Community Rail Week

Community Rail Week 2026 – Monday 1 to Sunday 7 June

We’re pleased to announce Community Rail Week will return Monday 1 to Sunday 7 June 2026, supported once again by Rail Delivery Group.

Each year our flagship campaign becomes bigger and better, and we can’t wait to join members in showcasing more of your inspiring work.

Community Rail Week aims to:

Raise the profile of community rail through celebratory communications;
Amplify and elevate members’ activities and stories, providing them with a platform and tools to deliver impactful engagement and reach wider audiences;
Encourage and enable more people to use the train as a sustainable, healthy, inclusive way to travel, through local engagement and our communications;
Forge stronger partnerships and offer collaborative opportunities for working with the rail industry and wide-ranging partners and supporters.

This year’s theme and supporting materials will be published in the coming weeks.

If you would like to discuss how your community rail partnership, station volunteer group, organisation or business can get involved in the next campaign in 2026, contact Alice, campaigns & communications manager.

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Community Rail Week highlights

2025

A huge thank you to everyone who got on board during 19-25 May 2025, running activities, events and promotions celebrating the theme of ‘Railway 200’ and highlighting the benefit your work brings to local communities. Special thanks to Rail Delivery Group, who sponsored the week. We could not have hoped for a better response from members, partners and the public.

Catch up on our member-led activity from Community Rail Week 2025.