Our mission is to connect the community to the railway and educate them about safety, careers and sustainability whilst giving them the confidence to travel. We offer fully-costed sessions to schools and community groups across parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Community rail is a growing grassroots movement made up of community rail partnerships and groups across Britain. They engage communities and help people get the most from their railways, promoting social inclusion and sustainable travel, working alongside train operators to bring about improvements, and bringing stations back to life.
For more information please go to: Community Rail Partnership Membership & Advice | Community Rail
Community Rail Lancashire is an umbrella body for 4 Lancashire Community Rail Partnerships (Clitheroe Line, East Lancashire Line, West of Lancashire and the South Fylde Line). A not for profit company, it has 6 directors and 7 members of staff. Chaired by Richard Watts, the Community Rail Partnership is a member of the Community Rail Network and has been accredited by the DfT. Its Key funder is Northern with other grants from Avanti West Coast, TransPennine, Merseytravel and Blackpool Council. With an office under Accrington Station, known as ‘The Bunker’, CRL has been involved in rail education work, restoring railway projects, responding to consultations, levelling up bids and access studies amongst general community rail work.
For more information please visit: www.communityraillancashire.co.uk
