The event, which Greater Anglia believes was one of the first of its kind to take place on a train in the UK, saw employers attending in person to tell students about jobs with their organisations. #apprenticeships #CommunityRailPartnership
Greater Anglia’s job train teaches Harwich students about local careers
Last month, around one hundred students in the GCSE year from Harwich and Dovercourt High School found out information about local career opportunities on board a special Greater Anglia train.
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November 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The event, which Greater Anglia believes was one of the first of its kind to take place on a train in the UK, saw employers attending in person to tell students about jobs with their organisations. #apprenticeships #CommunityRailPartnership
Representatives of the Partnership attended a parliamentary reception hosted by the Community Rail Network. #chesterfield #CommunityRailAwards #CommunityRailPartnership #creswell #EastMidlandsRailway #LangwithWhaleyThorns #midlands #nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Community Rail Partnership releases annual report
The Robin Hood Line Community Partnership (RHL CRP) has published its annual report for 2025, highlighting the work it has carried out to support the Nottinghamshire line.
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November 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Representatives of the Partnership attended a parliamentary reception hosted by the Community Rail Network. #chesterfield #CommunityRailAwards #CommunityRailPartnership #creswell #EastMidlandsRailway #LangwithWhaleyThorns #midlands #nottinghamshire
And as a break from window gazing, the book has railway safety puzzles, a true-or-false quiz, word search, and pages of colouring activities. #cambridgeshire #CommunityRailPartnership #EastMidlandsRailway #ely #GbrAnglia #GreaterAnglia #march
More interest for children on Cambridgeshire rail route
Children travelling by train on the Hereward Line route can make their journey more interesting with a new free children’s activity book.
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October 12, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And as a break from window gazing, the book has railway safety puzzles, a true-or-false quiz, word search, and pages of colouring activities. #cambridgeshire #CommunityRailPartnership #EastMidlandsRailway #ely #GbrAnglia #GreaterAnglia #march
Lancashire’s Box on the Bay proves a Hit with Local Schools #AvantiWestCoast #CommunityRailPartnership #HestBank #leeds #morecambe #NetworkRail #northern #RailwayHeritage #signalling #TransPennineExpress #WestCoastMainLine
Lancashire’s Box on the Bay proves a Hit with Local Schools
Box on the Bay, proves a popular classroom for teaching
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September 24, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Lancashire’s Box on the Bay proves a Hit with Local Schools #AvantiWestCoast #CommunityRailPartnership #HestBank #leeds #morecambe #NetworkRail #northern #RailwayHeritage #signalling #TransPennineExpress #WestCoastMainLine
Be led by or of a clear benefit to local communities. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/08/grants-up-to-1000-offered-for-projects-along-the-cambrian-line.html #aberystwyth #charity #CommunityRailPartnership #pwllheli #shrewsbury #shropshire #wales
The Cambrian Railway Partnership is offering grants to local groups for community projects within a six-mile radius of a Cambrian railway station.
The Cambrian Railway Partnership is offering grants to local groups for community projects within a six-mile radius of a Cambrian railway station.
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August 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Be led by or of a clear benefit to local communities. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/08/grants-up-to-1000-offered-for-projects-along-the-cambrian-line.html #aberystwyth #charity #CommunityRailPartnership #pwllheli #shrewsbury #shropshire #wales
Passport allows walkers to log progress on Welsh long-distance trail https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/07/passport-allows-walkers-to-log-progress-on-welsh-long-distance-trail.html #charity #CommunityRailPartnership #CravenArms #llanelli #TransportForWales #wales
Passport allows walkers to log progress on Welsh long-distance trail
A new ‘Trail Passport’ has been introduced for walkers to log their progress while they explore the 141-mile-long Heart of Wales Line Trail.
