#CommunityRail Awards entries close in ONE WEEK'S TIME ⏳ You have until 5pm on Tuesday 30 September to submit your entries to this year's Awards, headline partnered by East Midlands Railway 🥳 Find the categories, judging criteria and entry form here 👇

Looking for fun, sustainable adventures across Britain? 🚉 This #WorldCarFreeDay, check out this blog from Scenic Rail Britain and Good Journey. It's packed with inspiration for car-free days out – from castles and gardens to museums and afternoon teas 🍰🌳

On #WorldCarFreeDay last year, we joined our #Sustainable #Transport Alliance partners at the #LabourPartyConference to celebrate the benefits of shifting away from car dependency towards greener transport and a more sustainable, inclusive future ✅

It's #WorldAlzheimersDay 🤍 The Bentham Line CRP were recently profiled by the Alzheimer's Society on their pioneering dementia-friendly rail travel work 🫶 This is #CommunityRail - connecting communities with their railway and making rail accessible for all.

ATTENTION, MEMBERS 🚨 You have until 5pm next Friday (26 Sept) to respond to our annual survey 📝 Your input is vital for informing our planning and support into the future 🙏 Click the link that was emailed to you on 08/09/25 to respond ✍️ 📸 Bittern Line CRP

Buses connect communities, but only if everyone can use them. This Catch the Bus Month, we’ve launched training in collaboration with CPT and DVSA to help drivers make journeys accessible for blind & partially sighted people. Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/owfvzlldfr

A look at our free station-to-station guided walk this past Saturday from #Westerfield to #Woodbridge. The walk through the lovely Fynn Valley included a stop at the pub in #Tuddenham, a picnic lunch at #Playford, and cake at the church in Little Bealings. @communityrail.bsky.social

Not ready to get out of the #DaysOutByRail spirit just yet? Head over to Scenic Rail Britain and catch up on the brilliant blogs, including: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 family adventures loved by locals 💰 memorable moments for less 📽️ from rails to reels 🚂 unlock the past by train

It's #TravelWiseWeek 🌍 The #CommunityRail movement works all year round to empower communities to choose cleaner, healthier #ActiveTravel options - bringing a range of benefits for people, places and planet. Discover more ⬇️

🚆🌱 This week’s challenge: swap your car for public transport. Small swaps add up: cleaner air, safer streets, stronger communities. Are you in? 💬 Tell us how many car trips you’ll replace this week 👇 #ClimateChallenge #PublicTransport #NetZero #CleanAir

#AbbeyLineTales Rodney Salter rode one of the first diesel railcars in the 1950s—his dad even filmed from the cab! Sadly, the bumpy ride made the footage a blur. Steam memories linger too, watching locos thunder past #Watford North Halt just feet away. #RailwayHistory #DieselDays #Railway200

Join the party and explore over 40 years of accessible transport history in our new digital archive. 🎉 Saturday 20 September, 2–4.30pm | Aldgate Centre, London 🍰 Celebrate with us (there’s cake!) 👉 Find out more and book your place: www.transportforall.org.uk/blog/2025/09...

Good to see so many places which the RHT has supported with grants in our 40 year history, in Michael Portillo's new series - 200 Years of the Railways - inc. Darlington North Rd, Newcastle HLB, Heighington & York. A great showcase for #Railway200 #sdrfestival. Do watch!

According to @bettertransport.bsky.social if we all switched just one car journey a month to bus, there would be a billion fewer car journeys and a saving of 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year! #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth #LoveTheBus

Integrated rail and bus links are so important for: 🚐 getting cars off the road 🌍 reducing pollution 👥 opening up greener travel to more people 💙 promoting social inclusion This is all part of the great work our #CommunityRail members do 💚 #CatchTheBusMonth 📸 South East Lancashire CRP

Rail is one of the greenest ways to travel - especially when combined with walking & wheeling, cycling and buses - and #CommunityRail plays a vital role in emphasising the importance of transport in combatting the climate crisis. Find out more ♻️

We're so grateful to our interim chief executive Bill Freeman for his excellent, expert stewardship of #CommunityRail Network for the past eight months. Bill has shared some of his final thoughts and reflections in this blog post - have a read 📚

Members 🗣️ Do you need a helping hand with gardening, STEM activity or social media, to name a few? As part of their relationship with #CommunityRail, our corporate partners offer a range of volunteer support to our members. See how they could help 👉 communityrail.org.uk/member-servi...

