What's On 2026...

Aero Healthcare UK will be running defibrillator familiarisation sessions at Nuneaton, Stafford, and Stoke depots on the week of Rail Safety Week.

Here are a few ways that CAF Rail UK are participating in Rail Safety Week 2026:

• Daily Wellbeing workshops
• Engagement sessions at each location
• “Stop the job” empowerment campaign
• Welfare depot standards tour
• Wellbeing and Inclusion depot tour

Carlisle Support Services is the Headline Sponsor for #RSW26.

Steve Cere, Director of Rail Strategy said: “Rail Safety Week is about uniting the industry to protect our people, our passengers and our communities. As a proud sponsor, Carlisle is committed to supporting a culture of shared responsibility, continuous learning, and proactive prevention of accidents and fatalities.”

During Rail Safety Week 2026, Central Rail Systems Alliance will be hosting Close Call Workshops at depots across the network, reinforcing the importance of speaking up when something doesn’t look right. By encouraging open reporting and sharing lessons learned, these sessions aim to strengthen safety culture across the alliance and bring colleagues together to share experiences.

Community Rail Network have a packed programme of rail safety activity lined up throughout Rail Safety Week 2026, taking safety education out into local communities across the country.

On 16th June, a rail safety session will be taking place for a Home Education group from Fitzwilliam, hosted at their local community centre — a brilliant example of rail safety education reaching beyond the classroom.

On 17th June (10:00–11:00), the Rail Education Network will be showcasing Network Rail’s brand new Switched On Rail Safety resources, timed ahead of the September curriculum change. Open to anyone with an interest in education across the rail industry, the session will also be filmed for those unable to attend on the day. To express your interest in attending or to access the recording afterwards, please get in touch via email.

On 18th June, a rail safety session will be delivered to an adult community group at the Bradford City Foundation, demonstrating the importance of reaching diverse audiences with safety messaging.

Rounding off the week on 19th June, pupils from Greenhill School in Bramley will be heading into Leeds by train, putting their rail safety learning into practice out on the network first-hand.

Members of the dBD Communications team will be attending Rail LIVE and The Railway Club networking events during Rail Safety Week, continuing engagement around evolving site requirements, operational challenges and practical communication needs across the sector.

Diamond Rail Services are proud to support Rail Safety Week 2026.

The team are doing a fantastic job getting ready for the activities and campaigns that will reach the whole Diamond crew!

We will share more of the great work during the week starting 15th June!

Dual Inventive will be showcasing their full product range at Rail Live 2026, with a focus on their shared mission of safety across the network. Visitors to Stand B28 will have the opportunity to see their suite of innovative safety solutions in action, including the ZKL 3000 RC, which supports line blocks and possessions; the CRM 3000, which monitors hot and cold weather conditions to identify critical temperature hotspots; the RSS 3000, a remote safety switch providing instant worksite protection; and the RCS 3000, their latest innovation — a remote-control signal designed for areas with no existing signalling infrastructure. All solutions (with the exception of the CRM 3000) are operated via their cloud-based platform, MTinfo 3000. Also new for 2026 is a large-capacity battery for the ZKL 3000 RC, designed to deliver near-permanent power when used alongside a solar panel. If you’d like to find out more ahead of the show, visit their website or come and speak to the team at Stand B28 at Rail Live 2026.

We’re looking forward to supporting Rail Forum and East Midlands Railway at Derby Station on Saturday 20th June. It will be a great opportunity to engage with the public, raise awareness of rail safety, and help keep it at the forefront of people’s minds. We’ll also be handing out copies of Rail Forum’s Rail Safety Week Children’s Colouring Competitions, helping to share important safety messages with younger audiences in a fun and engaging way.

Freight Safe Programme are proud to show their support for Rail Safety Week 2026, standing behind the industry-wide commitment to making the railway safer for everyone, whether they work on it, travel on it, or live and work alongside it.

To support Rail Safety Week 2026, Ganymede will be encouraging meaningful conversations around safety through an interactive pledge initiative at our stand during Rail Live 2026 (M156).

Visitors will be invited to share their personal safety commitments by contributing to our pledge wall, helping create a visible reminder that everyone has a role to play in building a safer railway.

The initiative is designed to promote open conversations, encourage people to speak up about safety concerns and reinforce the importance of individual actions in creating a positive safety culture across the rail industry.

Throughout the week, Ganymede will also be sharing insights, conversations and commitments gathered from across the industry as part of our ongoing commitment to putting safety at the heart of everything we do.

