Siemens Mobility offering volunteers for Community Rail Week projects
As a Community Rail Network corporate partner, Siemens Mobility would love to connect with community rail partnerships and station groups who would benefit from some volunteer support over Community Rail Week. As well as being able to provide assistance with manual work, Siemens also have STEM ambassadors, communications specialists, engineers, environmentalists, health and safety staff […]
Community Rail News – 5 April 2023
Hello everyone, we hope you are keeping well and enjoying the Spring weather. Firstly, huge thanks to all speakers, delegates, partners, and our brilliant events team, for making last week’s Community Rail Conference for CRPs, run jointly with the Department for Transport (DfT), such a success. Revisit the event’s key moments and presentations here. World […]
Southeast Communities Rail Partnership highlights greener journeys for King’s Coronation
Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP) is using figures showing the environmental savings of travelling by train to encourage those visiting London for the Coronation of King Charles III to explore a host of venues on its community rail lines. With 31 days to go until the coronation, SCRP has chosen various places on the nine […]
Community rail officers and groups invited to get involved in rail safety initiative
The next Community Rail Education Network meeting will be held online on Thursday 20 April, 10-11am. The session will be joined by the team at Learn Live, who will be discussing their new Rail Safe Friendly initiative and how community rail officers and groups can get involved. Learn Live runs innovative, interactive, moderated online news […]
Official opening of community wildlife garden at Wrabness Station
Wrabness Station is set to become a haven for local wildlife thanks to a new community rail project. The Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (CRP) have worked with local residents, station adopter volunteers, the Essex Path to Prosperity Project, Community Rail Network, the Bee Friendly Trust and Greater Anglia to create a new […]
Unused space at Reigate Station reimagined as photo gallery
A disused retail space at Reigate Station has been revitalised by the Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP) into a gallery of local art students’ work. The collection of 20 photographs was created by Year 1 students from Reigate School of Art. Students aged 16-18 on the Level 3 Creative Media Production course used a digital […]
New appointment gives boost to East Suffolk Lines CRP
East Suffolk Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP) is aiming to do even more to keep rural rail lines thriving, thanks to the appointment of a new Community Rail Officer. Thalia Rushmore joins the East Suffolk Lines CRP to focus on promoting the railway and working with the communities along the lines between Ipswich and Lowestoft […]
Battlesbridge Station becomes part of Urban Wildlife Champions initiative
Battlesbridge Station in Essex is becoming a focus for nature conservation thanks to local volunteers. Nathan Dodd and Chris Honeyman, who volunteer with Greater Anglia as station adopters, have recently teamed up with Essex Wildlife Trust as Urban Wildlife Champions. The father and son team has already extended the station’s garden area, installed a water […]
Visitors invited to Handforth Station to explore the Platform for Art and take part in Easter Quiz
The Friends of Handforth Station (FoHS) are pleased to announce their annual Easter Quiz. The Friends invite everyone to visit Handforth Station to explore the Platform for Art and to find answers to the Easter Quiz. This year’s fun competition is comprised of ten questions, all based on pictures and motifs within the Millennium Screen. […]
Discover what’s along the Penistone Line with station-to-station walking guides
The Penistone Line Partnership has published new station-to-station walking guides to encourage visitors to explore what the Penistone Line has to offer. The Penistone Line runs from the textile town of Huddersfield, through rolling countryside, quaint villages and over viaducts, into the industrial areas to Sheffield, the city of steel. In 2003, the Penistone Line […]
