Station safety – Intoxication, Distractions & Running

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Dates

21 July 2025 -

Locations

All Network Rail managed stations

Audience

Rail passengers
Station users

Media channels

Owned channels including Facebook and Instagram
Station posters and digital totems
JC Decaux screens

Key contacts

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

Unsafe behaviours – like being heavily under the influence of alcohol, being distracted by mobile phones, and running in stations – are key contributors to accidents across the rail network. Recent figures show a significant increase in incidents related to these behaviours – impacting not just the individuals involved but also fellow passengers and station staff.

To tackle this, we’re launching a new passenger safety toolkit to target 3 safety risk areas; intoxication, distractions and running – a targeted initiative designed to reduce high-risk behaviours in and around the station environment. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness, encouraging safer decisions, and reducing avoidable accidents.

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:

‘Campaign Overview’ messaging:

21 July 2025 -

View materials

‘Digital materials’ messaging:

21 July 2025 -

View materials

‘Rail Ready banners’ messaging:

21 July 2025 -

View materials

‘Print materials’ messaging:

21 July 2025 -

View materials

‘Social materials’ messaging:

21 July 2025 -

View materials

Materials for ‘Campaign Overview’ campaign:

21 July 2025 -

Materials for ‘Digital materials’ campaign:

21 July 2025 -

Materials for ‘Rail Ready banners’ campaign:

21 July 2025 -

Materials for ‘Print materials’ campaign:

21 July 2025 -

Materials for ‘Social materials’ campaign:

21 July 2025 -

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:

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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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Escalator safety

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Dates

18 December 2024 -

Locations

All managed stations

Audience

Passengers and station users

Media channels

Digital Out of Home
Digital Display
Owned channels including Facebook and Instagram
Station posters and digital totems
JC Decaux screens

Key contacts

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

Accidents on escalators are a significant safety concern in our stations, with a 22% year-on-year increase reported across Network Rail locations. To address this, we’ve launched the Escalator Safety campaign—a focused initiative designed to reduce slips, trips, and falls on escalators, particularly at our busiest stations. This toolkit provides all the resources you need to implement the campaign effectively, including posters, digital displays, and social media assets. Whether targeting specific high-risk behaviours or promoting general awareness, these materials are ready to support your efforts in creating a safer environment for all passengers.

If your station is currently experiencing ongoing issues with lift reliability, please use your discretion to decide whether it’s appropriate to display the escalator safety campaign materials, which promote lift use as a safer alternative. While the campaign is designed to support passenger safety, we understand that station-specific circumstances may affect how and when it’s best applied.

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:

‘Escalator safety campaign overview’ messaging:

18 December 2024 -

View materials

‘Digital materials’ messaging:

18 December 2024 -

View materials

‘Print materials’ messaging:

18 December 2024 -

View materials

‘Social materials’ messaging:

18 December 2024 -

View materials

Materials for ‘Escalator safety campaign overview’ campaign:

18 December 2024 -

Materials for ‘Digital materials’ campaign:

18 December 2024 -

D6 Totems - motion

Total: 80.06 MB

D6 Totems - static

Total: 84.13 MB

OIS Screens - landscape

Total: 170.25 MB

OIS Screens - portrait

Total: 248.78 MB

Materials for ‘Print materials’ campaign:

18 December 2024 -

Double Royal

Total: 250.00 MB

A4

Total: 251.15 MB

A3

Total: 252.32 MB

A2

Total: 253.52 MB

A1

Total: 254.74 MB

Materials for ‘Social materials’ campaign:

18 December 2024 -

Meta (in-feed) 1080x1080 - motion

Total: 321.07 MB

Meta (in-feed) 1080x1080 - static

Total: 323.71 MB

Meta (in-feed) 1080x1080 - static, no logo

Total: 326.29 MB

Meta (stories) 1080x1920 - motion

Total: 404.36 MB

Meta (stories) 1080x1920 - static

Total: 408.42 MB

Meta (stories) 1080x1920 - static, no logo

Total: 412.36 MB

Suggested post copy

Total: 412.40 MB

Watch your step – station safety

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Dates

7 December 2023 - 15 December 2024

Locations

All managed stations

Audience

Passengers and station users

Media channels

Owned channels including Facebook and Instagram
Station posters and digital totems
JC Deceaux screens

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.