Ground Control, alongside Network Rail, supported a Rail Safety Engagement session with the 18th Darlington (Middleton St George) Scout Group ahead of Rail Safety Week 2026. The session saw fantastic engagement from young people learning about railway hazards, PPE, and how to stay safe around the rail environment. A brilliant example of community outreach in action, starting safety conversations early and helping to build safer behaviours for the future.

Rail Safe Friendly Parent Day 2026 – Thursday 18th June 2026

From 10am everyday during Rail Safety Week, we’re bringing an exciting, career friendly experience directly to your students! 

We have created a series of engaging Q&A videos designed to inspire Primary School students across the UK and Ireland. Through these sessions, children will learn about the rail industry, hear real life career stories, and discover the wide range of opportunities available to them in the future.

The videos feature friendly rail professionals sharing their journeys, experiences, and insights in a fun and accessible way, perfect for sparking curiosity and career aspirations.

The Q&A sessions will be recorded ahead of Rail Safety Week, and the final videos will be shared with schools during the week’s activities. It’s an exciting chance to help your students explore new possibilities while learning about rail safety in an interactive and inspiring way.

Register your school here to watch the broadcast and engage with the LIVE CHAT:
https://careerfriendlyprogramme.com 

Important: Once you have signed up and your account has been approved, you will be able to watch the broadcast directly on the video player on the Career Friendly home page. No separate link required.

We can’t wait to have your students join us on this journey!

Ahead of Rail Safety Week, injury prevention charity Lifeskills will be showcasing rail safety education during a family open day event at their Safety Education Centre in Bristol.

Known for providing immersive and interactive experiences, Lifeskills helps children and families learn through realistic scenarios that encourage them to recognise risks, build confidence and develop safer behaviours in real-life situations.

As part of the event, children will be encouraged to take part in a Rail Safe Friendly Colouring Competition. The activities reinforce key rail safety messages, including staying away from tracks, understanding warning signs, avoiding distractions near railways and recognising the dangers of trespassing, helping to connect creative learning with real-world rail safety education.

Families attending will also experience Lifeskills’ realistic railway platform scenario, where they can explore common railway hazards and platform safety in a safe and engaging environment and meet the local Community Safety Manager from rail safety partner Network Rail.

We’re proud to support Rail Safety Week by bringing together rail safety initiatives, supporting early intervention and promoting wider conversations around rail safety.

Throughout rail safety week 2026 Lumo and Hull Trains will run a series of talks and campaigns with colleagues. Colleagues will also be visible across the network, talking to customers about rail safety. A customer safety campaign is also being planned with an important message ahead of the summer.

MacRail will be holding a safety stand down event in partnership with Morgan Sindall on the Metro West project on the subject of fatigue. This will include:
o Significant risks of harm associated with workplace fatigue
o Understanding fatigue and why we must manage it like any other HSE hazard
o Industry statistics
o Industry challenges of possession works, long hours, mixed shift patterns, etc
o How MacRail supports protecting people

To Support Rail Safety Week, Marshdale Construction Limited will be participating in multiple ways:

• Onsite safety walk around site visit
• Two safety toolbox talks per site
• Mental Health awareness Training
• Providing office treats and healthy options in the kitchen areas
• Promoting rail safety week across the business

Network Rail have announced that they will be running the ‘Switched On’ campaign to support Rail Safety Week: A rail safety programme for 3-16s that encourages young people to stay Switched On around the railway.

Through a range of age targeted films, interactive games and classroom activities, Switched On teaches pupils to be aware of risky behaviour and develop hazard-spotting skills.

The Community Safety Team at Network Rail will be hosting a number of education events throughout the Northwest route  during Rail Safety Week: 

• Community safety school visits to discuss the issues of trespass and safety at stations and level crossings.
• Evening scouts visit to talk to both the cubs and scouts on the importance of staying safe around the railway.
• Rail safety awareness event at Preston station.
• Hatters in the Community – Multi agency safety event. The programme will bring together young people from across Stockport for a series of workshops.
• Visit to cubs group in Macclesfield to discuss railway safety at stations and level crossings and distribute railway safety activity books.
• Network Rail will have a stall at a school careers fair to talk to the children about railway careers, specifically highlighting the importance of safety related roles.

