Update from the Community Rail Education Network
Update from the Community Rail Education Network For the first Education Network meeting of 2023, members were shown how to access the new Education Network portal on Community Rail Lancashire’s TrainEd website. Here, members are able to find meeting minutes, video recordings and resources from each meeting. There is also a resources file with documents […]
Chelmsford Station to receive wildlife boost thanks to volunteers
Chelmsford Railway Station is set to become brighter and more welcoming for people and wildlife thanks to a team of volunteers helping to transform the platform with plants. Following an appeal by the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (CRP) in partnership with Greater Anglia for green-fingered local people to ‘adopt’ the station, members […]
Community-led artwork showcases ‘Your Uttoxeter’
Local artists have worked with North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership (CRP) to brighten up the walls of Uttoxeter Railway Station. The concrete wall at the back of Platform 1 at Uttoxeter Station was last painted with an impressive mural in 2011 but has since been badly damaged by water ingress. To embark upon the new […]
Funding from Conwy Valley & North West Wales Coast CRP leads to showstopping performance
Children from the performing arts group Maes-G ShowZone staged an enchanting full Christmas pantomime at the church hall in Maesgeirchen, Bangor, thanks to funding received from the Conwy Valley and North West Wales Coast Community Rail Partnership (CRP) and Transport for Wales. In September 2022, the Conwy Valley and North West Wales Coast CRP and […]
Hollingbourne Station introduces new community hub
The former ticket office and booking hall at Hollingbourne Railway Station has been given a new lease of life after being repurposed into a dedicated space for the local community. Empty and unused for 32 years, the building has been refurbished to create a new community space following an 18-month long collaboration between Southeastern Railway, […]
Your Colourful Journey starts at Three Bridges Station
Three Bridges Forum, adopters of Three Bridges Railway Station, have commissioned a colourful mural to brighten up the station’s underpass. The mural’s aim is to encourage the community to think about the journeys they’d like to make this year. Inspired by ideas from local school students and to complement the mural painted on the Network […]
Bradford mums take the driving seat with Community Rail Lancashire project
Mums from Bradford’s Ravenscliffe estate have recently been taking part in railway engagement project This Girl Can, organised by Community Rail Lancashire and the Gateway Community Centre, encouraging more women to consider careers in the rail industry. Throughout the project, the women have visited Skipton, Harrogate, York and Leeds to increase their rail confidence, talk […]
Local artist transforms cycle hub at Yatton Station
A shipping container providing essential storage for the Strawberry Line Cycle Project has received a vibrant makeover by talented local artist Damien Jeffery. The project, part-funded by Great Western Railway’s Community Fund and the Community Rail Development Fund, was co-ordinated by Severnside Community Rail Partnership (CRP). Sprayed directly on to the shipping container, Damien’s design […]
Students ‘try the train’ from Appleby to Settle as part of new art project
Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company welcomed Year 4 students from Appleby Primary School on Thursday 19 January 2023 to travel to Settle as part of an art project they are creating for Appleby Station. The Appleby Art Project funded by Community Rail Network and Northern, will see art boards created by the Year 4 students with […]
Community rail invited to celebrate World Hijab Day
Next Wednesday 1 February marks World Hijab Day, and Community Rail Lancashire is inviting members of the community rail network to join them for an online celebration event. World Hijab Day is an annual event founded by Nazma Khan in 2013 and takes place on 1 February each year in over 150 countries. The aim […]
