A railing element (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) for securing working and/or standing areas, in particular on a scaffold (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4), said railing element having a railing brace (12.1, 12.2) and having coupling elements (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) arranged at ends (16.1.1, 16.1.2; 16.2.1, 16.2.2) of the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) for detachably fastening the railing element (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) to and between two spaced scaffold standards (15.1, 15.2), wherein the elongate railing brace (12.1, 12.2) extends along its longitudinal axis (13.1, 13.2), and wherein a first coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) of the coupling elements (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) is arranged on a first end (16.1.1, 16.2.1) of the ends (16.1.1, 16.1.2; 16.2.1, 16.2.2) of the railing brace (12.1, 12.2), and a second coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) of the coupling elements (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) is arranged on a second end (16.2.1, 16.2.2), pointing away from the first end (16.1.1, 16.2.1), of the ends (16.1.1, 16.1.2; 16.2.1, 16.2.2) of the railing brace (12.1, 12.2), and wherein the first coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) is designed such that it can be articulated to a first connecting element (17.1, 17.2) of a first scaffold standard (15.1, 15.2) of the scaffold standards (15.1, 15.2), and wherein the second coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) is designed such that it can be articulated to a second connecting element (17.1, 17.2) of a second scaffold standard (15.1, 15.2) of the scaffold standards (15.1, 15.2), and wherein the railing element (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) can be pivoted in an advanced manner from an assembly and disassembly position into a use position (18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4) in order to form an advanced railing in which the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) is arranged in a horizontal installation position (19.1, 19.2) and in which the first coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) is articulated detachably to the first connecting element (17.1, 17.2) of the first scaffold standard (15.1, 15.2) and in which the second coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) is articulated detachably to the second connecting element (17.1, 17.2) of the second scaffold standard (15.1, 15.2), and wherein the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) is connected at its first end (16.1.1, 16.2.1) to the first coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) such that they can pivot relative to one another by means of a captively fastened first connecting means (20.1) and/or is connected at its second end (16.1.2, 16.2.2) to the second coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) such that they can pivot relative to one another by means of a captively fastened second connecting means (20.1), and wherein a locking means (20.2) is provided, which is in a locking position in which the coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) associated with it and the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) are locked by means of the locking means (20.2) to prevent them from pivoting relative to one another about a connection axis of the associated connecting means (20.1), and wherein the locking means (20.2) can be transferred from the locking position into an unlocking position or can be removed from the railing element (12.1, 12.2) so that the associated coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) can be pivoted relative to the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) about the connection axis of the associated connecting means (20.1) in order to allow disassembly of the railing element (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) without detaching or changing the position of at least one scaffold standard (15.1, 15.2) of the scaffold standards (15.1, 15.2), wherein the first coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) associated with the first end (16.1.1, 16.2.1) of the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) and/or the second coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) associated with the second end (16.1.2, 16.2.2) of the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) and/or the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) has/have at least one elongate guide (23.1, 23.2, 23.3) for the associated connecting means (20.1), to which guide the associated connecting means (20.1) is coupled and which is designed and arranged such that, when the associated locking means is in the unlocking position, or when the locking means is removed from the railing element (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4), the associated coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) and the railing brace (12.1, 12.2) both can be pivoted relative to one another about the connection axis of the associated connecting means (20.1) so that a bend point (24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4) can be formed between the associated coupling element (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4) and the railing brace (12.1, 12.2), and can be displaced relative to one another along the elongate guide (23.1, 23.2, 23.3), into a disassembly position (41.1, 41.2, 41.3, 41.4) from which the railing element (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4) can be disassembled without detaching or changing the position of at least one scaffold standard (15.1, 15.2) of the scaffold standards (15.1, 15.2).