Switch On to Rail Safety
- New rail industry safety educational programme – Switched On – for children aged from 3 to 16 years launched.
- Full of interactive, age-targeted resources, Switched On aims to educate children and young people to use the railway safely and avoid risky behaviour.
- Programme launches as shocking new CCTV footage is released showing young girls doing handstands on a level crossing in Nottinghamshire.
Network Rail, in partnership with the rail industry, has launched a new, free educational rail safety programme for children. Closely aligned to key stage levels – for age groups 3 -6, 7-11 and 12 -16 – the Switched On rail safety programme teaches children about the dangers present around the railway and encourages them to develop hazard-spotting skills so they can make the right informed choices when they find themselves on the rail network.
At the younger end of the age range, children are invited to join Switched On travels with Suzi on her journey to the nature reserve. Ironically, Network Rail has released new footage of people deliberately misusing Nature Reserve level crossing in Attenborough in Broxstowe, Nottinghamshire. The footage includes young girls doing handstands on the crossing, as well as people taking selfies on the railway, lying down on the track for photo opportunities or stopping to sit on the crossing – all of which could have resulted in fatal or life changing consequences.
