Great Yorkshire Show
Catherine and Karen from Community Rail Lancashire supported Network Rail at their stand at the Great Yorkshire Show last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The team was joined by staff from various rail operators, Network Rail, and the British Transport Police. Throughout the event, the team engaged with visitors to raise awareness about railway dangers, distributed […]
Steeton And Silsden Artwork Installed
Catherine Kingdom, one of Community Rail Lancashire’s Community Rail Education Officers, has been working closely over the last academic year with learners at Oastlers School in Bradford and Keighley to create some art work for Steeton and Silsden Station. The learners were given the task of creating art work that showed the line from the […]
Stations of Welcome in Silverdale!
This week saw Accrington’s Station Adoption group, Stations of Welcome, visit sunny Silverdale to learn about woodland conservation. Sam Ansell from The Coppice Co-op met the group at Silverdale Station and walked the women to the woodland where they learned about the work of the Coppice Co-op and discussed the opportunity to do a series […]
Lancashire Community Climate Action Forum
Three members of Community Rail Lancashire—Richard, Dave, and Caroline—participated in the Lancashire Community Climate Action Forum at UCLan in Preston. The forum brought together over 100 LancsCan members from local businesses, charities, and community groups to showcase their climate action projects, problem-solve, and share best practices. The event featured four workshops on key climate action […]
Try The Train
Try the Train is a project funded by Northern and delivered by Community Rail Lancashire (CRL). The key objective of the Try the Train programme is to enable participants to become confident, independent rail travellers. This is achieved through a series of 3 workshops and 2 rail experiences with each journey being less facilitated by […]
Community Rail Lancashire Shortlisted at Women in Rail Awards
Community Rail Lancashire was honored to be shortlisted for the Women in Rail Awards in the Social Value category. The prestigious event celebrates and recognises the achievements of individuals and organisations in the railway industry, particularly those contributing to diversity, inclusion, and social value. Karen, representing Community Rail Lancashire, attended the ceremony and enjoyed a […]
Platforms for Change
Platforms for Change is a collaboration between Community Rail Network, Scouting and the rail industry. The aim of the programme is to engage and empower Scout groups across Britain throught community rail activity and rail confidence trips. Our Community Rail Education Officer, Karen, has a group of Cubs she is working with in Calverley, Bradford. […]
A Spotlight on Network Rail
On Monday, Karen and Catherine headed to Square One in Manchester to talk to colleagues at Network Rail about rail safety projects. Network Rail have Community Safety Manager colleagues who, like Education Officers at TrainEd, visit schools and deliver rail safety engagement. We talked about ways we can work together. To find out more about […]
Feel Good Field Trip to Liverpool
The Feel Good Field Trip program is back up and running after a break over Easter. Dave had an early start travelling over to Llandudno Junction to meet a Y6 class from Ysgol Tudno. Dave was joined by Community Rail Officer – Karen Williams who works for the Conway Valley CRP and Joanna Buckley from […]
Soulful Days Out Celebration
A collaboration between Community Rail Cumbria, Northern and CRL saw the Soulful Days Out project take place at the beginning of 2024. Katie and Catherine worked with four groups along the Furness Line to reengage them with the railway, experience places they could visit along the line, reduce isolation and make memories. They worked with […]
