On Monday 16 May, community volunteers were joined by staff from Network Rail and train operators CrossCountry, West Midlands Railway, DRS and Avanti West Coast who all helped to transform the main planters at New Street station with patriotic colours
Train operator CrossCountry collaborated with the Heart of England Community Rail Partnership to provide a railway careers day for young people, with guest appearances from representatives from across the industry.
On Thursday 21st April, Tom Birch, CrossCountry’s interim West and Wales Regional Director, joined members of Southeast Communities Rail Partnership to unveil a new mural we’ve helped sponsor at Guildford station.
On Wednesday 20th April, members from the Community Rail Education Network met with colleagues from CrossCountry to discuss an upcoming sustainability education project. CrossCountry is a keen supporter of young peoples’ education and have pledged to help the project
Platform is a new scheme offering rail education to schools and young people on behalf of Severnside, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and TransWilts Community Rail Partnerships covering the area stretching from Somerset and Wiltshire to Worcestershire.
Great Tapestry Coming to Scotland! Community rail in Scotland is in stitches as Galashiels prepares for the arrival of the Great Tapestry of Scotland this summer.
East Lothian Community Rail Partnership, one of three partnerships supported in Scotland by train operator CrossCountry, have hit a major milestone by appointing their first paid position in selecting Philip Immirzi as their Rail Project Manager.
Train operator CrossCountry and North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership have worked together to deliver a better entrance to Blythe Bridge railway station on the Crewe to Derby line.
Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership and LEAP(Leadership, Equality and Active Participation) Enterprise Scotland have teamed up to transform railway waste land into a community hub to support climate change.
The first Community Rail Week took place in October (18-24). The campaign is organised by Community Rail Network (CRN) and sponsored by Rail Delivery Group and involved hundreds of Community Rail Partnerships (CRP) and volunteers running a ‘Go Green by Train’ campaign
Bolton Station Community Partnership teamed up with the Bolton Film Festival to show a two-day programme of short films on the 29 and 30 of September which were put together for us by the Bolton Film Festival Director Adrian Barber
Colleagues from Network Rail and Avanti West Coast joined CrossCountry at the small Staffordshire village of Hixon recently to help out at the memorial garden
