For years Community Rail Partnerships have been encouraging visitors to access the countryside and walk and cycle, but how does this key CRP activity integrate into the Department for Transport’s Active Travel agenda?

Could not make the conference? - the presentations are downloadable in pdf format in the column to the right.

Nick Farthing, Sustrans
Active Travel and Health

Dr Paul Salveson MBE, The Railway Doctor’
Active Travel and the Rail Industry – What’s it all about?  

Dr Jo Guiver, University of Central Lancashire
Active Travel and the Role of Rural Bus Services

Richard Smith, Living Streets
Let’s Walk to the Station – How can CRP’s/Train Operators encourage passengers to walk to their local stations

Dr Colin Speakman, Transport for Leisure
Walking for Leisure and its Economic Impact on Rural Railway Lines

Cameron Jones, Abellio
Improving Access to and Security at Stations for Cyclists

Colin Clifford, Off The Rails
Cycle Hire as a Sustainable Business

Ian Dinmore, Norfolk CC
Promoting Walking & Cycling on Community Rail Lines

Frank Roach, HITRANS
Promoting Walking & Cycling on Community Rail Lines

Richard Watts
‘Dales Rail’ – What is happening?