Nexus: Relational and Restorative Practice Roadshows
During Rail Safety Week (15–21 June 2026), Nexus will deliver a programme of Relational and Restorative Practice roadshows across the network, running from 06:30 through to 00:00 to reach teams in their working environments.
Our focus is simple: making safety a conversation. We are exploring how psychological safety, listening, and everyday interactions shape whether people feel able to speak up.
At each session, we will ask one key question:
“What’s making the job harder or less safe than it needs to be?”
Colleagues can contribute through conversation, post-it feedback, or QR submissions.
We are also introducing a pocket card for all colleagues, promoting three everyday actions:
Reach – Notice and check in
Respond – Listen without blame
Lead – Make it safe to speak
This approach supports a consistent style of interaction focused on curiosity, openness, and learning.
Our aim is to better understand work as it is really done, and use those insights to make work safer and easier to get right.

For Rail Safety Week 2026, One Big Circle will be running a six-day campaign exploring how AIVR is making the railway safer across every discipline – from track and lineside to overhead line equipment, conductor rail, signalling, and digital transformation.

Each day we’ll be publishing a new article on LinkedIn and our website, diving into the safety challenges facing a specific railway discipline and how remote monitoring technology is changing the way teams work – reducing trackside exposure, enabling earlier detection of faults, and supporting a shift from reactive to proactive maintenance.

If you’re attending Rail Live 2026, come and visit us at Stand M2 – we’ll be handing out our Rail Safety Week leaflet, and our team will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate AIVR in action.

Follow us on LinkedIn to keep up with the campaign throughout the week!
https://uk.linkedin.com/company/one-big-circle-ltd

Every year, Rail Safety Week reminds us why we do what we do. At Onwave, we built OWL geofencing because we believe technology should actively protect the people working on our railways. Warning people about hazardous areas including moving plant with centimetre-accurate positioning and clear alerts with context: these aren’t nice-to-haves, they’re essentials. We’re proud to sponsor Rail Safety Week 2026 and stand alongside an industry that takes protecting its workforce seriously.

Platform has some exciting activities planned for Rail Safety week this year. We will be delivering a range of workshops in schools including; Rail Safety, County Lines, Travel Confidence and Railway Careers. Students will also be putting their Rail Safety knowledge into practice by participating in train trips with the Platform team.
Tuesday 16th June
Sophie will be taking students from Cotham Gardens Primary school in Bristol on a train ride to Weston Super Mare and Tom is taking a very lucky group of students from Alderman Knight on the train to Worcester for a special treat at MCDonalds.
Wednesday 17th June
Nearly 200 students will be participating in workshops with us in Bristol, Worcestershire and Weymouth.
Thursday 18th June
Emily will be taking another group from Cotham Gardens to Weston Super Mare (fingers crossed for sunny weather!)

As custodians of Rail Safety Week on behalf of the industry, we will once again deliver the official Rail Safety Week Conference, run the Children’s competitions, and capture ‘What’s On’ across the industry.

Watch this space for more details on our plans…!

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Ahead of RSW26, members of our team completed Emergency First Aid at Work training, hosted by St. Johns Ambulance, to equip themselves with practical, potentially life-saving skills that will serve them both at our events and beyond. The training is a reminder that safety awareness is something we can all invest in, whatever our role.

A series of interactive live Q&A sessions broadcasted directly to schools as part of our Rail Safe Friendly Programme. These events feature exclusive sessions with Rail Industry experts where young people can engage in real-time through a dedicated LIVE chat to ask questions, learn about rail safety, and interact with the speakers.

The schedule of school Q&A sessions is as follows:
• 15.06.26 (10:00am – 10:30am) – Nick Millington
• 16.06.26 (10:00am – 10:30am) – British Transport Police (BTP)
• 17.06.26 (10:00am – 10:30am) – Carys Thomas
• 18.06.26 (11:00am – 11:30am) – Phil Hibberd
• 19.06.26 (10:00am – 10:30am) – Nick Jordan

We’re proud to be kicking off Rail Safety Week 2026 on 15th June with our CPD Accredited CSM-RA & Interoperability Course at the IET London. As the only CPD accredited course of its kind in the UK focused specifically on the practical application of CSM-RA, interoperability and hazard management within the rail industry, the course provides delegates with real-world insight drawn from major UK rail projects and frameworks. Designed for engineers, project managers, safety professionals and anyone involved in delivering rail projects, the course combines industry guidance with practical application to help attendees confidently apply safety assurance principles across the project lifecycle. We still have spaces available, so if you would like to get involved or find out more, please get in touch.

