OREANDA-NEWS. Children from the Oakfields Montessori School, Harwood Hall, Upminster, received a talk on Friday 1 July, as part of one of a series of school visits aimed at teaching school children about the dangers around the railway.

Eliane explained to the children about how to stay safe around the railway, how to use level crossings safely and the dangers of trespassing.

Eliane Algaard, Network Rail’s director of route asset management for Anglia, said: “Network Rail’s main aim is to keep everyone safe around the railway. This was a great opportunity to talk to the children about how they can keep themselves and others safe when using the railway.”

Headteacher, Mrs Laura Ciftci, said: “Oakfields looks forward to working closely with Network Rail in order to prepare its pupils for a seamless transition onto secondary school and the possibility of daily commuting by either bus or train.”

Network Rail owns, manages and develops Britain's railway - the 20,000 miles of track, 40,000 bridges and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations (the largest of which we also run). In partnership with train operators we help people take more than 1.65bn journeys by rail every year and move hundreds of millions of tonnes of freight, saving almost 8m lorry journeys. We employ 36,000 people across Britain and work round-the-clock, each and every day, to provide a safe, reliable railway.