20 Years of Community Rail Awards!

We are delighted to announce that our 20^th anniversary Community Rail Awards will take place on Thursday 13 March 2025, at Newcastle Civic Centre.

Highly respected throughout the industry, our prestigious Awards are all about celebrating the passion, commitment, innovation, and best practice in community rail, recognising the volunteers, groups and partnerships doing wonderful work on behalf of their communities and railways. They give community rail the chance to shine, showcasing the array of work happening across Britain, and showing influencers and decision makers what community rail achieves.

Aligning with Railway 200.This milestone 2025 Awards is closely supported by our headline partner Lumo, and other industry sponsors.

Fringe Activities – you may want to book a few days in the region!  Alongside our Awards gala event, there will be opportunities to visit many heritage, railway and cultural attractions and places of interest.

The regional CRPs, Tyne Valley CRP, Bishop Line CRP, and Esk Valley Railway Development Co. Will be showcasing community rail in the North-East.  This is a great chance for UK-wide colleagues to see first-hand, the wonderful work they do supporting their communities and their railway.

More details of fringe activities will be revealed over the coming months, so keep an eye in Community Rail News, and on this page for updates.

Milestone Dates for your diary:

• Entries OPEN – Monday 2 September – live on website and announced in Community Rail News
• Gala Dinner Bookings OPEN – Monday 2 September
• Entries CLOSE – Monday 30 September
• Shortlist published – Weds 11 December – live on website,  announced in Community Rail News and emailed to all shortlistees
• Gala Dinner Booking CLOSE – Friday 14 February