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Station Adoption

We manage around 470 stations and over half of them have station adoption groups. We support a growing number of these groups often known as ‘Friends of’. They engage their local community in their station making a more welcoming environment through a range of projects or initiatives including gardening, floral displays, artwork, partnerships with local schools and community support groups. They also bring redundant buildings back into use for community projects.

Groups come in many different shapes and sizes, there are no fixed rules, just that there is more than one person involved! If you are interested in starting a station adoption group for your local station please contact us by email at [email protected]

Our regional community and sustainability managers will work closely with Community Rail Partnerships and station adoption groups to help them develop plans. We have a range of material that may help, especially for anyone establishing a new group, these include safety briefings and guidance for activities.

Useful Documents

Annual Outline Plan

Community Volunteer Accident Form 

Initial Outline Plan

Planting Guidance

Annual Feedback Form

Record of Safety Briefings

Station Adoption Fund Guidance and Application Form

Station Adoption Guide

Station Adoption Safety Briefing

Station adoption groups at Northern stations

To find out more about existing station adoption groups, please select the relevant region below. If the station is shown in bold and clickable, you can click to read more information. If your station isn't clickable and you are interested in starting a local station adoption group please contact us at 
[email protected]

Adlington

Ansdell and Fairhaven

Appley Bridge

Arnside

Askam

Aspatria

Bamber Bridge

Bare Lane

Barrow-in-Furness

Bescar Lane

Blackpool North

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool South

Bootle

Braystones

Broad Green

Buckshaw Parkway

Burneside

Burscough Bridge

Burscough Junction

Cark and Cartmel

Carnforth

Cherry Tree

Chorley

Corkickle

Croston

Daltson

Dalton

Drigg

Earlestown

Eccleston Park

Edge Hill

Euxton Balshaw Lane

Flimby

Foxfield

Garswood

Grange-over-sands

Green Road

Halewood

Harrington

Heysham Port

Hoscar

Hough Green

Huyton

Ince and Elton

Kendal 

Kents Bank

Kirkby-in-Furness

Kirkham and Wesham

Layton

Lea Green

Leyland

Lostock Hall

Lytham St Annes

Maryport

Meols Cop

Mill Hill

Millom

Morecambe

Moss Side

Mossley Hill

Nethertown

New Lane

Newton-le-Willows

Parbold

Parton

Pleasington

Poulton-le-Flyde

Prescot

Rainford

Rainhill

Ravenglass

Roby

Roose

Rufford

Salwick

Sankey for Penrith

Seascale

Silecroft

Silverdale

Squires Gate

St Annes on the Sea

St Bees

St Helen's Central

St Helen's Junction

Staveley

Thatto Heath

Ulverston

Upholland

Warrington Central

Wavertree Technology Park 

West Allerton

Whiston

Whitehaven

Widnes

Wigton

Windermere

Workington

Accrington

Adlington

Alderley Edge

Altrincham

Appley Bridge

Ardwick

Ashburys

Ashley

Ashton-under-Lyne

Atherton

Bamford

Belle Vue

Birchwood

Blackburn

Blackrod

Bolton

Bramhall

Bredbury

Brierfield

Brinnington

Broadbottom

Bromley Cross

Bryn

Burnage

Burnley Barracks

Burnley Central

Burnley Manchester Road

Buxton

Castleton Lancs

Chapel-en-le-Frith

Chassen Road

Cheadle Hulme

Chelford

Chinley

Church & Oswaldtwistle

Clifton

Clitheroe

Colne

Congleton

Cuddington

Dasiy Hill

Darwen

Davenport

Deansgate

Delamere

Denton

Dinting

Disley

Dore and Totley

Dove holes

East Didsbury

Eccles

Edale

Entwistle

Fairfield

Farnworth

Flixton

Flowery Field

Furness Vale

Gathurst

Gatley

Glazebrook

Glossop

Godley

