Community Rail Partnerships

Subcategories 14

• Abbey Line
• Arun Valley
• Cambrian Lines
• Chester-Shrewsbury
• East Suffolk Line
• Marston Vale Line
• Mid-Cheshire
• North Wales Coast
• Penistone Line
• Ribble Valley
• Settle to Carlisle Railway
• Severnside
• Waverley Route
• West Lancashire

Sites 21

• The Bittern Line Railway line running from Norwich to Sheringham. Includes timetable, fares, special events, cycling facilities, and a visitor's guide to the area. [North Norfolk]
• Wherry Lines Partnership to support and promote rail services and facilities between Norwich, Great Yarmouth, and Lowestoft. Includes timetable, fares, special events, cycling facilities, and a visitor's guide to the area. [Norfolk and Suffolk]
• Heart of Wessex Railway Promotes travel on the Bristol-Weymouth lines, and seeks improvements to services and facilities; includes visitor guide, timetables, local walks and attractions, and contacts.
• Esk Valley Railway Community Rail Partnership supporting the branch line linking Whitby to Middlesbrough; includes timetables, news of special events, maps, and a guide. [Cleveland and N Yorkshire]
• Association of Community Rail Partnerships A federation of community rail partnerships and rail promotion groups. Information about members, projects, conferences, publications, policies, and contacts.
• Community Rail A description and history of community rail projects in the UK. [From Wikipedia]
• Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership Works to promotes the services and improve the facilities on local branch lines in the area; includes visitor guides, timetables, maps, special events, and newsletters.
• Heart of Wales Line Supports and promotes rail services between Shrewsbury and Swansea; includes timetables, special events, an animated tour, visitor information, news, and contacts.
• Hope Valley and High Peak Transport Partnership (HVHPTP) A consortium of local authorities, transport providers, and local groups promoting and enhancing core public transport services. Includes visitor guides, special events, news, and links. [Derbyshire]
• Lakes Line Community Rail Partnership Supports and promotes a branch line from Oxenholme (on the West Coast Main Line) to Kendal and Windermere; includes timetable, special events, news, and a history. [Cumbria]
• Skipton East Lancashire Railway Action Partnership A campaign for restoring the rail line between Skipton and Colne; includes listing of supporters, background information, news, and contacts. [N Yorks and Lancashire]
• Three Rivers Rail Partnership Supports and promotes rail travel on branch services between Salisbury, Southampton, and Eastleigh; includes timetables, guides to attractions, maps, and transport links. [Hampshire and Wiltshire]
• Tyne Valley Community Railway Partneship Working to promote the use and development of the Hadrian's Wall Line linking Newcastle and Carlisle; includes visitor guide to communities served, special events, news, links and contacts.
• The Shakespeare Line Formed to promote and support rail services between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon; includes their profile, station and route guide, local attractions, special events, news, and contacts.
• Kent and Medway Community Rail Partnership Supports and promotes use of the Swale and Medway Valley branch lines. Includes maps, timetables, and information about local attractions.
• Isle of Wight Community Rail Partnership Formed to improve services and facilities on the Island line; includes their projects, activities, news, contacts, and links.
• Lancaster & Skipton Rail Users Group Supports the line which diverges from the Settle-Carlisle line for Morecambe. Includes timetables, history, descriptions of stations and local attractions, and guides to local walks. [N Yorkshire, Lancashire]
• West Highland Railway An illustrated guide to a line, now part of the Scotrail network, running from Glasgow through to Mallaig. Includes a chronology.
• Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership Promotes travel on rural branch lines, and seeks improvements to services and facilities; includes visitor guides to six branch lines, timetables, local walks and attractions, and contacts.
• Sussex Community Rail Partnership A group of local authorities, rail companies and local organisations aiming to improve train services, facilities, and leisure use of routes in the county; includes maps, guides, newsletters, and contacts.
• Rail Ale Trail A guide to the Devon, Cornwall, and Wessex branch lines, with an emphasis on real ales and pubs in villages and towns on the routes. Includes maps, fares, and downloadable leaflets.