Listed below are some useful and interesting links, you will find others embedded elsewhere on this site.

National timetables and ticket bookings:

• National Rail Enquiries

Train Operating Companies & Transport:

• Northern Rail Ltd
• Virgin Trains
• Transpennine Express
• Merseytravel
• Merseyrail
• Transport for Greater Manchester
• Lancashire Bus - Transdev
• Stagecoach
• Traveline
• British Transport Police
• BwDConnect

Community Rail – General

• Association of Community Rail Partnerships
• Department for Transport – Community Rail
• Network Rail – Community Rail

Community Rail Partnerships

• Community Rail Lancashire Blog
• Cumbrian Coast CRP
• Devon & Cornwall CRP
• Esk Valley CRP
• Furness Line CRP
• Lakes Line CRP
• Penistone Line Partnership

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 – brand new community website for the Lancaster & Skipton RUG created using the BT Community Website Kit
• Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association – Blackpool South line & Poulton to Blackpool North
• Aire Valley Rail User Group – Skipton to Leeds
• Lancaster, Morecambe & District Rail User Group – a blog site for this group
• Incredible Edibles Accrington - the partnership that looks after the vegetable growing on Accrington station.
• Friends of Bentham Station – their brand new website created using the BT Community Website Kit

Destinations

• Visit Sefton & West Lancs – a new website encourage visitors to use sustainable transport to explore the area.  
• 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
• Lytham St. Annes – tourist information for the Lytham and St. Annes area
• Blackpool – tourist information for the Blackpool area
• Blackburn & Darwen – the official website guide to the Blackburn and Darwen areas
• Blackburn – a map of the town centre
• Clitheroe - the jewel in the Ribble Valley’s crown
• Liverpool – see below for some ideas for days out
  • Art on the Network – spend a day on the Merseytravel network spotting public art installations
  • Mersey Ferries – Ferry ‘cross the Mersey and much more
  • Spaceport – Liverpool’s ’out of this world’ visitor attraction
  • The Beatles Story – come and see where it all started in Liverpool
  • U-boat Story – life on U-534, a WW II German submarine
• Burscough Wharf – an arts, leisure, retail & creative media complex in recently renovated canal side buildings.
• Visit Whalley – the official website of Whalley’s Chamber of Trade

Others

• Alastair the Artist – Blackburn based Alastair Nicholson’s website
• 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!
• Tide Times – detail of tide times for 707 places around the country
• 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
• Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues – a site dedicated to music in and around the Ribble Valley
• St. Annes Town Council – the brand new website for St. Annes Town Council
• Blue Door Bicycles – David Hibbs’ cycle shop in London
• Car Free Walks – an organisation that promotes walking, but leaving the car at home
• Fylde Ramblers, Fylde Coast Ramblers and Fylde Rotary Ramblers – all arrange walks in and around the Fylde area and further afield.
• Manchester & District Walkers - a walking group aimed at people in their 20s & 30s in the Manchester area
• Isle of Man Steam Packet Company – all the information needed to travel to the Isle of Man
• Clitheroe Beer Festival – the East Lancashire CAMRA website
• Croston Old School – a community resource centre in the heart of Croston
• People Planet Film Festival – the Darwen Film Festival 2013 blog

The Lancashire Community Rail Partnerships are not responsible for the content of any external websites that maybe linked here.