Sustainability

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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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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Connected stations: a guide to community-led station travel planning

Guidance and resources to help you work with the rail industry in delivering successful station travel plans to create ‘connected stations’ at the heart of communities and sustainable transport networks.
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Go Green By Train infographics

Produced as part of our Community Rail Week digital toolkit, this set of 3 infographics can be used to promote rail’s green credentials.
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Community rail and biodiversity

Our report, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group, considers how community rail impacts on biodiversity, looking at the types of projects taking place, the benefits of these, and opportunities to increase the movement’s impact in this area.
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