Station adopters win big at Greater Anglia Awards
Greater Anglia has recognised its Station Adoption volunteers who have been working to bring their local rail stations to the heart of their communities, at its annual Station Adoption Awards. Awards were given out to the train operator’s team of 330 volunteer station adopters – who work with Greater Anglia to improve their local stations […]
Government launches Network North
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published ‘Network North: Transforming British Transport’, a new plan designed to improve the UK’s transport networks. The plan confirms that Phase 2a and 2b of HS2, or HS2 East – the proposed branches of the line north of Birmingham – will now not go ahead. It outlines how £36bn, […]
Community Rail News – 4 October 2023
Hello everyone, we hope you are all keeping safe and well. With Party Conference season underway, we have seen numerous announcements around rail and transport. We are mindful that the PM in his speech at the Conservative Party Conference this lunchtime has made several transport related policy announcements, in particular in relation to HS2 and a […]
SWR celebrates as 100+ of its stations are adopted by local community volunteers
South Western Railway (SWR) is celebrating a landmark milestone as over 100 of its stations are now adopted by local community volunteers. Staines Station in Surrey, which was named Medium Station of the Year at the National Rail Awards on Thursday 14 September, has become the 100th station to be adopted, meaning the majority of […]
Register now for Rail Wellbeing Live
Registration has opened for the rail industry’s biggest free wellbeing event, Rail Wellbeing Live. Back for its fourth year, the online event takes place on Tuesday 7 – Thursday 9 November with a pick-n-mix style programme of over 40 sessions, covering everything you need to boost your health and wellbeing. Rail Wellbeing Live is the […]
‘This Is Us!’: local schoolchildren put their creative stamp on Lancashire station
Community Rail Lancashire has worked with local school children to create a new piece of artwork at Church & Oswaldtwistle Station. With funding from Community Rail Network’s Community Rail Development Fund, Year 5 pupils from Hippings Methodist and St Paul’s Primary School worked with professional artist Alastair Nicholson, who brought together the children’s ideas to […]
20-year anniversary celebrations for Kent CRP
Kent Community Rail Partnership officers, members, volunteers, and friends both past and present have celebrated the CRP’s 20th year. The celebration event started on Thursday 14 September with a trip along the Swale Rail Line. Along the way, Jonathan Fryer shared details of projects carried out by the CRP at each of the stations, as […]
High Peak & Hope Valley CRP promote sustainable tourism with new creative resources
A new-look website, logo, suite of photos and promotional film are among the assets High Peak & Hope Valley CRP are using to promote train travel in the High Peak area to visitors and residents. Established in 2019, the High Peak & Hope Valley CRP helps maximise the benefits to the community of the Buxton, […]
Friends of Handforth Station donate rail safety books to local school
Friends of Handforth Station (FoHS) has been engaging local school children in rail safety activities with the help of the book Arlo’s Adventures There and Back. The Crewe to Manchester Community Rail Partnership kindly issued the Friends of Handforth Station with a number of copies of the ‘pick a path’ rail safety book written by […]
Connecting communities through art with the Friends of Goostrey Station
The Friends of Goostrey Station have installed the final pieces of artwork as part of their Coronation and Big Help Out celebrations. To celebrate King Charles III’s Coronation in May, the Friends ran a free, hands-on workshop at Goostrey Art Studio (funded by the Crewe-to-Manchester CRP) where participants joined in making and decorating clay stepping-stones. […]
