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We’re pleased to announce #CommunityRailWeek will return from Monday 1 to Sunday 7 June 2026, supported once again by Rail Delivery Group 🎉
Get in touch with our comms team to find out how you can showcase your inspiring work 👉
Photo courtesy of Community Rail Network showing a large group of people at the launch event for Community Rail Week in May 2025 at Haltwhistle Station. The people at the front are holding a green and white pledge card that says 'We're proud to support #CommunityRailWeek', alongside the Community Rail Network and Rail Delivery Group logos.
🤝 #CommunityRail partnerships united to launch #CommunityRailWeek 2025 at Haltwhistle Station, showcasing the power of local projects, from artwork and music to youth engagement, tackling social isolation, and promoting sustainable travel.
👉 Share your favourite moments with us! #Railway200
Colourful graphic on a deep blue background with Christmas lights around the border of the page. The Community Rail Network logo is at the top, underneath which is text in a green box that reads 'Community Rail Wrapped'. Centred around a green present in the middle (with 'May' written on it) are five colourful photo frames, containing photos illustrating the written content of this post.
May is always a big month in the #CommunityRail calendar 📆 #CommunityRailWrapped
Over 130 community-led events took place across Britain during #CommunityRailWeek, including our special launch event in Haltwhistle with @tvcrp.bsky.social ⬇️🧵
Our corporate partners love making connections with #CommunityRail, getting out into communities and supporting a range of projects 💟
Siemens Mobility employees recently completed more than 1,200 volunteering hours, including during #CommunityRailWeek 🫂
In case you missed it 👀
For the June edition of Rail Director, our interim chief executive took a look back on this year's incredible #CommunityRailWeek, our fifth and biggest campaign yet 📝
Read the article here 👇
We're throwing it back to #CommunityRailWeek today!
For the campaign, our partners, the car-free travel champions Good Journey, linked up with Scenic Rail Britain to share some great ideas for brilliant buildings you can visit by train 🏙️
Check it out ↪️
“We couldn't have hoped for a better response from members, partners and the public during this year’s campaign.”
For the latest edition of Rail Director, our interim chief executive looks back on our fifth and biggest #CommunityRailWeek yet 📝
Check it out 👇 issuu.com/raildirector...
Photo showing representatives from community rail partnerships in the Greater Anglia region hosting stalls filled with leaflets and merch at London Liverpool Street during Community Rail Week.
Not quite ready to get out of the #CommunityRailWeek spirit just yet? 🥳
Why not catch up on the round-up of the week's fantastic highlights here 👉 mailchi.mp/38fba2230b93...
What was your favourite moment of the campaign? 💕 #Railway200 @railway200.bsky.social
Photo courtesy of Community Rail Norfolk (Bittern and Wherry Lines CRPs) showing a group of people stood on a path holding the 'We're proud to support Community Rail Week' pledge card. A beach can be seen in the background.
Now that #CommunityRailWeek is over (our fifth and biggest campaign yet, did we mention...)
We'd really appreciate your feedback on the campaign and any ideas you have for next time 💭
Members, we're asking if you could complete our short survey here ➡️ app.impactreporting.co.uk/pwa/8V9PA5
21 humans & 2 dogs took part in our #communityrailweek guided walk on Saturday, a 7-mile circular from Greater Anglia #Trimley via #Suffolk Wildlife Trust Trimley Marshes visitor centre where we stopped for lunch. Lovely views and nice folks, old friends and new faces. @communityrail.bsky.social
Photo courtesy of East Midlands Railway showing managing director Will Rogers with members of the community rail team, as well as Paul Webster from Community Rail Network, posing with the 'We're proud to support Community Rail Week' pledge card at Loughborough Station.
Wow, how incredible was #CommunityRailWeek? 😍
Huge thanks to our sponsor Rail Delivery Group & all members & partners who led activities celebrating #Railway 200.
We’ll be looking back at all the highlights in Wednesday’s newsletter. Sign up here 💌 communityrail.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Campaign graphic on a light grey background, with slightly darker grey train tracks swooping across the image. The 'Community Rail Week 2025' and 'Railway 200' logos can be seen at the top. The text reads: "19 to 25 May 2025. #CommunityRailWeek. Sponsored by Rail Delivery Group."
Thank you so much for joining us during our fifth and biggest #CommunityRailWeek, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group 🫶
We hope you've been inspired to see just how much #CommunityRail does to boost wellbeing, amplify community voices and encourage more people to travel by train 💚 #Railway200
What's so special about taking #DaysOutByRail?
How about:
🗺️ exploring new places sustainably
🛤️ you can relax and enjoy the journey
🌍 knowing you're doing your bit for the planet
Get inspired with Scenic Rail Britain this #CommunityRailWeek 👇 #Railway200
Photo showing the large group of people in attendance at the campaign launch event at Haltwhistle Station, standing on the platform and holding the 'We're proud to support Community Rail Week' pledge card.
We're heading into the last few hours of #CommunityRailWeek 2025 - and what a week it has been!
This afternoon, we’d love to hear about your favourite part of the week 💭
How have you been shining a spotlight on #CommunityRail and #Railway200? 🎉🌍 @railway200.bsky.social
Photo showing a group of schoolchildren with representatives from Northern, Community Rail Lancashire, British Transport Police and Community Rail Network posing with the 'We're proud to support Community Rail Week' pledge card at an event at Accrington Station.