Thank you to everyone who attended our special Firefighters Charity Open Day at Moorland Railway and Gardens on Sunday. To date, we have raised over £1300 to go towards the Volunteer Firefighters Fund! Also, thank you to all the volunteers who helped make the day such a success!

Who has been enjoying the first few days of autumn? 🍂 The kids may be back at school, but that doesn't mean you can't start thinking about your next family #DaysOutByRail for autumn 🚉 We've got all the inspiration and ideas you'll need. Take a look ⬇️

Enjoy our #AbbeyFlyer brew at the St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 24-27 Sept 2025 Tickets here: stalbansbf.org.uk/ More info: abbeylinecommunityrail.org.uk/.../abbey-li.... #GuestBeer #LocalBrew #LocalEconomy #WildlifeConservation #UrbanWildlife #PeregrineFalcon #AbbeyLine #StAlbans #Watford

Join us Saturday 4/10 11am - 2pm as we visit #Felixstowe for the Edible Felixstowe 'Grow, Cook, Eat Festival.' Local food & drink, veg & seed swaps, lots of stalls, kids activities & more. Right next to Felixstowe station at Great Eastern Square. ediblefelixstowe.org @communityrail.bsky.social

We're so proud to see Shahiesta from Community Rail Lancashire featured on the latest episode of the Carbon Copy podcast, discussing her work connecting people from different communities with #CommunityRail activity at Accrington Station 🙌 Listen now 🎧 carboncopy.eco/podcasts/tur...

The annual #HeritageOpenDays festival kicks off today 🎉 Where will your future #DaysOutByRail take you? Celebrate history and culture, try out new experiences and uncover hidden gems across Britain - all of which are FREE to explore 🗺️ Discover more:

#AbbeyLineTales Feel-good stories along the #AbbeyLine. #LoveStory See more on our Railway 200 webpage: abbeylinecommunityrail.org.uk/railway-200/ #RailHeritage #LocalNews #LocalPeople #SustainableTravel @communityrail.bsky.social @railway200.bsky.social

A bug hotel has been installed at Greater Anglia #Ipswich. It was built using locally sourced/natural/recycled materials & designed to attract bees/bugs, giving them a safe home. This will help pollinate trees/plants. The project was led by GA in partnership w/ Naio Rail. @communityrail.bsky.social

#HeritageOpenDays is back! 🏰 Many #CommunityRail groups get involved with this great festival, celebrating history and culture, and encouraging you to try out new experiences and uncover hidden gems – all of which are FREE to explore 🗺️ Discover more: www.heritageopendays.org.uk

We're delighted to welcome back our chief executive Jools Townsend, who has returned to Community Rail Network after a period of parental leave. We know that Jools is looking forward to catching up with #CommunityRail & getting stuck in with our team, board, members & partners - welcome back Jools!💚

#CommunityRail works to make it easier for more people to explore Britain using sustainable transport - it's good for people and planet 🌍 With Community Rail Lancashire's itineraries, you can explore the Forest of Bowland by public transport 🚲 #CatchTheBusMonth

In case you missed it 👀 We provided evidence to the Transport Committee's Buses Connecting Communities inquiry, highlighting the need for a strong focus on achieving a joined-up approach between sustainable and inclusive transport modes 🚍 #CatchTheBusMonth committees.parliament.uk/committee/15...

We stand with @samaritans.bsky.social today, #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, and every day💚 Suicide is not inevitable. You can interrupt someone’s suicidal thoughts. If you think someone isn't OK, ask them about it. You could save a life. Find out how you can help 👉 www.samaritans.org/support-us/c...

