Student station adopters celebrate Flimby through the years
Pupils at Flimby Primary School have produced a series of history boards about the local area to enhance the village station’s northbound platform. Since adopting Flimby Station in 2019, the school has had the opportunity to take the children along the Cumbrian Coast Line on the train and work together with Community Rail Cumbria […]
‘Pirate Trail’ launched to encourage families to visit Looe by train
Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership and Great Western Railway staff got ‘decked out’ as pirates at Plymouth Station this week to launch a themed treasure hunt to inspire families to visit Looe by train. Looe Pirate Trail opened on Monday 3 April and invites swashbuckling youngsters to “find the crew lost in Looe”. Families can […]
Rail industry unites for campaign encouraging people to get back on board
Community rail partnerships and station groups are being encouraged to get involved with a national campaign to entice commuters, business and leisure travellers back to the railway. The ‘Nothing Beats Being There’ campaign has been launched by the Rail Delivery Group, train operators, Network Rail and the Great British Railways Transition Team. The campaign uses […]
Community Rail Conference 2023 highlights
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, such a success. Read on to revisit the event’s key moments and view all the presentations. Simon Huish, Head of Stations and Community Rail Policy at the […]
Community Rail News – 22 March 2023
Hello everyone. We hope this finds you well and we’re looking forward to seeing many of you at our Community Rail Conference next week, run jointly with the Department for Transport for community rail partnership (CRPs). Passenger numbers bounce back on CRP lines Journeys on lines with community rail partnerships have recovered faster than the average […]
Community rail supporting rail passenger numbers to bounce back
Passenger journeys on railway lines with community rail partnerships have recovered faster than the average across Britain’s rail network since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, figures show. During April to December 2022, the number of journeys on a sample of lines with community rail partnerships was consistently above 80% of pre-COVID levels, peaking at […]
Education Network members inspired to engage their communities with STEM
STEM education was the primary focus of the latest Community Rail Education Network meeting, which was held on Thursday 16 March. Andrew Norris from Primary Engineer came to discuss the Rail Engineer project, and how community rail partnerships can get involved alongside their local schools and train operators. The project aims to upskill primary teachers […]
Hereward CRP launches new winter-themed video to promote travel on the Hereward Line
Visitors are being encouraged to travel the Hereward Line in a new video highlighting some of Fenland’s many scenic landscapes and attractions in winter. The short film has been created by the Hereward Community Rail Partnership (CRP) to promote the line, which runs between cathedral cities of Peterborough and Ely, and its railway stations at […]
Local schools invited to get involved in naming the Nuneaton-Leamington Spa line
The Heart of England Community Rail Partnership (CRP) is looking to work with local schools to help choose a new name for the railway line between Nuneaton and Leamington Spa. This is a key rail line linking North and South Warwickshire with Coventry, where there are many fantastic attractions that the Heart of England CRP […]
Wivenhoe Station herb garden provides passengers with a feast for the senses
A new herb garden has been installed at Wivenhoe Railway Station thanks to a collaboration between Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (CRP) and the station adopters. Wooden planters filled with a variety of herbs have been installed in the garden at the entrance to the station. Once the herb garden has become established, […]
