Community Rail
Welcome to the Conwy Valley and North Wales Coast Community Rail Partnership.
Community rail is a growing grassroots movement made up of community rail partnerships (CRPs) and groups across Britain. Working alongside local, regional and national partners, CRPs engage communities and help people get the most from their railways, promoting social inclusion, community wellbeing, economic development and sustainable travel. They also work alongside train operators, contributing to improvements and bringing stations back to life.
Community Rail Network provides support and advice to the community rail movement through their membership. They share good practice and connect community rail partnerships and groups together, while working with government, the rail industry, and the wider voluntary and community sector to champion community rail. (Source Community Rail Network).
Our business activity plan is delivered by all members of our Partnership and led by the Community Rail Officer. Our plan meets the four pillars of the Community Rail Development Strategy:
- providing a voice for the community
- promoting sustainable, healthy and accessible travel
- bringing communities together and supporting diversity and inclusion
- supporting social and economic development
The partnership
We are proud to be an accredited Community Rail Partnership (CRP) which is a formal recognition by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Welsh Government that a CRP operates to a high standard and with objectives and activities that are supported by Government. The accreditation system is administered by Community Rail Network and applies to those CRPs operating in England and Wales.
Mr Philip Evans, Chair and Haf Jones, Vice Chair of the Partnership welcome you to this website where we highlight the work we do in connecting communities to their railways. Our other Partnership members include Transport for Wales, Avanti West Coast, Groundwork North Wales, Network Rail, British Transport Police, Snowdonia Hospitality and Leisure, Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways and Community Rail Network.
Groundwork North Wales
The partnership is hosted by Groundwork North Wales.
Groundwork North Wales supports people facing multiple challenges, living in isolation, with significant health issues, limited employment prospects and who are vulnerable to the economic and environmental uncertainty of today’s society. We do this by creating better places, improving people’s prospects and by promoting greener choices through our diverse range of projects and services.
Creating positive impacts together for our People Places and Planet.
Our latest news
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