Our latest publications & webinars

Community rail and sustainable development

Our report, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group highlights how railways and stations can stimulate sustainable development at community level, and how community rail can play a key role in that. It considers opportunities for developing collaborative working between the railways, communities, and wider partners to help rail to play a maximum role in sustainable development, especially against a backdrop of rail transformation and transport decarbonisation over the coming years
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Biodiversity and connecting with nature at stations

Full playback and pdf presentations in pdf format fro mour rescent biodiversity webinar. Presentations from Network Rail, The Conservation Volunteers, Poacher Line CRP, Bee Friendly Trust and Friends of Goostrey Station.
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Community rail and rail transformation

A community rail FAQs document on rail reform, putting members’ queries to the DfT on relevant aspects of the recent Williams Shapps Plan for Rail.
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How can community rail support Covid-19 recovery and building back better?

This briefing shows the ways that community rail partnerships and station groups can work with rail industry, local government and community partners to negotiate the challenging months ahead to restore use of our railways and strengthen our communities.
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Encouraging and enabling modal shift

Our report, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group, explores how community rail can support modal shift from private car use to rail, combined with other public transport, and active and shared travel.
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Encouraging and enabling modal shift through community engagement – webinar

Full playback and presentations in pdf format from our recent “encouraging and enabling modal shift through community engagement” webinar. Presentations from Presentations from Richard Walker – DecarboN8, Jools Townsend – Community Rail Network, and Paul Salveson – South East Lancashire CRP.
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Promoting Rail’s Green Credentials – webinar & resources

Full playback and presentations in pdf format from our recent promoting rail’s green credentials webinar. Presentations from Community Energy South, Rail Delivery Group, Porterbrook, Greater Anglia and Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership.
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Community Rail Conference 2021 – day four presentations

All the presentations from day four of the Community Rail Conference 2021 – Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership, Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, and Community Rail Network.
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Community Rail Conference 2021 – day three presentations

All the presentations from day three of the Community Rail Conference 2021 – Good Things Foundation, Community Rail Lancashire, Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership.
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Community Rail Conference 2021 – day two presentations

All the presentations from day two of the Community Rail Conference 2021 – Totally Locally, Community Rail Cumbria, Isle of Wight CRP, Network Rail.
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