Protecting people
Did you know that on average, over four hundred passenger trains are delayed every day across the UK because of people trespassing onto the railway? For our services alone, customers experienced the equivalent of 57 days of delay in 2019 resulting from trespass. Whether its taking a shortcut, vandalism or theft, or vulnerable people in emotional distress, trespass is one of the largest causes of delay and far too often ends in tragic consequences for families across the UK.
We work closely with Network Rail and others to reduce trespass in all its forms.
Find out more about Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern’s efforts to transform lives and communities.
Transforming lives and communities
Network Rail’s safety campaigns
Protecting journeys
Weather and climate change resilience
Network Rail, Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern are all working together to limit the impact of extreme weather on our customers and to prepare the railway for the impact of climate change. You can find out more about current work here.
Preventing bridge strikes, level crossing misuse and delays to the railway
Across the UK, on an average day, 5 drivers of large vehicles put themselves and users of the railway at risk by striking railway bridges and missuse of level crossings can result in accidents and delays.
You can find out more about Network Rail’s work to reduce bridge strikes and improve level crossing safety at: