rail safety education

At Arc Infrastructure, we believe that delivering the rail safety message is just as important as teaching our children how to cross a road or to wear a helmet when riding a bike.

Each year there are around 1000 near hits at level crossings and more than 5000 instances of trespass and vandalism reported on rail networks around Australia, with many more going unreported. Sadly, a large number of these instances involve young people.

We are committed to fostering a culture of safety both on and off the tracks and to ensuring the safety of the communities that surround our network.

Stop in Your Tracks

Designed to improve awareness of the impact of risk-taking behaviours around the rail network and to improve safety, we have collaborated with our Principal Partner, Constable Care Foundation, to develop a rail safety program targeted at teenagers.

Stop in Your Tracks is a dynamic, interactive program that uses real-life scenarios in an incursion offered to Upper Primary and Secondary School students.
Through storytelling and Forum Theatre techniques, students are empowered to explore the impact of their choices and build resilience in the face of peer pressure and everyday challenges.

The program facilitators invite students to become “spect-actors,” stepping into the story to reimagine decisions and outcomes. This immersive approach encourages empathy, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving, helping students identify safer pathways in their own lives.

Each incursion is supported with a suite of in-class resources which can be used by teachers to engage their students in rail safety messages before, on the day of, and after the Constable Care incursion.

Rail Safety Week competition

In addition to the rail safety program, each year Arc participates in Rail Safety Week, an annual community awareness week held in August design to engage the community in safe rail practices.

To promote Rail Safety Week, Arc Infrastructure offers the opportunity for primary schools to enter the draw and win a free excursion with our community partner, the Constable Care Safety School. The Safety School enables children to explore real-life transport risks and practice road, rail, pedestrian, bike and public transport safety skills in a safe, realistic urban environment.

To be notified when the next Rail Safety Week competition opens, please sign up to our newsletter using the form at the bottom of the page.

TrackSAFE Foundation resources

We are also working at a national level to address this issue. As a member of the TrackSAFE Foundation, we contributed to the development of the TrackSAFE Education resources, the first national rail safety education initiative for primary and high school students.