1. “What Have We Learned & What’s Next?” 7 th September 2016 Neil Buxton General Manager

2. CRP Performance – National Context

3. CRP Performance – All Designated Lines

4. CRP Performance Growth: Period 1 2006/07 to Period 4 2016/17 TOP FIVE COMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIPS CRPT RAIN O PERATOR % GROWTH SINCE 2006-07 1. Bristol TM – Severn BeachGreat Western Railway206% 2. Truro - FalmouthGreat Western Railway155.1% 3. Derby - MatlockEast Midlands Trains128.8% 4. Exeter - BarnstapleGreat Western Railway112.0% 5. Oxenholme - WindermereNorthern (Transferred from TPE 1.4.16) 96.8%

5. The Value of Community Rail CR lines can demonstrate a rate of growth 2.8% above that normally expected from regional lines CRPs more than pay for themselves, adding economic, social and environmental value 3,200 CR volunteers give 250,000 hours per year in support, giving additional financial value to the railway of £3.4m pa Station adoption is an outstanding low- cost/high-benefit measure, particularly where security or other problems can be addressed without high capital expenditure.

6. Community Hubs DfT keen to develop social enterprises and community businesses based around redundant railway buildings The aim is to make the station the focal point of its local community – a ‘Community Hub’ Options could include pub, café, post office, genera l store, bike hire, library, childrens’ nursery, meeting rooms, start-up office space etc etc etc etc ………..… ‘Bistro@The Station’ Etchingham, East Sussex

7. Station Hubs & Pop-Up Buildings Recycled and converted 20’ container Landeilo Station Hub ‘The Caboose’

8. Severn- Dee Travel Community Ticket Office Severn-Dee Travel Community Café Community Stations - Gobowen

9. Community Stations - Northwich ‘The Zone’ work training opportunity and cyber-café

10. Affordable Business Opportunities Whitby station The Waiting Room Independent No music No slot machines No TV No lager Just good beer and good company!

11. Waiting Shelters Kents Bank   Waiting shelters don’t have to be like this……  Gainsborough Central

12. Belper – the next generation…

13. And there’s always the station garden, big……. Hindley

14. …or small! Some great examples from our friends in Scotland…..

15. Local Authority Involvement Local authorities are struggling financially However, it’s important that they remain engaged and involved CRPs and station adopters can still deliver a number of their outputs: – Social cohesion – Environment – Regeneration – Access to work, education and health

16. Community Rail in 83 UK Local Authorities! Bath And North East Somerset Bedfordshire Blackburn With Darwen Blackpool Brighton And Hove Bristol Caerphilly /Caerffili Cambridgeshire Carmarthenshire /Sir Gaerfyrddin Cheshire Cheshire East Clwyd Conwy/Conwy Cornwall And Isles Of Scilly County Durham Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Dorset Dumfries And Galloway Dyfed East Lothian East Renfrewshire East Riding Of Yorkshire East Sussex Edinburgh Essex Flintshire/Sir Y Fflint Glasgow Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Gwynedd /Gwynedd Halton Hampshire Herefordshire County Of Hertfordshire Highland Inverclyde Isle Of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Medway Merseyside Midlothian Milton Keynes Norfolk North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Perth And Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Powys - Powys Redcar And Cleveland Scottish Borders Shropshire Somerset South Ayrshire South Gloucestershire South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stirling Stoke-On-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swansea /Abertawe Torbay Tyne And Wear Warrington Warwickshire West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Wrexham/Wrecsam

17. Where Heritage meets Community…. North Yorkshire Moors Railway Levisham Goathland Pickering G ROSMONT W HITBY Middlesbrough Sleights Ruswarp

18. Where next?

19. RSSB/DfT: Heritage & Community Rail Tourism Grant £75,000 grant to publicise and encourage visiting the UK by local rail Involving links to many other organisations Ready by May 2017 Several languages

20. www.britainsbestscenicrailwaysIntroductory page with ‘Top Ten Best Lines’ pages Links to CRP websites + NRES + Britrail + heritage rail websites + accommodation booking sites + VisitEngland/Wales/Scotland etc; etc, etc…….. Website Concept

21. Website Mockup

22. Three key drivers: – ACoRP member survey revealed shortcomings of delivery in certain fields – No succession strategy and ageing staff! (also includes diversity agenda) – Arriva Rail North franchise commitments (and possibly others in the future) ACoRP Re-organisation

23. To refine ACoRP’s internal structure To give the CEO a more strategic role To help ARN deliver their franchise commitments With the ARN funding, aim to make ‘the whole greater than the sum of its parts’ To deliver a better product overall to both ACoRP’s members and the wider rail industry The Main Aims

24. Operations – CRPs; station adopters; community stations; Welsh and Scottish liaison.  Improved delivery in the areas of Training, Induction and New Uses for Unused Railway Property Commercial & Administration – Events; training; communications; office management; – Training and HR roles will be outsourced as required.  Improved delivery in the areas of Marketing, Communications, Access to Funding; Links with Tourism & Heritage facilities Finance – Financial matters; financial oversight and reporting New Working Areas

25. ACoRP Board (1) CEO (2) S ENIOR O PERATIONS M ANAGER [Brian Barnsley] (3) O PERATIONS M ANAGER (5) O PERATIONS O FFICER (4) C OMMUNITY S TATIONS D EVELOPMENT M ANAGER [Martin Yallop] (6) S ENIOR C OMMERCIAL M ANAGER (8) E VENTS & F UNDRAISING M ANAGER [Hazel Bonner] (7) C OMMUNICATIONS & M ARKETING M ANAGER (9) T OURISM & H ERITAGE O FFICER (10) A DMINISTRATION M ANAGER [Dawn Wolrich] (11) A DMINISTRATION A SSISTANT (14) M ANAGEMENT A CCOUNTANT [Roger Tolson] (outsourced) (15) B OOK -K EEPER [Glynis Boocock] (outsourced) CommREG (Northern Rail) New ACoRP Posts Heavy type: post to be filled Light type: post filled

26. This is a railway….

27. …but this is THE railway

28. www.acorp.uk.com The Old Water Tower Huddersfield Railway Station St George’s Square Huddersfield HD1 1JF