The Cambrian Railway Partnership has awarded almost £7,000 to community organisations along the Cambrian Line as part of its Railway 200 Community Grant Fund, supporting projects that celebrate heritage, creativity and sustainable travel.

Grants have been awarded to a range of imaginative community-led initiatives, including:

• A sustainable train-themed garden in Caersws designed to honour the work and gardens that Station Masters used to create.
• The production and screening of a film on Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, the pioneering entrepreneur, to form part of a legacy exhibition.
• A series of Welsh language guided walks along the Cambrian Coast, using the railway as a sustainable mode of transport to or from the destination.

These projects showcase how communities along the Cambrian Line are bringing people together, embracing heritage and promoting the railway as a sustainable connection across Mid Wales and the Coast.

Neil Scott, chair of the Cambrian Railway Partnership, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting some inspiring and exciting community projects as we celebrate 200 years of railway travel. The Cambrian Railway Partnership, in conjunction with Transport for Wales, has enabled community groups across the Cambrian Line to explore the connection between their communities and the railway. 

“Railway 200 offers us all the opportunity to celebrate the birth of modern railway travel and we’re pleased to support groups with their projects.”

Melanie Lawton, community rail strategic lead at Transport for Wales, said: “This year we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the modern railway across the rail network. This grant will connect communities to their railways bringing friends, families and communities together to deliver a vast range of projects and innovation together.”

The Partnership is also delighted to announce that a second round of the Railway 200 Community Grant Fund is now open. Applications are invited from community organisations, charities and CICs, located with six miles of a railway station on the Cambrian Line, for grants that celebrate railway history and contribute to community development. The application window closes at 10am on Monday 13 October 2025 and previous successful applicants are not eligible to apply in this round. Apply here.

Keep up to date with future news, projects and events from the Cambrian Railway Partnership via their website.