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July 28, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Passport allows walkers to log progress on Welsh long-distance trail https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/07/passport-allows-walkers-to-log-progress-on-welsh-long-distance-trail.html #charity #CommunityRailPartnership #CravenArms #llanelli #TransportForWales #wales
Former Hest Bank Signal Box becomes ‘Box on the Bay’ https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/07/former-hest-bank-signal-box-becomes-box-on-the-bay.html #BenthamLine #CommunityRailPartnership #england #HestBank #NetworkRail #WestCoastMainLine
Former Hest Bank Signal Box becomes ‘Box on the Bay’
Hest Bank signal box becomes a STEM classroom for pupils
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July 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Former Hest Bank Signal Box becomes ‘Box on the Bay’ https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/07/former-hest-bank-signal-box-becomes-box-on-the-bay.html #BenthamLine #CommunityRailPartnership #england #HestBank #NetworkRail #WestCoastMainLine
Llandudno station sees new art created by local young people unveiled https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/llandudno-station-sees-new-art-created-by-local-young-people-unveiled.html #CommunityRailPartnership #CommunityRailWeek #conwy #ConwyValleyLine #llandudno #railway_200 #TransportForWales #wales
Llandudno station sees new art created by local young people unveiled
Students from Ysgol Y Gogarth have helped create a new permanent artwork at Llandudno railway station, unveiled as part of Railway 200, the campaign celebrating two centuries of the modern railway.
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June 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Llandudno station sees new art created by local young people unveiled https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/llandudno-station-sees-new-art-created-by-local-young-people-unveiled.html #CommunityRailPartnership #CommunityRailWeek #conwy #ConwyValleyLine #llandudno #railway_200 #TransportForWales #wales
Community Rail Partnerships re-accredited for third year https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/05/community-rail-partnerships-re-accredited-for-third-year.html #BitternLine #CommunityRailPartnership #GreatYarmouth #lowestoft #NorthWalsham #WherryLines
Community Rail Partnerships re-accredited for third year
Both the Bittern Line Community Rail Partnership and the Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership (including parent organisation Community Rail Norfolk) have been re-accredited by Community Rail Network.
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May 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Community Rail Partnerships re-accredited for third year https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/05/community-rail-partnerships-re-accredited-for-third-year.html #BitternLine #CommunityRailPartnership #GreatYarmouth #lowestoft #NorthWalsham #WherryLines
The work includes vegetation management and level crossing maintenance to support safe, reliable services for passengers and freight customers. #carmarthen #CommunityRailPartnership
Heart of Wales line trains to be replaced by buses this month
Network Rail will carry out essential maintenance between Llandrindod and Llanwrtyd on the Heart of Wales line this April, with bus replacements between Llandrindod and Llandovery from Saturday, 18 April to Thursday, 23 April.
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April 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The work includes vegetation management and level crossing maintenance to support safe, reliable services for passengers and freight customers. #carmarthen #CommunityRailPartnership
Volunteers create new garden at Greater Anglia station https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/04/volunteers-create-new-garden-at-greater-anglia-station.html #bures #CommunityRailPartnership #environment #essex #GreaterAnglia #suffolk
Volunteers create new garden at Greater Anglia station
A new garden, developed by volunteers, has been created at Greater Anglia’s Bures railway station, on the borders of Essex and Suffolk.
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April 7, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Volunteers create new garden at Greater Anglia station https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/04/volunteers-create-new-garden-at-greater-anglia-station.html #bures #CommunityRailPartnership #environment #essex #GreaterAnglia #suffolk
Greater Anglia helps fund Seaside Explorers Natural History Museum visit https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/03/greater-anglia-helps-fund-seaside-explorers-natural-history-museum-visit.html #CommunityRailPartnership #dovercourt #environment #essex #EssexAmpSouthSuffolkCommunityRailPartnership
Greater Anglia helps fund Seaside Explorers Natural History Museum visit
Thanks to funding from Greater Anglia’s Customer and Community Improvement Fund and support from the Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (ESSCRP), a group of young people took part in an educational project.
