Stations as Places

Railway stations are gateways to their local communities, and they are one of today's most significant meeting points for local people. Community Rail helps local people feel proud of their railway stations by facilitating community projects there. At Oxfordshire Community Rail Partnership (OxCRP) we want to make sure that people are able to get involved at their local railway stations, for instance by gardening, installing artworks that are produced by or are meaningful to local people, providing a book swap, or putting up local history boards so that visitors can orient themselves in the local area.​

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We work with existing station adopters or friends groups to support their ideas, and if your local station doesn't have a volunteer group to give it some local personality, drop us a line or fill out our online form to get in touch. We will point you in the right direction to put your ideas into practice.

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We also do direct work to help put railway stations at the heart of their communities, and as key hubs in an integrated, sustainable transport system. Details of the first projects we have undertaken to turn stations into places are given below. We'll be adding more over time, so check back in regularly.