Although #CommunityRailWeek is coming to an end, our members work hard all year to connect communities by rail and support inclusive, healthy travel 👥
Get all the latest news from #CommunityRail by signing up to our bulletin⬇️ @railway200.bsky.social communityrail.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
#CommunityRailWeek ends today - it's an annual chance to recognise the excellent work done by volunteers across the railway system.
In this recent blog post we think about what the Railway Work, Life & Death project can do for community intiatives:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/community-ra...
A new mural celebrating our rail heritage is coming to Ashley Down, the West's newest train station, thanks to new funding from GWR and the Mayoral Combined Authority.
It’s being delivered with Severnside CRP and Bristol City Council for #Railway200: tinyurl.com/AshleyDownMural
#CommunityRailWeek
Our corporate partners and supporters give more than just their money: they offer their time and expertise to help the #CommunityRail movement to flourish.
Discover the different ways our partners support our members this #CommunityRailWeek 👇 #Railway200
Photo showing a couple of grandparents walking hand-in-hand with their grandchildren along a station platform, past an LNER train, on a sunny, autumnal day.
#CommunityRail strives to enable greener, healthier and more joined-up journeys, empowering more people to explore hidden gems across the UK using sustainable transport 🚉
Why not give the train a try on your next trip? 🗺️ #CommunityRailWeek #Railway200 scenicrailbritain.com
Photo courtesy of Darent Valley CRP showing a group of volunteers doing some gardening work at Otford Station.
Ever wondered what #CommunityRail initiatives do?
They:
🚄 empower more people to #TryTheTrain
🗣️ build travel confidence
🌍 encourage switching from car to public transport for a more sustainable future
Learn more this #CommunityRailWeek 👉 communityrail.org.uk #Railway200
📸 Darent Valley CRP.
In case you're just catching up on the excitement..
It’s #CommunityRailWeek, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group 🎉
Check out the breadth of community-led activities that have been held this week, bringing people together through the power of rail 💙 #Railway200
Photo showing a group of people on the platform at Edale Station, about to set off on the 'Edale Song Walk', hosted by High Peak & Hope Valley CRP, Penistone Line Partnership and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
Photo showing families enjoying the grand opening of the Ore Community Garden, hosted by the Marshlink CRP.
Photo showing a couple of volunteers holding the 'We're proud to support Community Rail Week' sign at an event hosted jointly by the Friends of Cark Station and the Friends of Kents Bank and Foreshore.
Photo showing two people from Queer Cumbria posing with the myriad of artwork on display at Haltwhistle Station for the launch of Community Rail Week.
Did you know? ⁉️
Each year, dedicated and passionate volunteers give around 370,000 hours of their time to #CommunityRail, helping to deliver:
🎨 arts and heritage projects
🌱 community gardening
🏗️ station improvements
And lots more! 👏 #CommunityRailWeek #Railway200
The Grand Opening of Ore station community garden.
A fantastic turn-out in the sunshine for the formal launch of the garden during #communityrailweek with Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex, Hastings & Rye MP, Hastings mayor and all who have contributed to the garden.
#communityrail #railway200
In case you're just catching up with all the fun...
Today we're celebrating railway people 🙌
Hear from Felicity, #CommunityRail Officer for the Bishop Line CRP, about why #CommunityRailWeek and #Railway200 are so important 💚
Man in coat and flat cap stands smiling to someone off-camera; an electric train and platform is behind him. Courtesy Chris Cornell.
NEW BLOG POST!
Guest author @chris56cornell.bsky.social shares his Grandfather Charlie Cornell's life story.
A really significant story & so needing to be told in #Railway200 - a #Portsmouth railway worker of colour, c.1913-1966.
#CommunityRailWeek
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/charlie-corn...
Campaign graphic. Photo shows a woman and three young boys waving at a Northern train as it pulls into a station. White text in a blue box reads: "We empower young people and families to access work, education and leisure opportunities that may otherwise by out of reach." The 'Community Rail Week 2025', 'Railway 200' and 'Rail Delivery Group' logos can be seen along the bottom panel.
This #CommunityRailWeek, we're celebrating the incredible ways #CommunityRail drives change at a community level through the efforts of over 75 CRPs and 1,200 station volunteer groups across Britain, creating a major social return of £17.89 for every £1 invested ✅ #Railway200
Today's #CommunityRailWeek theme, tied in with #Railway200, is all about 'celebrating railway people' 🫶
We asked some of our fabulous members, including Heather, manager of Severnside CRP, about what the campaign and the Railway 200 year means to their #CommunityRail group and local communities 📽️
50% of Britain’s railway stations are adopted by local communities; in #Suffolk it's 100%. Today we're shining a spotlight on Kim & Glynn, our longest serving adopters (2 decades), who look after Brampton station, linking in with #Railway200’s theme of celebrating railway people. #CommunityRailWeek
We were honoured to host the launch of #communityrailweek at #Haltwhistle with colleagues from @eskvalleyrailway.bsky.social Community Rail Cumbria @communityrail.bsky.social & many of the projects being showcased.