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March 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Greater Anglia helps fund Seaside Explorers Natural History Museum visit https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/03/greater-anglia-helps-fund-seaside-explorers-natural-history-museum-visit.html #CommunityRailPartnership #dovercourt #environment #essex #EssexAmpSouthSuffolkCommunityRailPartnership
Naming competition opened to the public for the Ipswich to Cambridge Line #BuryStEdmunds #cambridge #CommunityRailPartnership #competition #denby #GreaterAnglia #ipswich #newmarket
Naming competition opened to the public for the Ipswich to Cambridge Line
Greater Anglia and the Ipswich to Cambridge Community Rail Partnership have launched a competition to find a distinctive promotional name for the Ipswich to Cambridge rail line.
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February 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Naming competition opened to the public for the Ipswich to Cambridge Line #BuryStEdmunds #cambridge #CommunityRailPartnership #competition #denby #GreaterAnglia #ipswich #newmarket
Great Western Railway launches new Customer and Community Improvement Fund https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/great-western-railway-launches-new-customer-and-community-improvement-fund.html #avonmouth #barnstaple #bristol #carbon #CommunityRailPartnership #gloucester #gloucestershire
Great Western Railway launches new Customer and Community Improvement Fund
Great Western Railway has opened the process for bids for funding from its Customer and Community Improvement Fund for the 2026/27 financial year.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Great Western Railway launches new Customer and Community Improvement Fund https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/great-western-railway-launches-new-customer-and-community-improvement-fund.html #avonmouth #barnstaple #bristol #carbon #CommunityRailPartnership #gloucester #gloucestershire
Lowestoft Station new roof plans revealed https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/lowestoft-station-new-roof-plans-revealed.html #CommunityRailPartnership #lowestoft #WherryLines
Lowestoft Station new roof plans revealed
New images have been released to show how Lowestoft station could look with a reinstated concourse roof.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Lowestoft Station new roof plans revealed https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/lowestoft-station-new-roof-plans-revealed.html #CommunityRailPartnership #lowestoft #WherryLines
Take a special train on New Year’s Day to a North Yorkshire resort https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/take-a-special-train-on-new-years-day-to-a-north-yorkshire-resort.html #CastletonMoor #CommunityRailPartnership #darlington #grosmont #GypsyLane #lealholm #middlesbrough #NorthYorkshire
Take a special train on New Year’s Day to a North Yorkshire resort
The Esk Valley Railway has confirmed special trains from Darlington to Whitby will run as advertised.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Take a special train on New Year’s Day to a North Yorkshire resort https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/take-a-special-train-on-new-years-day-to-a-north-yorkshire-resort.html #CastletonMoor #CommunityRailPartnership #darlington #grosmont #GypsyLane #lealholm #middlesbrough #NorthYorkshire
The Hereward Line has five stations: Peterborough, Whittlesea, March, Manea and Ely. #cambridgeshire #CommunityRailPartnership #ely #GreaterAnglia #march #peterborough #railway_200
North Cambridgeshire’s Hereward Line hosts Poetry Train celebrating Railway 200 and the Fens
The Hereward Community Rail Partnership (HCRP) has held what Greater Anglia describes as a “unique cultural event” involving poetry on a train.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Hereward Line has five stations: Peterborough, Whittlesea, March, Manea and Ely. #cambridgeshire #CommunityRailPartnership #ely #GreaterAnglia #march #peterborough #railway_200
Schoolchildren treat passengers on Essex branch line to Christmas carols https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/schoolchildren-treat-passengers-on-essex-branch-line-to-christmas-carols.html #braintree #christmas #CommunityRailPartnership #essex #GreaterAnglia #WhiteNotley
Schoolchildren treat passengers on Essex branch line to Christmas carols
On 10 December, passengers on a Greater Anglia train in Essex were treated to Christmas carols by schoolchildren from White Notley Primary School.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Schoolchildren treat passengers on Essex branch line to Christmas carols https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/schoolchildren-treat-passengers-on-essex-branch-line-to-christmas-carols.html #braintree #christmas #CommunityRailPartnership #essex #GreaterAnglia #WhiteNotley
Changing Places Toilet opens at Great Yarmouth station https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/changing-places-toilet-opens-at-great-yarmouth-station.html #accessibility #ChangingPlaces #CommunityRailPartnership #DepartmentForTransport #GreatYarmouth #GreaterAnglia #norfolk
