Friday 12 June 2026 saw the official launch of the first Bridgewater Line Community Comic Mural at Atherton Station, a project delivered by South East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership (SELCRP), using funding from train operating companies Northern and CrossCountry Trains.
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Community Rail Week 2026
It was an eventful Community Rail Week 2026 (1-7 June) for South East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership (SELCRP), with the theme of this year’s celebrations being ‘Journeys For All’. Community Rail Week is an annual event coordinated by Community Rail Network and sponsored by Rail Delivery Group, designed to raise the profile of Community Rail and champion projects and activity across the country.
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On Wednesday 27 May 2026 a ‘Write About Wigan’ poetry anthology, compiled by South East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership (South East Lancashire CRP), was launched with a special event at the Swan and Railway Hotel in Wigan.
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South East Lancashire Community Rail Partnership is pleased to announce a new Food, Drink and Rail History blog, researched and written by Community Rail Officer Emily Oldfield. Hosted as a dedicated tab on the website, the blog will be a dedicated place to explore a people’s food culture – a communal history of food and drink, and how it has impacted, as well as been influenced by, rail.
[Read more…] about New Food, Drink and Rail History Blog LaunchedVisiting the Railway 200 Inspiration train at Blackpool North
On Thursday 14 May Community Rail Officer Emily Oldfield travelled to Blackpool North to shadow Dave Savage (Community Rail Officer at Community Rail Lancashire) showing school groups around the Railway 200 Inspiration train.
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On Thursday 26 March Community Rail Officer Emily Oldfield attended the CrossCountry Community Rail Conference 2026, hosted at the National Railway Museum in York.
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