From Community Rail
- by Erin KellyHello everyone. We hope you are enjoying some summer sunshine in between the stormy weather. Government and policy updates We met with the Department for Transport last week for our quarterly review. With the UK Government’s response to the Railways Bill consultation expected later in the year it’s unlikely there will be any major announcements on […]
- by Erin KellyCommunity Rail Network has welcomed the creation of a development company designed to transform surplus railway land into new housing and thriving communities. Platform 4, formed from a merger of London and Continental Railways Ltd and Network Rail’s Property Team, is set to kickstart £1 billion of development of up to 40,000 new homes over the coming […]
- by Erin KellyTyne Valley Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has worked with local schoolchildren on a musical project celebrating Brampton’s railway heritage. As part of their programme of Railway 200 activities, the partnership worked with singer-songwriters Gareth and Bronwen Davies-Jones, Hallbankgate Village School and Lanercost Church of England Primary School on ‘A Song for Edmondson’. Gareth and Bronwen […]
- by Erin KellyA total of 200 ‘blue plaques’ have been displayed for the first time to mark two centuries of railway history in the south east of England. The ‘blue plaques’, pioneered by Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP), highlight people, places and even animals who have a connection to the development of the railways. 100 plaques show […]
- by Erin KellyOulton Broad North railway station signal box, an iconic piece of railway infrastructure and familiar landmark to both rail and road users, is to be preserved for future generations following a major overnight exercise to relocate it to a nearby museum. In the early hours of Sunday 8 June, volunteers from Network Rail, the Wherry […]
From: https://communityrail.org.uk