Rail advertising on the platform

Rail advertising reaches people who are standing still, often for several minutes. We book station panels, platform posters and carriage cards, and each station is named before you commit. Tell us the cities, and a plan comes back within 48 hours. A few minutes of dwell on a platform is worth more than a glimpse from the train, and the plan reflects that. We flag a tight date in the first reply.

Station panels, or the train itself?

People standing on a platform have longer than a glance from the road. Each station is named before you book.

So we can route your brief to the right regional specialist for your campaign.

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Rail advertising at Manchester Piccadilly in the United Kingdom: passengers fill the concourse beneath departure boards and a Trains on Uber banner.

Rail media for long-dwell audiences

Rail is where commuters spend their time. We book rail campaigns across train wraps, platform advertising and station dominations on the routes that carry the audiences your brand wants to reach.

Format Specifications

Rail advertising uses the time people spend on the platform and on the train. Wraps, posters and station takeovers are planned against the timetable.

Typical formats
Train wraps, platform 48-sheet and 96-sheet posters, platform digital, and full station domination
Locations
Commuter and intercity rail corridors
Coverage
One route, one station, or a run of platforms. Posters are usually 4 weeks. Wraps run 1 to 3 months. Dominations run 1 to 4 weeks
Best for
Launches and long-dwell commuter audiences

One Team. Every Step. No Friction

We help your brand go big, without overpaying or waiting weeks for quotes. From quoting, planning, booking, municipal approvals, production and installation, we handle it all under one roof.

Rail advertising formatswe plan and book

Every rail campaign uses a different mix of sub-formats. From quoting, planning, booking, permits, production and installation, we handle it all under one roof.

  • Rail wrap advertising: a Coca-Cola wrapped train crosses an elevated track above a city street.

    Wraps

    Full-train exterior wraps for premium intercity and commuter routes. A signature ownership of the route delivered across every station the train stops at.

  • Rail platform advertising in Germany: a Deutsche Bahn poster asking where to get help at the station stands beside an ICE train.

    Platform Advertising

    Cross-track posters, platform digital screens and long-format banners on station platforms. Commuters see them at every train cycle, delivering huge frequency across the week.

  • London Underground station domination advertising in the United Kingdom: a Charlotte Tilbury takeover covers the walls, ceiling and floor of a tunnel.

    Station Domination

    Full concourse and platform takeovers at flagship stations. A single-station launch format that owns every commuter journey in and out of the location.

Where rails are booked

Available in 9 markets

Open a country brief for rails pricing, sample sites, and market notes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Train wraps, cross-track posters, platform screens, a full station, and panels inside the carriage. The audience is commuters and longer-distance passengers, with time to look. Tell us the route and we will list what is sold there.

JR East and JR West in Japan, Metrorail in South Africa, major European intercity routes, and other operators where we have the trading relationship. The country grid is the current picture. Send the cities and we will check.

It is priced by station and by format. A flagship station domination is the top of the card. Cross-track posters and interior panels are the efficient network buy. Share the route and the budget and we will quote it.

Posters and platform screens are often three to four weeks. A train wrap or a station domination is eight to twelve weeks, for permits, production and install. Share the date and we will say which format can make it.

Yes. Concourse, platforms, escalators and gates. Everyone using that station meets the brand. Tell us the station and we will check if a domination is open.

Yes. Artwork, print, permits, install and the report afterwards. One team from the brief to the day it comes down.

Tell us the markets, the audience and the objective. Our specialists will build the plan and manage the campaign from briefing through to delivery.

Tell us the markets, the audience and the objective. Our specialist will come back with recommended formats, availability and next steps within 48 hours.

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