PLEASE NOTE – there is an updated version of this campaign for Watch Your Step station safety – Watch Your Step – station safety 2024 – Campaign Resource Centre. Please use these files – this page will be archived in due course.

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

‘Watch Your Step campaign overview ’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

‘Watch your step - station safety (LONDON VICTORIA, LONDON CHARING CROSS, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON CANNON STREET)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

‘Watch your step - station safety (WATERLOO, GUILDFORD, CLAPHAM JUNCTION)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

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‘Watch your step - station safety (MANCHESTER PICCADILLY, LIVERPOOL LIME STREET)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

‘Watch your step - station safety (LEEDS)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

‘Watch your step - station safety (LONDON ST PANCRAS)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

‘Watch your step - station safety (LONDON EUSTON, BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET, EDINBURGH WAVERLY, GLASGOW CENTRAL)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

‘Watch your step - station safety (ALL OTHER STATIONS)’ messaging:

7 December 2023 -

View materials

Materials for ‘Watch Your Step campaign overview ’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (LONDON VICTORIA, LONDON CHARING CROSS, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON CANNON STREET)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 18.81 MB

Print materials

Total: 25.34 MB

Social materials

Total: 38.43 MB

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (WATERLOO, GUILDFORD, CLAPHAM JUNCTION)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 57.62 MB

Print materials

Total: 63.81 MB

Social materials

Total: 76.88 MB

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (MANCHESTER PICCADILLY, LIVERPOOL LIME STREET)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 95.28 MB

Print materials

Total: 103.89 MB

Social materials

Total: 117.02 MB

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (LEEDS)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 135.47 MB

Print materials

Total: 142.59 MB

Social materials

Total: 155.68 MB

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (LONDON ST PANCRAS)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 174.14 MB

Print materials

Total: 182.43 MB

Social materials

Total: 195.56 MB

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (LONDON EUSTON, BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET, EDINBURGH WAVERLY, GLASGOW CENTRAL)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 213.92 MB

Print materials

Total: 220.93 MB

Social materials

Total: 233.99 MB

Materials for ‘Watch your step - station safety (ALL OTHER STATIONS)’ campaign:

7 December 2023 -

Digital materials

Total: 252.29 MB

Print materials

Total: 258.35 MB

Social materials

Total: 271.41 MB

Level crossing safety campaigns and resources

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Dates

1 May 2018 - 30 November 2018

Locations

National

Audience

Level crossing users

Media channels



Key contacts

marketing@networkrail.co.uk

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:

‘Drivers’ messaging:

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View materials

‘Pedestrians - Bossing the crossing’ messaging:

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View materials

‘Dog walkers’ messaging:

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View materials

‘Farmers’ messaging:

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Materials for ‘Drivers’ campaign:

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Materials for ‘Pedestrians - Bossing the crossing’ campaign:

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Materials for ‘Dog walkers’ campaign:

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Materials for ‘Farmers’ campaign:

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Station safety campaign

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Dates

2 July 2021 -

Locations

Network Rail managed stations

Audience

Passengers and station users

Media channels

Station channels

Key contacts

marketing@networkrail.co.uk

Most accidents leading to major injuries at stations are due to slips, trips and falls. And they’re likely to happen on stairs or escalators more than any other station location, often because people are rushing or carrying heavy luggage.

We work hard to keep passengers travelling through our stations safe – we want everyone home safe every day.

Use resources on this page across your channels to help support Station Safety

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 ‘Station safety campaign’ campaign:

2 July 2021 -

Posters

Total: 19.30 MB

15 second short animations

Total: 45.11 MB

30 second animations

Total: 62.00 MB

Social assets (Intoxication only)

Total: 88.10 MB

Get Home Safe

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Dates

17 November 2022 - 31 December 2022

Locations

National campaign with paid media activity in high priority locations.

Audience

Passengers and station users who are attending social events.

Media channels

Owned social media, station channels, targeted mobile advertising at high priority locations & beer mats shared with in station pubs.