Goostrey

Gorton

Greenbank

Greenfield

Guide Bridge

Hadfield

Hag Fold

Hale

Hall i' th' Wood

Handforth

Hapton

Hattersley

Hazel Grove

Heald Green

Heaton Chapel

Hindley

Holmes Chapel

Horwich Parkway

Humphrey Park

Huncoat

Hyde Central

Hyde North

Ince

Irlam

Kearsley

Knutsford

Langho

Levenshulme

Littleborough

Lostock

Lostock Gralam

Manchester Oxford Road

Manchester Victoria 

Marple

Mauldeth Road

Middlewood

Mills Hill

Mobberley

Moorside

Moses Gate

Mossley

Moston

Mouldsworth

Navigation Road

Nelson

New Mills Central

New Mills Newtown

Newton for Hyde

Northwich

Orrell

Padgate

Patricroft

Pemberton

Plumley

Poynton

Prestbury

Ramsgreave and Wilpshire

Reddish North

Reddish South

Rishton

Rochdale

Romiley

Rose Grove

Rose Hill

Ryder Brow

Salford Central

Salford Crescent

Sandbach

Smithy Bridge

Strines

Styal

Swinton

Trafford Park

Urmston

Walkden

Westhoughton

Whaley Bridge

Whalley

Wigan Wallgate

Wilmslow

Woodley

Woodsmoor

Adwick

Althorpe

Apperley Bridge

Appleby

Armathwaite

Arram

Baildon

Bamford

Barnsley Interchange

Batley

Bempton

Ben Rhydding

Bentham

Bentley

Berry Brow

Beverley

Bingley

Bolton-upon-Dearne

Bradford Forster Square

Bradford Interchange

Bramley

Bridlington

Brigg

Brighouse

Brockholes

Broomfleet

Burley Park

Burley-in-Wharfedale

Castleford

Cattal

Chapeltown

Church Fenton

Clapham

Conisbrough

Cononley

Cottingham

Cottingley

Cross Gates

Crossflatts

Crowle 

Darnall 

Darton

Deighton

Denby Dale

Dent

Dodsworth

Dore and Totley

Driffield

Dronfield

East Garforth

Eastrington

Elescar

Featherstone

Ferriby

Filey

Fitzwilliam

Frizinghall

Gainsborough Central

Garforth

Gargrave

Garsdale

Giggleswick

Gilberdyke

Glasshoughton

Goldthorpe

Goole

Grindleford

Guiseley

Habrough

Halifax

Hammerton

Harrogate

Hatfield and Stainforth

Hathersage

Headingley

Hebden Bridge

Hellifield

Hensall

Hessle

Honley

Hope

Hornbeam Park

Horsforth

Horton in Ribblesdale

Howden

Hunmanby

Hutton Cranswick

Ilkley

Keighley

Kirk Sandall

Kirkby Stephen

Kirkstall Forge

Kirton Lindsey

Kiveton Bridge

Kiveton Park

Knaresborough

Knottingley

Langwathby

Lazonby and Kirkoswald

Lockwood

Long Preston

Low Moor

Marsden

Meadowhall Interchange

Menston

Mexborough

Micklefield

Mirfield

Moorthorpe

Morley

Mytholmroyd

Nafferton

New Clee

New Holland

New Pudsey

Normanton

Outwood

Pannal

Penistone

Pontefract Baghill

Pontefract Tanshelf

Pontefract Monkhill

Poppleton

Ravensthorpe

Rawcliffe

Ribblehead

Rotherham Central 

Saltaire

Saltmarshe

Sandal and Agbrigg

Settle

Shepley

Sherburn-in-Elmet

Shipley

Shireoaks

Silkstone Common

Skipton

Slaithwate

Snaith

South Elmsall

South Milford

Sowerby Bridge

Starbeck

Steeton and Silsden

Stocksmoor

Streethouse

Swinton

Thorne North

Thorne South

Thurnscoe

Todmorden

Ulceby

Ulleskelf

Wakefield Kirkgate

Walsden

Weeton

Wennington

Whitley Bridge

Wombwell

Woodhouse

Woodlesford

Worksop

Wressle

Acklington

Allens West 

Alnmouth

Bardon Mill 

Battersby

Billingham

Bishop Auckland

Blaydon

Brampton

Castleton Moor

Chathill

Chester-le-Street

Commondale

Corbridge

Cramlington

Danby

Dinsdale

Dunston

Eaglescliffe

Egton

Glaisdale

Great Ayton

Grosmont

Gypsy Lane

Haltwhistle

Hartlepool

Haydon Bridge

Heighington

Heworth

Hexham

James Cook University Hospital

Kildale

Lealholm

Longbeck

Manors

Marske

Marton

Metro Centre

Morpeth

Newton Aycliffe

North Road

Nunthorpe

Pegswood

Prudhoe

Redcar Central

Redcar East

Riding Mill

Ruswarp

Saltburn

Seaham

Seaton Carew

Shildon

Sleights

South Bank

Stocksfield

Stockton

Sunderland

Wetheral

Whitby

Widdrington

Wylam

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