Our latest publications & webinars

Annual report 2020-2021

Our latest Community Rail Network annual report.
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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 from our recent 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 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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Station adoption community projects: using an outcomes-based approach

This guide outlines why outcomes are helpful and important to those involved in station adoption and community rail. It offers advice on identifying outcomes and using them to plan, monitor progress, involve more people and partners, and attract funding, helping activities to be as impactful, inclusive and successful as possible. This guidance document was funded by Northern.
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COVID-19 talking points

A suggested meeting template for station adoption groups and friends
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