Contact us and book a rail safety visit
If you would like to organise a rail safety visit and/or presentation, there are different options depending on your location in the country. Note that TrackSAFE NZ recommends rail safety presentations are most effective if they complement other classroom-based learning.
Auckland
Auckland Transport (AT) runs the Travelwise programme; a behaviour change programme targeted to make school travel safer, healthier and more sustainable. AT uses a whole school approach, working with primary, intermediate and secondary schools to encourage and increase the use of active travel modes and public transport, improve the safety of journeys to and from school and reduce congestion around schools.
AT works in close collaboration with Auckland One Rail (operator of Auckland passenger trains) and/or KiwiRail (national freight and long-distance trains operator) and is able to assist schools with organising a rail safety presentation.
Contact
Please contact Travelwise@at.govt.nz for further information.
Wellington
Transdev Wellington (operator of Metlink Wellington passenger trains) and Greater Wellington Regional Council have provision for a limited number of primary schools to travel by train and visit the Wellington Railway Station. These visits are typically run during Rail Safety Week (the second week of August each year). Students will receive a rail safety presentation and experience first-hand the simulator technology used to train locomotive engineers (train drivers).
Contact
Please contact commsTeam@Transdevnz.co.nz for more information.
Students experience the equipment that locomotive engineers use to learn to drive passenger trains
New Zealand-wide
KiwiRail has a team of staff ambassadors throughout the country who are willing and available to visit schools and speak to students about safety around tracks and trains. These visits are typically run during Rail Safety Week (the second week of August each year) but presentations at other times during the year are also an option. KiwiRail staff will talk about how to stay safe around the rail network (focusing on positive behaviours), and give an insight into their jobs working in rail.
KiwiRail prefers to work with individual classrooms, rather than assembly-style presentations. However, this is flexible and KiwiRail is willing to work to suit your school’s needs.
Contact
Please contact the KiwiRail communications team on contactus@kiwirail.co.nz for more information.
KiwiRail staff ambassadors are willing to speak to students and answer questions