Community rail partnership renewals for April, May and June 2026.
Accreditation was renewed for 11 community rail partnerships between January and March 2026.
Listing updated to include the October, November and December 2025 renewal dates for various community rail partnerships.
Addition of Isle of Wight Community Rail Partnership and The Community Train Community Rail Partnership as well as updated renewal information.
Bodies awarded community rail partnership accreditation and reaccreditation status between June 2024 and December 2024 added. New accreditation status awarded to Heart of Wales Development Company, Oxfordshire Community Rail Partnership and 3 Counties Connect Community Rail Partnership.
Accreditation awarded to White Cliffs community rail partnership and reaccreditation awarded to 17 community rail partnerships.
Accreditation awarded to 2 community rail partnerships and reaccreditation awarded to 11 community rail partnerships.
Announcement of bodies awarded community rail partnership accreditation and reaccreditation status between January 2023 and April 2023 which includes new accreditation status awarded to Calder Valley Line, Robinhood line, Yorkshire Coast CRP and Barton Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership.
Reaccreditation of Bishop Line CRP, North Staffordshire CRP, TransWilt CRP, New River Line CRP, North Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire CRP, Mid Cheshire CRP, Community Rail Cumbria CRP and Derwent valley Line CRP.
Announcement of bodies awarded community rail partnership accreditation and reaccreditation status between May 2022 and December 2022 which includes new accreditation status awarded to Gloucestershire and Crew to Manchester and South East Manchester Community Rail Partnership, reaccreditation of Abbey Line, Tyne valley , Worcestershire, Kent, Bolton and South Lancashire
Essex and south Suffolk, Devon and Cornwall, Heart of England, Severnside, Leeds- Morecambe, Meldreth shepreth foxton, Southeast CRP, settle and Carlisle Development company, Esk Valley Development Company and Community Rail Lancashire
Announcement of bodies awarded community rail partnership reaccreditation status between January 2022 and May 2022 which includes reaccreditation of North Staffordshire CRP, Hereward CRP, Derwent Valley Line CRP, Poacher Line CRP, North Cheshire CRP and High Peak and Hope Valley CRP.
Announcement of bodies awarded accreditation and reaccreditation status between September and November 2021 – includes new accreditation status awarded to North Notts and Lin CRP and the New River Line CRP alongside reaccreditation of Penistone CRP, Severnside CRP, Community Rail Lancashire, Transwilts CRP, Bishop Line CRP and Leeds-Morecambe CRP.
Announcement of bodies awarded community rail partnership accreditation and reaccreditation status between June 2021 and September 2021. This includes new accreditation status awarded to Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership and reaccreditation of Community Rail Cumbria, Tyne Valley CRP,
settle and Carlisle Development company, Esk Valley Development Company.
Rail accreditation awarded to Heart of England Community Rail Partnership and the reaccreditation of Kent Community, Surrey Hills to South Downs Community and Southeast Communities rail partnerships.
Announcement of bodies awarded community rail partnership accreditation and reaccreditation status between February 2021 and April 2021.
Rail accreditation awarded to Worcestershire and North Cheshire community rail partnerships.
Announcement of bodies awarded community rail partnership status between November 2019 to September 2020.
Accreditation of Morecambe & North Staffordshire community plus North Staffs Line rail partnerships.
Cambrian, Essex and South Suffolk, Severnside, Sussex and Tyne Valley Line community rail partnerships given accreditation.
Accreditation means that a partnership has met the Department for Transport’s, and where relevant, the Welsh Government’s, standards for appropriate operation.
Designated status for community rail lines or services in England remain in place until the community rail partnership’s accreditation application has been processed.