Changing Places Toilet opens at Great Yarmouth station
Changing Places toilet installed and facilities are refurbished at Great Yarmouth
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December 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Changing Places Toilet opens at Great Yarmouth station https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/changing-places-toilet-opens-at-great-yarmouth-station.html #accessibility #ChangingPlaces #CommunityRailPartnership #DepartmentForTransport #GreatYarmouth #GreaterAnglia #norfolk
Norfolk railway station to get boost in Sunday services https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/norfolk-railway-station-to-get-boost-in-sunday-services.html #BitternLine #CommunityRailPartnership #GreaterAnglia #norfolk #WestRunton
Norfolk railway station to get boost in Sunday services
From this weekend, Sunday services operated by Greater Anglia will be increased to and from West Runton.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Norfolk railway station to get boost in Sunday services https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/norfolk-railway-station-to-get-boost-in-sunday-services.html #BitternLine #CommunityRailPartnership #GreaterAnglia #norfolk #WestRunton
White Ribbon Mural Created At Birmingham International https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/white-ribbon-mural-created-at-birmingham-international.html #AvantiWestCoast #birmingham #BirminghamInternational #CommunityRailPartnership #crewe #rugby
White Ribbon Mural Created At Birmingham International
A new mural has been unveiled at Birmingham International Station to mark White Ribbon Day (25th November).
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November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
White Ribbon Mural Created At Birmingham International https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/white-ribbon-mural-created-at-birmingham-international.html #AvantiWestCoast #birmingham #BirminghamInternational #CommunityRailPartnership #crewe #rugby
Greater Anglia Grant helps Restore Vandalised Waiting Room https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/greater-anglia-grant-helps-restore-vandalised-waiting-room.html #CommunityRailPartnership #GreaterAnglia #saxmundham #suffolk
Greater Anglia Grant helps Restore Vandalised Waiting Room
Saxmundham Waiting Room is Restored by locals
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November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Greater Anglia Grant helps Restore Vandalised Waiting Room https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/greater-anglia-grant-helps-restore-vandalised-waiting-room.html #CommunityRailPartnership #GreaterAnglia #saxmundham #suffolk
Community Resilience Grant sees 26 North Wales projects funded https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/community-resilience-grant-sees-26-north-wales-projects-funded.html #AvantiWestCoast #BlaenauFfestiniog #CommunityRailPartnership #conwy #holyhead #llandudno #LlandudnoJunction #shotton
Community Resilience Grant sees 26 North Wales projects funded
Community organisations across North Wales have been awarded £20,000 by the Conwy Valley and North Wales Coast Community Rail Partnership’s Community Resilience Grant.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Community Resilience Grant sees 26 North Wales projects funded https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/community-resilience-grant-sees-26-north-wales-projects-funded.html #AvantiWestCoast #BlaenauFfestiniog #CommunityRailPartnership #conwy #holyhead #llandudno #LlandudnoJunction #shotton
Harwich Town’s community garden opened on the 27th of September. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/new-community-garden-opens-at-harwich-town-station.html #CommunityRailPartnership #GreaterAnglia #harwich #HarwichTown #railway_200
New Community Garden Opens at Essex railway station
Harwich Town’s community garden opened on the 27th of September.
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October 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Harwich Town’s community garden opened on the 27th of September. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/new-community-garden-opens-at-harwich-town-station.html #CommunityRailPartnership #GreaterAnglia #harwich #HarwichTown #railway_200
Scarborough’s town crier, David Birdsall, added some flourish to the event as he announced the final total of people seated on the bench. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/scarborough-station-celebrates-railway-200.html #CommunityRailPartnership #railway_200
Scarborough Station Celebrates Railway 200
Scarborough’s famous bench made it into the Railway 200 celebrations this week.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Scarborough’s town crier, David Birdsall, added some flourish to the event as he announced the final total of people seated on the bench. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/scarborough-station-celebrates-railway-200.html #CommunityRailPartnership #railway_200