Railway Resilience: Supporting Yourself and Others is a half‑day, practical course designed for anyone working across the rail network. It builds personal resilience, strengthens confidence under pressure, and equips staff to support colleagues through challenging moments. Using real railway scenarios and reflective tools, participants leave with clearer wellbeing strategies. The course is endorsed by the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators (CIRO).

We are running open courses which start in September. For more information see https://paideiacoaching.co.uk/

Attached is a link to a digital leaflet https://paideiacoaching.co.uk/onewebmedia/PaideiaCoaching%20Trifold%20Sales%20-%20digital.pdf

REAX are backing Rail Safety Week by releasing a series of workplace safety and training videos on LinkedIn. We’re thrilled to have their support in helping drive the conversation around rail safety.

Innovating the CSM-RA Process
Rail Safety Week Lunch & Learn
18th June 2026 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Microsoft Teams

Join RSSB and RSK Business Solutions for a focused Lunch & Learn session exploring how digitalisation, industry collaboration, and the RSSB CHAMOIS project (Generic Hazard Lists) are helping improve hazard management and provide more consistency to the CSM-RA process across the rail industry.

The session will include a demonstration of RSK’s innovative Hazard Management Tool, designed to improve efficiency, reduce duplication, and enhance the traceability, consistency, and auditability of Hazard Records

Topics Covered
RSSB CHAMOIS project -Generic Hazard Lists
Challenges within current CSM-RA processes
Benefits of digital and standardised hazard Management
Improving traceability, visibility, and compliance

Who Should Attend?
Project Engineers & Managers
Safety & Assurance Professionals
CSM-RA Practitioners
Rail Project Delivery Teams

For further information or to register interest, please contact: Fran Ghazaani – [email protected]

As every year, we are looking forward to fully supporting Rail Safety Week across all parts of our Siemens Mobility business. We recognise the power of the whole rail industry coming together to collaboratively bring about safety improvements for workers, passengers and the travelling public. This year we will again be widening the scope to also encompass health and wellbeing, and environmental sustainability (regonising that they are interlinked and mutually beneficial), with a range of briefings and events happening that are targeted at all areas of our workforce and their families.

We will be running some learning activities and briefings around human factors, behavioural safety and industry memory.

Heart Health –
As part of our Men’s Health Campaign, we’re hosting a Q&A session focused on heart health and the importance of knowing your numbers. The session will be an open conversation covering practical steps you can take to better support long term heart health.

Practical Lifting Techniques – Learning lessons from the most frequent cause of lost time accident in 2025, we are running practical manual handling sessions with Sisk UK Trainer and Occupational Health lead will cover practical individual and team lifting involving awkward and heavier loads, focusing on planning, coordination and safe handling in practical hands on sessions.

Back Care Group Classes focused on Back Mobility & Stretching and the other surrounding Back & Pelvic Strengthening

Mental health and Wellbeing
– Health and Wellbeing Support providing an overview of the range of services and support Sisk Staff can access in relation to Physical and Mental Health, including our Peer Support Network.
– Positive Workplaces – ‘Avoiding Signal Failure’ Thursday 18th how we can all contribute to a more positive workplace by developing a preventative approach to mental health.

Lessons learnt – Information and Awareness Communications – embedding lessons from historical accidents.

We have 43 events running across the South Eastern railway network for both Southeastern and Network Rail Kent route. including ;

Safety Hero – Southeastern’s popular Health and Safety Hero Award is now being launched across the South Eastern Railway. This means any colleague can nominate anyone working within our integrated railway for the award.

Health and Safety Engagement – Trade Union Health & Safety (H&S) Representatives to set up information stalls within station booking hall areas during Rail Safety Week, in order to promote the role and value of trade union H&S reps in maintaining a safe railway for staff, passengers, and the public

“Spot It. Fix It. Improve It”. Safety Improvement Challenge across Ashford, West Marina and Dover. – We are launching the “Spot It. Fix It. Improve It”. Safety Improvement Challenge across Ashford, West Marina and Dover. It is open to Southeastern and contractor teams. The aim is to recognise teams who identify hazards, complete safe fixes, escalate issues properly, or suggest practical improvements. This is not about blame or catching people out. It is about ownership and making our locations safer. If you spot something, fix something safely within your authority, escalate a defect, improve housekeeping, improve signage, restock a spill kit, or suggest a better way of doing something, submit it using the QR code. Urgent hazards, defects, near misses and incidents must still be reported through the normal process. Winners will be selected during Rail Safety Week by a judging panel.

