Railway Safety Activity Pack

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Make a list of useful telephone numbers – we havestarted you off.

1 British Transport Police 0800 40 50 40(to report a railway crime)

2 Home

3 School

4 Best friend

5 Child minder

To remind yourself, make a list of five DON’T’S whenyou’re travelling or out on your own – we have startedyou off.

1 DON’T talk to strangers

2 DON’T

3 DON’T

4 DON’T

5 DON’T

ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY AND SAFE TRAVELLING!

Useful numbers and advice

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Cub Scout PersonalSafety Badge

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Published on behalf of Serco Integrated Transport 2008The Scout Association is a Registered Charity No. 306101 (England and Wales) and SC038437 (Scotland)

British TransportPolice and yourlocal police rely onpeople like you totell them aboutany accidents orcrimes they see.

The pictures above tell a story – write in the space below as much detail youcan – as if you were describing what you saw to a police officer.

itREPORT Here are some warning

signs you can see on the railways.

Design a new sign warning young

people not to go on the railway tracks.

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Below are two real life

stories about the dangers of

electricity on the railways.On the picture below there

are eight possible dangerous

activities shown. Write them

down in the space below.

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Live rail dangers12 year old Rayleigh White and her friends

decided not to use the nearby footbridge between the

station platforms. They crossed on the track where there

were live rails through which electricity at 750 volts passes

to power the trains.

Rayleigh died when she slipped and touched the live rail.

High voltagedangers

Michael Ellisonspent his 16thbirthday inhospital withterrible burns and injuries to

his head and feet.

He had climbed on top of a

freight train and electricity

at 25,000 volts from the

overhead cables above his

head jumped the gap to his

ear stud.

Design a poster to warn

young people about the

dangers of electricity on

the railways.

Spot the

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Edinburgh

London

Planning a Journey

Plan a rail journey from London

to Edinburgh. You need to be in

Edinburgh at 15:00hrs (3pm), but

you can’t set off before 10:30hrs

(10:30am) – railway timetables

always use a 24 hr clock.

Look at the railway timetable below

and plan your journey. Write down the

starting time of the train you need to

catch in London and what time the train

would arrive in Edinburgh.

Train 1 2 3 4 5

Leaves London 09:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:27

Arrives Edinburgh 13:38 14:24 14:53 15:20 16:16

Time of Journey (hours) 4:38 4:24 4:23 4:20 4:49

Start time of the train in London is

Time the train arrives in Edinburgh is

Safe travelling by train

The railways are one of

the safest ways to travel

in the UK.

Occasionally young

people are the victims of

theft or bullying, usually

when they’re going to

and from school.

Make a list of five things you could be carrying on

a train that a thief would be interested in if you

weren’t very careful.

12345 When you’ve finished the activities show them to your Cub Scout Leader

and explain what you’ve learned.