Your chance to get involved in Rail Safety Week (26 June-2 July)
Rail Safety Week (RSW) is an industry-wide and industry-led initiative focusing on rail safety for all. Whether your career lies within the rail industry, or whether you use the railways to get from A to B – safety affects us all. RSW aims to bring rail safety to the forefront of people’s minds across a dedicated […]
Bees need weeds: how station groups can help the bumblebees this summer
Friends of Buxton Station (FoBS) have won a number of awards for their bumblebee conservation work targeting the endangered Bilberry bumblebee – in 2021, FoBS were recognised as one of the Bees’ Needs Champions, awarded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. With World Bee Day coming up on 20 May, FoBS Chairman […]
Legacy award celebrations for Chair of the Bentham Line
Gerald Townson, long-serving Chair of the Bentham Line, has been honoured with a Legacy Award, in recognition of his work going ‘above and beyond’ to serve the Craven community. At the final meeting of the Craven District council, Gerald was among 30 individuals and organisations from the Craven District honoured with Legacy Awards, presented by […]
App provides walkers with 17 Rail Trails across the Darent Valley
A new walking app is promoting sustainable travel options by providing 17 new Rail Trails, with all routes starting and ending at mainline Kent stations. The Darent Valley Landscape Partnership has expanded the Darent Valley Trails app, which was launched last summer with an audio trail narrated from the perspective of renowned English landscape artist […]
Popular RSPB Arne summer shuttle bus returns to Purbeck
A shuttle bus service is returning for a second trial period to transport nature lovers to and from the popular RSPB Arne Nature Reserve in Dorset. From 2 May through to the 30 August 2023, the registered ‘2RN’ service (to Arne) will take passengers from Wareham Station to the RSPB Arne Nature Reserve. It will […]
Friends of Buxton Station continue leading tributes to Ukrainian community
Friends of Buxton Station (FoBS) has continued working with members of the local Ukrainian community to keep the message of hope alive. FoBS has worked with the local community and the Buxton Friends of Ukraine to convert a yellow grit bin donated by Northern into a floral tribute to the Ukrainian flag and people. This […]
Station display highlights Whitehaven’s tourism offer
A series of stunning photograph panels have been unveiled at Whitehaven Station as part of the ‘Whitehaven, there’s more than you think!’ project, funded by Community Rail Network and delivered by the Cumbrian Coast Line Community Rail Partnership (CRP). The project aims to showcase the amazing array of attractions along the harbour front, hidden from […]
Community rail projects awarded Accessibility Innovation funding
Northern has announced the details of six game-changing projects given the green light thanks to its £250,000 Accessibility Innovation Fund, with projects from Community Rail Cumbria and Community Rail Lancashire among the successful bids. The fund, now in its second year, is designed to empower communities to make decisions which will improve the railways for […]
Host a ‘Great Train Together’ this June
Community rail partnerships and station volunteer groups are encouraged to get involved and join in with this year’s Great Get Together (23-25 June). The Great Get Together is all about connection; linking different communities, places, and people together in the understanding that, inspired by the message of Jo Cox MP, ‘we all have more in […]
Community Rail News – 3 May 2023
Hello everyone, we hope you are well. Best wishes to all of you involved in local celebrations around the Coronation this weekend, and our congratulations to volunteer Barbara Mine of Friends of Bishopstone Station for the special recognition she’s been given as part of the festivities (see below). As always, do share your stories and […]