Our 20th anniversary #CommunityRail Awards may have taken place over a month ago, but we're still LOVING the buzz around our incredible, inspiring array of winners 😍
Check out Page 90 in the latest edition of Rail Director for a special feature on #CRA25 🏆
Our #CommunityRail member on the North Staffordshire line held a thank you event today for their station adopters. Appreciation of #volunteers is so important! It's was also great to present the #CRA25 award winners 'It's your station' certificates too! Thank you all! @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social
Photo showing two members of the Friends of Bishopstone Station smiling and posing with their trophies and certificates at the 2025 Community Rail Awards.
We’re still on a high from the #CommunityRail Awards earlier this month 😍
Do you want to hear the details of all the inspiring winning projects? 🎉
Our 'Hall of Fame' has everything you need 👇 #CRA25 communityrail.org.uk/hall-of-fame...
Photo showing a group of people at the Community Rail Awards - several are stood in front of a large banner, holding their award, and a man can be seen in the foreground taking their picture on his phone.
The next edition of #CommunityRail News is out tomorrow – and it’s going to be a special edition celebrating all things Awards! ✨ #CRA25
Want to catch up on all the winners and the events of the night?
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It's been a weekend to digest the success of station partners and our projects in the Community Rail Network Awards #CRA25
Well done to Arundel Green Team, Friends of Bishopstone Station and 'A Town Explores A Book' for their awards.
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The screen grab of "Sharing our past, building our future" is the best Community Engagement Project.
@communityrail.bsky.social Congratulations to our HML station and Friends of Blair Athol Station. "Sharing our past, building our future" is the best Community Engagement Project. Very well deserved. #CRA25 #HMLCRP #CommunityRail
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Attending this worthwhile Event
Hello #Newcastle! Ready for the splendor of @communityrail.bsky.social #CRA25 where we get to celebrate all that's fantastic about #CommunityRail!
PS. There is No Fog On The Tyne (just a grubby train window!)
Yes it was nice and flat and the ferry was as comfortable as ever. I love the idea of steaming across a moonlit sea while I sleep. Having arrived safely in Aberdeen the nice people at @lner.co.uk are shortly taking me south to Newcastle. #CRA25
Hope the sailing was smooth and look forward to seeing you later!! #CommunityRail #CRA25
It is nearly 11pm and I’m waiting to get on board the Aberdeen ferry on my way to tomorrow’s Community Rail Awards in the far South (Newcastle Upon Tyne). I’m proud to say that this year I’m attending as a judge of three categories. See all you #CommunityRail-ers tomorrow! #CRA25
A free event celebrates 200 years of #rail travel with the launch of an album of songs and poems 'Passengers & Pioneers'
14 March - The Common Room, #Newcastle noon-1pm or 7.30-8.30pm Pre-booking essential tinyurl.com/ms8rf8d7
#railway200
#cra25
Blue 2025 Community Rail Awards logo - image has a star at the top and text reads: "celebrating 20 years."
Thank you so much for joining us this weekend for our first #ShortlistSpotlight of 2025! 🥳
We'll be back next week to showcase more of the fantastic projects shortlisted for this year’s #CommunityRail Awards 🏆
Thanks as always to our headline partner Lumo 🎉 #CRA25
Photo showing two men looking at the exhibition displays at Stroud Station.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
Gloucestershire CRP maximised the impact of their Black History Map project with a coordinated press and social media strategy, to further promote community engagement and cultural understanding, and encourage the use of local stations as community hubs 🖤
Photo (taken by Dark Peak Photography) showing two older women sat on a Northern train, smiling and waving at the window.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
Arts, film and photography were key to High Peak & Hope Valley CRP's campaign encouraging day-trippers to visit nature, heritage and cultural attractions on the Buxton Line - which led to a marked increase in passenger numbers over the next 6 months 📽️
White and blue graphic. Text reads: "We're shortlisted! 2025 Community Rail Awards - celebrating 20 years." Community Rail Network and Lumo logos are at the bottom.