New report highlights measures to stop suicides on the railway https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/new-report-highlights-measures-to-stop-suicides-on-the-railway.html #BritishTransportPolice #GreatBritishRailways #NetworkRail #samaritans

The exhibition is off on its 1st away leg - to sunny Stoke-on-Trent! We're doing some exciting work with @nvborderlines.bsky.social, Foxfield Railway & North Staffordshire CRP, for a #Railway200 event at Stoke station from Saturday ... ... more soon! @communityrail.bsky.social

The next FREE station-to-station walk is this Sat 13/9, #Westerfield to #Woodbridge. 10 miles - 6 hours (or shorter 8 mile option). Through the lovely Fynn Valley, Tuddenham, Little Bealings and Playford. No need to book. Dog welcome! eastsuffolklines.co.uk/guided-walks @communityrail.bsky.social

We hope your #CommunityRail Awards submissions are coming along nicely... Don't forget, we are hosting weekly online support sessions for you to consult with our team on all aspects of preparing and submitting an entry. Find the session details here ➡️

We hope our friends and followers are enjoying the first few days of autumn 🍂 With schools and parliaments back in session, it's a season of fresh starts. Are you trying #SecondhandSeptember or #OrganicSeptember, doing your bit to reduce waste and look after our planet? 🌍 📸 HP&HVCRP

Save the date! 📅 Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday 5 November, 2-3.30pm, via Zoom 👩💻 Further information will follow soon, including details of the agenda and registration process ⬇️

#CommunityRail is all about enabling more people to take inclusive, accessible, car-free journeys 🚐 Purbeck CRP's shuttle bus service has run for 4 summers, transporting nature lovers from Wareham Station to the popular RSPB Arne Nature Reserve 🪺 #CatchTheBusMonth

🤝 helping others through volunteering 🚄 empowering more people to #TryTheTrain 💟 establishing stations as community hubs 🦾 contributing to inclusive and more resilient societies #CommunityRail is with communities, for communities. Happy #InternationalDayOfCharity 🌍 📸 Heart of Wales Line CRP

As part of our Travelling with Confidence programme, we're providing a small number of grants (and support) to accredited CRPs to set up similar, smaller-scale initiatives in their local areas. Want to learn more? Join our upcoming information session 👇 communityrail.org.uk/training/tra...

Celebrate @railway200.bsky.social @ The Riverside Cinema #Woodbridge with a screening of the 1953 comedy 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' Sun 19/10, 3pm. Rail tickets - £3, £5, £10. Kids £1.50. Free #Railway200 pin to the 1st 20 showing your rail ticket. Book now! bit.ly/R2SPF @suffolksnaps.bsky.social

This Sunday we'll be leaving Ribblehead at 10:36 and taking the @DalesBus to Reeth, walking 10 miles along the River Swale to Muker before return on the bus!. Don't forget your bus fare! www.foscl.org.uk/guided-walks

JUST UPDATED! Our next Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts posters are on display at #Havant station! If you're passing, be sure to take a look - find out more about Henry Potter & Robert Spicer. #Railway200 There's more on them, & the others, here: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...

Our Stephen, Rowan and Silviya are on board for Catch the Bus Month! It's great to have a chance to show appreciation and ❤️ for the most-used mode of public transport. Find out more about #CTBM25 thanks to @bususersuk.bsky.social: bususers.org/catchthebusm...

Yesterday we joined @bususersuk.bsky.social for the special launch of #CatchTheBusMonth in Coventry, hosted by Transport for the West Midlands - celebrating the past, present and future of buses and the people and communities who rely on them every day 🚌🫂

To celebrate @railway200.bsky.social the adopters at #Westerfield have collected photos, artefacts, and stories about the station. They've put it all together for everyone to enjoy, Sat 6/9 and Sun 7/9, from 10am to 4.30pm at The Railway Inn Westerfield. Free, open to all! @suffolksnaps.bsky.social

We're thrilled to unveil the artwork for our #AbbeyLine #Railway200 guest beer - currently being brewed for us by Pope’s Yard Brewery and in collaboration with @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social in support of the peregrines, the true #AbbeyFlyers!

On Saturday on our 8 mile walk, we'll be having 'Lunch with Pendragon'! We'll be leaving Kirkby Stephen at 11:05 and will be admiring the views on this leisurely paced circular walk. For further details click here www.foscl.org.uk/guided-walks

There isn't long to go now until an iconic date in the #Railway200 calendar 🗓️ Excitement is building for S&DR Festival's celebrations as the festival counts down to the Stockton & Darlington Railway's 200th anniversary on 27 September 2025 🚂 @railway200.bsky.social sdr200.co.uk/article/1800...