🚆 Case Study: Travelling Classrooms – Making Tracks to Inclusion (Railway 200)
Coming 2025–2026: Celebrating 200 Years of Railway History with a Social Impact Twist To mark the bicentenary of railway history in Scotland, Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership is launching an exciting new project: Travelling Classrooms – Making Tracks to Inclusion: Railway 200. This innovative initiative will bring together local communities, schools, and support groups across Lanarkshire for a dynamic, immersive learning journey—onboard real train services. 🎯 What’s it all about? Between May 2025 and April 2026, we’ll be delivering a series of free and subsidised rail journeys, each…
Case Study: Rail Safety Friendly Project – Educating Tomorrow’s Passengers
Location: Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Newton, Blantyre, Hamilton, Airbles, and MotherwellTheme: Rail Safety, Education, Community EngagementPartners: Rail 74 CRP, ScotRail, Learn Live, Local Schools, CRP Volunteers About the Project The Rail Safety Friendly Project is Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership’s (CRP) flagship education initiative for 2024–2025. Focused on improving rail safety awareness in local schools, the project builds strong partnerships with educators, learners, and rail operators to help reduce rail-related accidents and build a new generation of safe, confident rail users. Working with the Learn Live team and CRP volunteers,…
Case Study: Nature at Newton – Greening Our Local Station
Location: Newton Station, South LanarkshireTheme: Biodiversity, Community Engagement, Sustainable TravelPartners: Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership, ScotRail, Clyde Gateway, Local Volunteers, Rutherglen High School Introduction Newton Station is more than just a transit hub – it’s becoming a green gateway for the local community. Through the Nature at Newton initiative, Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has brought local people together to transform the station into a pocket of biodiversity and beauty, connecting nature with everyday rail travel. The Challenge Newton Station, located in a busy commuter corridor, was…