Community Rail Week - members toolkit
Community Rail Week, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group, returns from 1 to 7 June 2026 and we’re encouraging everyone to get involved!
Celebrating connections, inclusion and the journeys that bring people together is at the heart of this year’s Community Rail Week theme, ‘Journeys for All’. The theme shines a spotlight on the vital role community rail plays in fostering inclusion, strengthening local connections and breaking down barriers, helping ensure that everyone can access and enjoy rail travel. Find out more about how you can get involved here.
To help you take part, we’ve produced a range of digital tools and guidance to support your local activity and amplify your messages, while linking clearly with our national campaign. For further support, get in touch with our comms team here.
Quick win: ready-to-use content
Short on time? This quick win content is designed to make it easy for members to show their involvement and support instantly. Simply copy and paste the example post below and add the generic graphic to your social channels.
We’re proud to support #CommunityRailWeek and celebrate #JourneysForAll. Community rail empowers more people to travel – improving access, building confidence and connecting communities. Together we’re making rail more welcoming and inclusive for everyone. #ConfidenceToTravel #InclusiveTravel
Download Community Rail Week social media graphic here
‘Alt text’ image description
Photo at the top (courtesy of Community Rail Lancashire) shows a busy platform full of secondary school children waving at an Avanti West Coast train pulling into a station. The white and bright green text below, on a deep blue background, reads: “Community rail brings people together through rail. Journeys for All. #CommunityRailWeek.” Two copies of the white Community Rail Network logo are at the bottom of the image.
1. Plan
Find helpful pages that outline practical ways you can get involved below:
Partners and supporters – share this page with your own partners to encourage them to support
2. Promote
This page brings together practical guidance, campaign materials and examples to help you amplify your activity and reach wider audiences during the week.
Tools to support promotion of your activity
3. Evaluate and measure success
After the event, we’ll ask you to share information showing the impact of your Community Rail Week activity. Please make sure you record some simple figures or evidence during your activity. The guidance below explains what to capture.
How to measure success and impact for Community Rail Week activities