SER – Signallers / MOM’s / Drivers / ECRO’s shared learning day – Shared learning  SER day between southeastern and Network rail staff. Signallers / Mobile Operations manager / Drivers / Electrical control room operators shared learning day

Speak Up For Safety – We will be showcasing the benefits and advantages of wearing BWV and what good looks like of correct reporting via EIS, KICC and use of radios at station level.

Samaritans Awareness Campaign – We are keen to work collaboratively to provide a range of activities across the week, which could include:
• ASB awareness and engagement
• Support for vulnerable persons / homelessness outreach
• School engagement or giveaways
• Information stalls / pop-up safety stands
The aim is to create a visible and meaningful presence at our stations, engaging with customers, supporting vulnerable individuals, and reinforcing key rail safety messages within the communities we serve.
Partnership with Samaritans
In addition, we would greatly welcome the involvement of the Samaritans to support Rail Safety Week through similar activities at the above stations, particularly in relation to:
• Wellbeing and mental health awareness
• Supporting vulnerable customers
• Providing advice and signposting to those who may need assistance

Pre Accident Investigation – Pre-Accident Investigation in to the top 10 accident/incident locations:
A proactive assessment carried out at a railway station to identify hazards (e.g. passenger movement, train operations, platform risks) and implement controls to prevent accidents and ensure safe operations. These assessments are led by the Competence and Compliance team with assistance from local staff that know the location

Primary school Assembly Workshops – T-Ramsgate Primary school Assembly Workshops. Ramsgate W-Tiger primary school Assembly workshops. Maidstone T- St Peters Methodist school workshops assemblies- Canterbury F-Barton primary year 6 Margate visit. Raising awareness for children working towards independent train travel.

Across VolkerRail, we are using the week to reinforce Safety of our People, and focus on the behaviours that help make sure everyone goes home safe every day.

Each day will focus on one of our five focus areas:
• Monday = Defining expected behaviours
• Tuesday = Setting boundaries
• Wednesday = Testing understanding
• Thursday = Reviewing and reassessing
• Friday = Building relationships

Across our sites, depots and offices, we’re asking everyone to take a few minutes each day to reflect on that focus area and consider one practical action that could make a positive difference.

There will also be a series of short livestreams (no more than 45 minutes) throughout the week, linked to each day’s topic. Calendar invites specific to these have been communicated.

The aim of the week isn’t to generate more communication, but to create meaningful conversations and encourage people to challenge unsafe behaviours and speak up when something isn’t right.

WM Trains are proud to Support Rail Safety Week 2026.

Rail Safety Week begins at WM Trains with a welcome message, alongside a video and introduction from Simon Newell Safety, Security and Sustainability Director explaining planned activities and sharing the results of our internal Safety Culture Survey. There will also be external communications promoting Rail Safety Week for customers. The Security Team will be based at Wolverhampton and Milton Keynes Central, delivering sessions on Body Worn Video Cameras. These sessions will include practical demonstrations, myth-busting, and distribution of promotional materials such as booklets. In addition, the British Transport Police will attend, along with any charity partners. Also taking place is a SPAD Reduction Roadshow at our depots. We will also be holding an Occupational Health Roadshow will be held at Head Office, providing information about the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), available resources for managers, and referral procedures to Occupational Health. There will also be an opportunity for colleagues to complete DSE forms and receive advice on working comfortably. Finally, there will be Slips, Trips, and Falls awareness sessions delivered at key locations including University, Wolverhampton, and Walsall. These sessions will encourage employees and customers to hold handrails, avoid using mobile devices, and not to rush for trains.
Other Activities include Watford Junction, where children from a local school will make safety announcements throughout the week. Additionally, a Wellbeing Day will take place at Tyseley Depot on 25 June.

For this year’s Rail Safety Week, WSP’s Rail business will open-up conversations around health, safety and wellbeing across a variety of themes promoted daily across our internal channels. Throughout the week, we will be sharing useful resources, reinforcing robust processes, and championing initiatives and research – adding value to essential conversations around rail safety for all.

“Rail Safety Week provides a great opportunity for industry to zero in on issues around health, safety and wellbeing. This year, we will be focussing on key themes around change, inclusive design and planning and delivering safety through our projects, to stimulate discussion, invite challenge and share valuable learnings!”