‘Stay off the tracks - Sound’ messaging:

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

View materials

‘Stay off the tracks - sight’ messaging:

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

View materials

‘Stay off the tracks ’ messaging:

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

View materials

Materials for ‘Stay off the tracks - Sound’ campaign:

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

Materials for ‘Stay off the tracks - sight’ campaign:

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

Materials for ‘Stay off the tracks ’ campaign:

2 April 2025 - 30 April 2025

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

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Dates

28 February 2025 - 21 April 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

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

Jessica.Lawrence4@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing@networkrail.co.uk

The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of planned rail engineering work over the spring period bank holiday period. 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 2025 spring bank holidays occur in quick succession: Easter, Early May, Late May. This means, our marketing campaign runs consecutively and we simply change the creative asset immediately after each bank holiday to ensure the message is accurate and timely.

  • Phase 1 (Easter): 28 February until 21 April
  • Phase 2 (Early May): 22 April until 5 May
  • Phase 3 (Late May): 6 May until 26 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). Furthermore, we are supporting our regional and TOC colleagues by uplifting paid media in affected geographical areas (towns/cities) including the South Coast, 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 5 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘National resources’ messaging:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (Central route)’ messaging:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

View materials

‘North West & Central resources (North West route)’ messaging:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

View materials

‘Southern resources (Wessex - Staines route)’ messaging:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

View materials

‘Southern resources (Kent & Sussex route)’ messaging:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

View materials

Materials for ‘National resources’ campaign:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

Digital resources

Total: 12.39 MB

Print resources

Total: 16.23 MB

Social resources

Total: 19.20 MB

Radio advert

Total: 20.34 MB

Campaign toolkit

Total: 20.34 MB

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

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

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

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

Digital resources

Total: 36.52 MB

Print resources

Total: 41.72 MB

Social resources

Total: 44.27 MB

Radio advert

Total: 45.42 MB

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

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

Digital resources

Total: 49.98 MB

Print resources

Total: 54.88 MB

Social resources

Total: 55.76 MB

Radio advert

Total: 56.91 MB

Materials for ‘Southern resources (Kent & Sussex route)’ campaign:

28 February 2025 - 21 April 2025

Blackfriars resources

Total: 64.33 MB

Charing Cross resources

Total: 71.72 MB

GTR resources

Total: 79.13 MB

London Bridge resources

Total: 86.58 MB

London Victoria resources

Total: 94.06 MB

Big Manny

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School presentations only

Dates

18 February 2025 -

Locations



Audience

14+

Media channels

School presentations only

Key contacts

Donna.Mitchell@networkrail.co.uk

Big Manny aka Emanuel Wallace (aka Big Manny) is a 26-year-old science-first content creator and music artist from Dagenham who aims to make the periodic table and Bunsen burners cool again. With a master’s degree in biomedical science, the East Londoner creates age-friendly and class-friendly content that is entertaining, educational, and experimental

For this campaign we sought to use his social media presence to deliver our rail safety message in his own authentic way. Big Manny created videos explaining the science behind the three main dangers present on the rail network – overhead power lines, the third rail and trains – which he then distributed via his social media channels.

Big Manny has given permission for his videos to be used for educational presentations to schoolchildren, but they should not be shared or used for any other purpose.

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

Watch Your Step – station safety 2024

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Dates

16 December 2024 -

Locations

All managed stations

Audience

Passengers and station users

Media channels

Owned channels including Facebook and Instagram
Station posters and digital totems

Key contacts

lucy.dixon@networkrail.co.uk
marketing@networkrail.co.uk

Safety campaign to remind passengers and station users to move safely and avoid accidents when using Network Rail managed stations.

An updated version of the campaign, to be used from December 2024 onwards.

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 5 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘Print materials’ messaging:

16 December 2024 -

View materials

‘Digital materials’ messaging:

16 December 2024 -

View materials

‘Social materials’ messaging:

16 December 2024 -

View materials

‘National Rail branded versions’ messaging:

16 December 2024 -

View materials

‘Watch Your Step 2023 campaign overview’ messaging:

-

View materials

Materials for ‘Print materials’ campaign:

16 December 2024 -

Materials for ‘Digital materials’ campaign:

16 December 2024 -

Materials for ‘Social materials’ campaign:

16 December 2024 -

Materials for ‘National Rail branded versions’ campaign:

16 December 2024 -

National Rail print materials

Total: 34.56 MB

National Rail digital materials

Total: 47.15 MB

National Rail social materials

Total: 61.74 MB

Materials for ‘Watch Your Step 2023 campaign overview’ campaign:

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Christmas Retail Campaign – Station Offers

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Dates

2 December 2024 - 15 December 2024

Locations

All managed stations and Victoria Place shopping centre

Audience

All passengers

Media channels

Social media
Paid media - Meta and Skyrise ads
Station posters and digital screens
OIS screens
JCDecaux

Key contacts

Mafalda Abreu – mafalda.abreu@networkrail.co.uk

Group Property Marketing Team – MarketingEnquiries@networkrail.co.uk

Our Christmas Campaign is here to offer retail deals and promotions, driving footfall into our units.

From 2 to 15 December, all station users can discover the offers available at our stations through our dedicated microsite. Accessing these deals is easy – simply go to stationoffers.co.uk or scan the QR codes prominently displayed throughout our stations.

In addition to in-station communication, we will focus on digital communication, using our own screens and also a paid media plan, with META and Skyrise ads, and also JCDecaux.

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 ‘Christmas Retail Campaign – Station Offers’ campaign:

2 December 2024 - 15 December 2024

Digital Materials

Total: 11.28 MB

Paid Media - Skyrise

Total: 18.48 MB

Paid Media - Meta Ads

Total: 40.04 MB

JCDecaux

Total: 45.62 MB

LB Foster

Total: 56.47 MB

Print Materials

Total: 58.23 MB

Social Media

Total: 111.61 MB