Rail Safety Week 2025 Children's Competitions

Rail Forum is delighted to launch the 2025 Rail Safety Week children’s competitions!

We’re excited to provide a colouring competition for ages 4-6 and 7-9. Plus a ‘Design Your Railway Station’ competition for children aged 10-12. The artwork is specially designed by Bessie Matthews, author and illustrator of Arlo's Adventures: There and Back – A Pick-a-Path Railway Safety Book.

The competitions are designed to provide a simple and engaging way for parents, guardians and teachers to begin important conversations with young people about staying safe on and around the railway.

Please see below details for each competition, we look forward to receiving the entries!

Want to look back at previous years' competitions? Find the artwork and links to the winners' showcases here. 

Colouring Competition
Ages 4-6

4-6 sheet
Download

Colouring Competition
Ages 7-9

7-9 Sheet
Download

Design Your Railway Station
Ages 10-12

RSW Design a station sheet
Download

Download the artwork using the buttons above. For schools preferring a less color-intensive version of the competition sheets, a low-ink option is available for download here.

How to submit your entry:

Please post your completed colouring sheet or station design* to the address provided below. Please ensure that we can read the name and age of the entrant and that we have an email address for contacting the parent, guardian or teacher of any prize winners.

*If you need more space for your station design, you can use one extra side of A4 paper and send it in with your worksheet.

Rail Safety Week Competition
C/O Network Rail
John Ellis House
Railway Terrace
Derby
DE1 2RU

Prizes and judging:

The colouring competition is split into two ages groups: 4–6 and 7–9. The ‘Design Your Railway Station’ competition is for ages 10–12. Each age group will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes as follows:

  • 1st: £30 Waterstones e-voucher
  • 2nd: £20 Waterstones e-voucher
  • 3rd: £15 Waterstones e-voucher

Winners will also receive the below age appropriate STEM books:

  • Ages 4–6: Lift the Flap Engineering – Rose Hall & Alex Frith
  • Ages 7–9: Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids – Christina Schull
  • Ages 10–12: Engineers Making a Difference – Dr Shini Somara

Full Terms & Conditions can be found here.

A big thank you to our competition sponsor RSSB!

RSSB

The winners will be selected by an industry judging panel incorporating the competition sponsors and artist.

The deadline for entries is Friday 22nd August 2025. 

If you have any questions, please direct these to competitions@railforum.uk.

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