Links
Listed below are some useful and interesting links, you will find others embedded elsewhere on this site.
National timetables and ticket bookings:
Train Operating Companies & Transport:
- Northern Rail Ltd
- Virgin Trains
- Transpennine Express
- Merseytravel
- Merseyrail
- Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (Authority)
- Burnley & Pendle, Lancashire United
- Stagecoach
- Transport for Lancashire
- Traveline
- British Transport Police
Community Rail
- Association of Community Rail Partnerships
- Department for Transport – Community Rail
- Network Rail – Community Rail
Rail User Groups & Friends Organisations
- Ribble Valley Rail - Clitheroe to Bolton
- Settle – Carlisle Partnership – the site to promote England’s most scenic railway
- Ormskirk, Preston & Southport Travellers Association - Preston to Ormskirk & Wigan to Southport
- Lancaster and Skipton Rail User Group - Lancaster to Skipton
- Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association - Blackpool South line & Poulton to Blackpool North
- Aire Valley Rail User Group - Skipton to Leeds
Destinations
- Cycle Adventure – cycle hire in the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland
- Settle, North Yorkshire – Welcome to Settle, starting place of the England’s most scenic railway
- Bentham, North Yorkshire – Welcome to Bentham, gateway to the Dales, Lake District and Forest of Bowland
- Forest of Bowland – website for this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – the popular heritage railway in Bronte Country
Others
- Rail Ramblers - home of the Lancashire Rail Ramblers
- Colne Rhythm & Blues Festival - annual festival held over the August bank holiday
- Source Creative Design - Blackburn based design company
- Apple Video - Bolton based video production company
- Orbit Internet – web design and hosting
- First Rail Support – Teaching Zone - safety information for rail replacement buses
- Platform Gallery, The Ribble Valley’s arts and craft centre in Clitheroe
- My Local Weather - a useful weather site for intrepid DalesRailers and others who might want to walk in the Dales!
- The Dales & Bowland Community Interest Company – operators of the Ingleborough Pony bus service
- Friends of DalesRail – a group formed to support the DalesRail service
- South Ribble Pensioners Association – the group using the refurbished station building at Bamber Bridge
- Dales Railcard – a railcard scheme for those living close to the S & C and Bentham lines
The Lancashire Community Rail Partnerships are not responsible for the content of any external websites that maybe linked here.

