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It's your journey. Get up to speed on the railway and get the facts on staying safe.

Plan for the weekend?

How far would you go for a friend?

  • Plan for the weekend?

    How far would you go for a friend?

  • The electrified railway

    Just how powerful are overhead power lines?

  • Nathan

    Real life story. Graphic images may be disturbing.

  • Worth the risk?

    CCTV Sports: don’t try this at home.

  • See Track / Think Train

    New hard-hitting TV advert from Network Rail

  • Life savers not time wasters

    Level crossing safety ad from Network Rail.

  • Rail Life – it’s your journey

    How Rail Life was created.

  • London to Glasgow in five minutes

    Super-fast journey footage from a train driver’s cab

  • Perspectives

    Different views on the impact of a death on the railway

  • Railway staff talk about track dangers

    The lowdown from train drivers and Network Rail staff

  • Richard’s story

    Richard drove over a level crossing.

  • Leighton’s story

    Leighton’s girlfriend tripped on the electrified rail.

  • Lose your headphones – Not your life

    Professor Green asks people to spread the word

  • Behind the scenes of See Track/Think Train

    Behind the scenes of See Track/Think Train

Plan for the weekend?

The electrified railway

The electrified railway

Worth the risk?

See Track / Think Train

Life savers

not time wasters

Rail Life

it’s your journey

London to Glasgow

in five minutes

Perspectives

Railway staff talk

about track dangers

Richard’s story

Leighton’s story

Lose your headphones

Not your life

Rail Life

it’s your journey

Lose your headphones

Not your life

See Track / Think Train

Behind The Scenes

News in Brief

June 2013

Live Wire alert.
New campaign launch.

A new campaign launches as more electrically powered trains bring faster and greener rail journeys across Britain. The initiative also warns of hidden dangers of railway electricity. Watch the video

The electrified railway

Just how powerful are overhead power lines on the railway?

August 2012

Professor Green: lose your headphones, not your life.

Professor Green warns people to stay alert at level crossings as people have died because they were unaware of approaching trains. Watch the video

Lose your headphones – Not your life

Professor Green asks people to spread the word

October 2012

See Track/Think Train – new TV advert launches.

The need to stay alert at level crossings is brought home in Network Rail’s new hard-hitting advert which follows a family on a day out in the countryside. Watch the video

See Track / Think Train

New hard-hitting TV advert from Network Rail

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