It's a short and sweet #ShortlistSpotlight today, as we bring you the fantastic projects shortlisted in the category of 'Most Effective Communications Campaign' at this year’s #CommunityRail Awards 🎉
This category is sponsored by West Midlands Railway 🏆
Let's get into it... #CRA25
Photo showing a group of male students working in a workshop.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
Robin Hood Line CRP supported 12 students, previously at risk of dropping out of education/employment, to learn fabrication & welding in an authentic workshop environment. They created a 'mammoth' sculpture which now sits proudly at Creswell Station 🦣
Photo showing a group of primary school children wearing hi-vis jackets, stood in a line on the bridge overlooking the tracks at Hindley Station.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
The Friends of Hindley Station have worked with schools, colleges, universities and youth organisations consistently for the past 17 years, on projects ranging from history boards and community events to fundraising and Platforms for Change 🚸
Photo showing pupils and teachers of Grays Convent High School with staff from c2c, holding up their trophy for their winning project.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
As part of a programme empowering young people to drive social change, Grays Convent School proposed the installation of eco-friendly sanitary product machines across c2c's network, to tackle period poverty and make stations more inclusive 💟
Photo showing a group of SEND students posing with their artwork at Horsham Station.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
Southeast CRP supported SEND students in an art project at Horsham Station, not only creating a sense of pride in the station, but also nurturing life & career aspirations for the young people, helping them to feel part of an inclusive community 🎨
Photo showing two girls on a train, smiling and holding up their booklets.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
Informed by youth travel surveys which revealed feelings of confusion and anxiety about train travel, Gloucestershire CRP empowered young people to shape a new resource, simplifying sustainability concepts, providing safety tips and boosting travel confidence 👥
Photo showing a group of teenage boys playing table tennis and pool.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
To combat anti-social behaviour at Lidlington Station, Marston Vale CRP ran workshops to engage 13–17-year-olds in meaningful activities including cooking, sports and art, establishing the station as a safe, community space for local young people 🏓
Photo showing pupils wearing gloves and masks, spray-painting the fence at Flimby Station.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
#CommunityRail Cumbria engaged local children - many with challenging home lives - to create a vibrant mural on the fence at Flimby Station. The young people took a lead on the design, learnt new skills and expressed themselves through art 🖌️
Photo showing Bishop Line CRP rail education officer Jess talking to a group of primary school children on a station platform. She is showing them how to purchase tickets using a Northern ticket vending machine.
#CRA25 #ShortlightSpotlight 🏆
In 2023-24, Bishop Line CRP visited 22 schools and engaged 3,791 young people, delivering 98 interactive workshops and #TryTheTrain trips to raise awareness of the dangers of trespassing, improve rail safety knowledge and boost travel confidence 👩💼
White and blue graphic. Text reads: "We're shortlisted! 2025 Community Rail Awards - celebrating 20 years." Community Rail Network and Lumo logos are at the bottom.
Welcome to the very first #ShortlistSpotlight of 2025! 🎉
Today we're celebrating the innovative projects shortlisted in the category of ‘Involving Children & Young People' (sponsored by LNER) at this year’s #CommunityRail Awards.
Are you ready? Let's go! #CRA25
'I love my EMR safety book!' by Barton-Cleethorpes CRP, one of the shortlisted photos in this year's competition.
Last chance to have your say! 📢
Which of these photos do you think best captures the 'essence of #CommunityRail'? 📸
Pick your winner of the 2025 Community Rail Awards photography competition here ⬇️ #CRA25
Hurry, the competition closes this Weds 22 Jan ⏰ communityrail.org.uk/community-ra...
Photo courtesy of Wey Valley CRP showing CRP and station staff talking with passengers during a celebratory event at Farnham Station.
Can you help? 📢
We're asking you to submit 30 second video clips sharing your favourite aspects of #CommunityRail and what it means to you for our promotions in 2025, including #Railway200 & #CRA25.
Send your clips or any queries to news@communityrail.org.uk 💌
📸 Farnham Station - Wey Valley CRP.
We’ve been shortlisted in the #CommunityRail Awards 2025.
Our projects include celebration of railway history, access to the railways, integrated travel maps and converting station buildings for community use.
A big thank you to all our partners and supporters.
#CRA25 #communityrail
Fabulous to see all these examples of great #CommunityRail projects shortlisted for our #CRA25 @communityrail.bsky.social awards. Have a read and be inspired!
Photo courtesy of Worcestershire CRP showing a person on a station platform, with a camera on a tripod, directing people out of shot.
We need your help, members! 📢
We're asking you to submit 30 second video clips sharing your favourite aspects of #CommunityRail and what it means to you for our promotions in 2025, including #Railway200 & #CRA25.
Send your clips or any queries to news@communityrail.org.uk 💌
📸 Worcestershire CRP.