Key contacts

Kathryn Awde – kathryn.awde@networkrail.co.uk

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 ‘Get Home Safe’ campaign:

17 November 2022 - 31 December 2022

Toolkit

Total: 6.62 MB

Digital screen materials

Total: 32.24 MB

Print materials

Total: 117.18 MB

Welsh bilingual print materials

Total: 197.07 MB

Social media materials

Total: 304.19 MB

Welsh bilingual social media materials

Total: 344.14 MB

Partner and stakeholder materials

Total: 409.40 MB

Distraction Kills

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Dates

4 July 2022 - 31 August 2022

Locations

National campaign with paid media activity at high priority locations.

Audience

Drivers and dog walkers using level crossings.

Media channels

Owned social media, digital display and audio paid media advertising targeted at high priority locations.

Key contacts

Kathryn Awde – kathryn.awde@networkrail.co.uk

Marketing & Brand team – marketing@networkrail.co.uk

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 ‘Distraction Kills’ campaign:

4 July 2022 - 31 August 2022

Toolkit

Total: 2.31 MB

Digital screen materials

Total: 5.86 MB

Print materials

Total: 16.43 MB

Social media resources

Total: 467.80 MB

Partner and stakeholder materials

Total: 495.37 MB

Intoxication 2021

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Dates

22 November 2021 - 1 January 2022

Locations

Network Rail managed stations. Hotspots include Birmingham, London Victoria, London Euston, Edinburgh + Leeds

Audience

Office workers and party revellers, using the railway after Christmas parties

Media channels

Stations, social media

Key contacts

Kathryn Awde – kathryn.awde@networkrail.co.uk

Each year we see a spike in rail-related safety incidents during the festive period. People who are intoxicated and under the influence of alcohol or drugs take unnecessary risks that they wouldn’t normally take if sober. When you take this and apply it to a high-risk railway environment, it can be incredibly dangerous. Our aim to remind people to be careful in our stations and take extra care when drunk.

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

Beware the bubble

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Photography can be used until 30 March 2024 across all channels. Film can be used until 30 March 2024 on paid media and until February 2026 online.

Dates

2 March 2021 - 30 March 2024

Locations

National but with elevated activity targeting 40 of the high priority level crossing locations.

Audience

All rail users, but in 2023 a particular focus on pedestrians and dog walkers.

Media channels

For May-June 2023 channels include:
- Mobile display advertising
- Spotify audio advertising
- Door drop leaflets
- Owned social media channels
- Roadside billboards

Key contacts

Marketing & Brand team – marketing@networkrail.co.uk

‘Beware the Bubble’ is a public safety campaign, which aims to combat accidents caused by distraction by encouraging people to be more present and mindful of their surroundings when using the railway. The campaign has been developed based on one simple, psychological and relatable truth – we all live our lives ‘in a bubble’ but sometimes this can lead to injury or harm. We see far less of the world than we think we do, especially when we’re distracted by something.

The primary objective of the campaign is to remind all rail users of the potential dangers around the railway and positively encourage them to take responsibility for their own personal safety.

In 2023 the focus of this campaign is on pedestrians and dog walkers using footpath 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 2 sets of creatives and messages which might be surfaced during different dates:

‘2023 ’ messaging:

8 May 2023 - 23 June 2023

View materials

‘Wider existing ’ messaging:

2 March 2020 -

View materials

Materials for ‘2023 ’ campaign:

8 May 2023 - 23 June 2023

Campaign toolkit and branding

Total: 21.69 MB

Digital screen materials

Total: 32.92 MB

Print materials

Total: 106.10 MB

Website Social media materials

Total: 112.64 MB

Partnership materials

Total: 164.96 MB

Welsh and bilingual materials

Total: 190.41 MB

30 second video - without face masks

Total: 452.24 MB

Materials for ‘Wider existing ’ campaign:

2 March 2020 -

Toolkit

Total: 471.80 MB

Digital screen materials

Total: 478.38 MB

Welsh digital screen materials

Total: 487.65 MB

Print materials

Total: 538.29 MB

Welsh print materials

Total: 627.70 MB

Social media materials

Total: 740.82 MB

Welsh social media materials

Total: 744.45 MB

Partner and stakeholder materials

Total: 776.08 MB

Welsh partnership materials

Total: 832.16 MB

Paid media materials

Total: 889.72 MB