Gloucestershire CRP: how communities can have a voice in town and transport planning processes
In 2021, Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership (CRP) produced guidance on how communities can have a voice in town and transport planning. The guidance included advice for community rail partnerships to take a holistic approach, looking beyond ‘rail’ and ‘stations’ at wider connectivity needs alongside ‘community’ issues such as social inclusion and local prosperity. We’re highlighting […]
SYMCA supports community to make Chapeltown Station vibrant and welcoming
A vibrant new artwork has been unveiled at Chapeltown Station following a collaboration between the station volunteer group, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and the town’s community. The mural, designed and painted by ArtWorks, adds colour and interest to a plain brick wall and is hoped will help reduce anti-social behaviour at the site. It […]
Rail Delivery Group volunteers available to help your CRP or station group
Members of staff from Rail Delivery Group (RDG) are available to provide volunteering hours to assist Community Rail Network members with their projects. Last year, RDG volunteers joined the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership and Greater Anglia at Rochford Station for a day of digging, weeding, and planting, using ‘seed bombs’ to create […]
Community Rail News – 2 October 2024
Hello everyone. We hope, as always, that this bulletin finds you well. AGM – new date We have taken the decision to postpone our Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will now take place on Tuesday 28 January 2025, 2-3.30pm, via Zoom. As previously shared in this bulletin, there will be a vote at the AGM regarding […]
Community rail movement delivering social return on investment of nearly £18 for every £1
Community rail is engaging 125,000 people annually in a huge array of activities worth £129million in social value to communities across Britain, new research has found. The grassroots movement is playing a key role in putting local railways and stations at the heart of inclusive, empowered, sustainable and healthy communities, and from funding of just […]
Lowestoft Station project receives major boost through GBRTT volunteering
Volunteers at Lowestoft Station received a major helping hand thanks to nine members of the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) who spent two days helping the group develop a new heritage quarter. The Lowestoft Central Project and Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP) have been working to create a small heritage area to the […]
Engage young people with community rail through creative arts projects
The Community Rail Education Network met on Wednesday 18 September to discuss the different kinds of resources and mediums that can be used during educational sessions with young people. The recording and resources from the meeting can be found here: Useful Resources – TrainEd. The next session will be held on Wednesday 16 October, 10am-12pm, and […]
Suffolk Scouts help to rejuvenate Melton Station
Scouts from Woodbridge in Suffolk have helped to bring new life to the platform at Melton Station, with activities which will also see the children earn their ‘Platforms for Change’ badge. The East Suffolk Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP), which works with Greater Anglia to keep the rail branch lines between Ipswich and Felixstowe/Lowestoft and […]
Amplify your tourism and leisure promotions with ‘Days Out by Rail’ campaign
Our tourism and leisure campaign, Days Out by Rail, returns this autumn from Monday 14 October to Sunday 3 November, and we’re inviting everyone in community rail to get involved. Now in its fourth year, the campaign aims to encourage more people to take the train for greener, healthier leisure journeys. Themed content throughout the […]
Transport NGOs say ‘it’s time to get a shift on’ on World Car Free Day
Eight national NGOs working to advance sustainable, inclusive transport and travel are shining a light on the huge social, economic and environmental benefits of shifting away from car-dominated travel and car dependency, on World Car Free Day (22 September). Gathering in Liverpool as the Labour Party Conference gets underway, the Sustainable Transport Alliance is asking […]
