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*Competition Terms and Conditions

1. To enter this prize draw competition, entrants must share a photo on Twitter or Instagram of yourself on or by the 3D vinyl artwork that will be placed on the piazza outside Euston station including the hashtag #EustonBackOnTrack within the Promotion Period for your entry. Dates include:

• a) Entrants must be UK residents, aged 18 years or over. This promotion is not open to any employees of the Promoter (Network Rail) or any of their affiliate companies, their families, agents or anyone else connected with this promotion.
• b) One entry allowed per person per person during the Promotion Period on one social media platform. Entries submitted on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. Incomplete, illegible, misdirected or late entries will not be accepted.
• c) If applicable, copyright in all entries shall belong to the Promoter. Entries shall not be returned to entrants.

2. Promoter: Network Rail, 1 Eversholt St, London NW1 2DN, United Kingdom

3. Promotion Period: The promotion is open to entries from 10.30 BST on 15/10/2021 until 17:30 BST on 05/11/2021.

4. Prize:

• a) The promoter is offering entrantsthe chance to win a pair of train tickets. Ticket terms and conditions apply.  There are 12 pairs of tickets available to win.
• b) The prize is non-refundable, non-transferable and non-exchangeable and there is no cash alternative offered. The Promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.
• c) The Promoter will not take responsibility for any lost tickets - replacements cannot be issued.

5. How is the winner selected and notified:  

• a) The winners will be randomly selected from all valid entries received during the Promotion Period. 
• b) The winners will be contacted within 2 days of the draw via Twitter/Instagram Direct Message/ comment on the original entry using the contact details provided with their entry and will be asked to provide their full name and address. If a winner declines a prize or fails to respond within the required period of 4 working days from and including the date of the Promoter confirming their entry is a winning entry, they forfeit any right to a prize, and a redraw will take place from the remaining valid entries to select a new winner. A winner may be required to submit valid identification before receiving their prize.

• c) The prize will be sent via registered post to the address supplied within 2 weeks of winner confirming the address to which it should be sent and the winner will be required to sign to acknowledge receipt

6. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any inappropriate or offensive entries and to disqualify any entries if the Promoter, at its sole discretion, believes that there has been an attempt to manipulate or tamper with the operation of the promotion (including, without limitation, by setting up multiple Twitter accounts in order to submit multiple entries).

7. In the event of unforeseen circumstances or circumstances outside its reasonable control, the Promoter reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this promotion without prior notice.

8. Entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the Promoter, which are final in all matters relating to the promotion. No correspondence will be entered into in respect of the Promoter’s decisions.

9. The Promoter does not accept responsibility for network, computer or software failures of any kind and has no responsibility for lost, delayed or misdirected entries. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility for any infringement of any third-party intellectual property rights caused by entrants entering this promotion.

10. Nothing in these terms excludes the Promoter’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for fraud, or any other liability that the Promoter may not exclude by law.  Subject to that, the Promoter and its associated companies will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits) expense or damage which is suffered or sustained in connection with this promotion or accepting or using any prize, including any loss incurred as a result of any delay and/or failure to perform any obligation to the winner or other entrants that is caused by:

• a) technical problems of any kind which may limit or prevent any person's participation in the promotion;

• b) any loss or damage arising from or in connection with the allocation or enjoyment of a prize;
• c) any act or omission of any third party, particularly any third party involved in the provision of services relevant to the prize; or
• d) any other events beyond the Promoter's control that may cause the promotion to be disrupted or corrupted or may lead to loss of, or damage to, the winner or to the prize.

11. If any of these terms and conditions are found by a court or regulator to be invalid or unenforceable the remaining other provisions shall continue to apply.

12. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by or associated with Twitter, Instagram or any other social media channel.  By entering, entrants acknowledge that Twitter and Instagram do not bear any responsibility for this promotion and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, entrants release Twitter and Instagram from any liability whatsoever in connection with this promotion.

13. The Promoter shall use entrants’ personal data for the purposes of carrying out the promotion, and in the case of winners’ data, as set out in the Promoter’s privacy notice available and further explained in https://www.networkrail.co.uk/footer/privacy-notice/ and the following paragraphs.

14. Subject to the winners’ rights under applicable data protection legislation, the Promoter shall be entitled to use the entry imagery and name of the #EustonBackOnTrack Competition winner for publicity purposes and winners agree that they will participate in any reasonable publicity arranged by the Promoter or its agencies.

15. The Promoter will make the winners’ surname and county of residence available on request to anyone who sends a stamped self-addressed envelope to the Promoter within 10 weeks of the end of the Promotion Period, as required by the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (the “Code”). The Promoter may also be asked to provide the same details to the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) who publish and enforce the Code.  This use of the winner’s data is necessary for the Promoter’s legitimate interests in complying with the Code. 

Winners who do not wish the Promoter to disclose these details to members of the public who request them, should let the Promoter know as soon as possible by emailing: nicholas.holloway2@networkrail.co.uk  

Winners may also object to the disclosure to the ASA by emailing the same address, giving reasons.  The Promoter will take these reasons into account if the ASA asks for the winners’ details. Please note, however, that the Promoter may nevertheless still be required to disclose this information to the ASA. This may happen where, for example, the Promoter is required to demonstrate that a valid award took place.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. If a dispute arises with a person resident in England, Wales and Scotland, the parties agree that any dispute or action arising under or in connection with these terms and conditions shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.