About us
The
Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership – what is it?
The Rail Partnership is a community rail partnership , one of the longest established and largest in the country. It is a non-profit organisation.
We work not just to promote travel on rural branch lines and seek improvements to services and facilities – but also to promote the places served by the branch lines and help the local economy.
The Partnership works on six branch lines:
- Exeter – Barnstaple : The Tarka Line
- Plymouth – Gunnislake : The Tamar Valley Line
- Liskeard – Looe : The Looe Valley Line
- Par – Newquay: The Atlantic Coast Line
- Truro - Falmouth: The Maritime Line
- Penzance - St Ives: The St Ives Bay Line
The Partnership has also had a good deal of success in attracting match funding from a number of sources – most notable are:
- A grant from the South West of England Regional Development Agency of £125,000, jointly with the Heart of Wessex Rail Partnership, which led to a number of significant promotions and station improvements during 2007 and 2008.
- The Countryside Agency’s granting of Rural Transport Partnership status to the Rail Partnership, which saw nearly £1 million invested in the branch lines over a six year period 2001-2007.
- Countryside Agency supported projects include additional Sunday and weekday train services, Rail Ale Trails, marketing campaigns on Tarka, Atlantic Coast Line and St Ives Bay Lines, station improvements and a Delegated Fund which has helped community groups with a number of very local projects.
- Four successful bids to the Strategic Rail Authority's Rail Passenger Partnership Fund - two for train services enhancements - both Sunday services - two for station improvement schemes.
- a grant of £235,000 from the EU’s European Regional Development Fund towards promotional activity between 1997 and 1999.
For further information on any aspect of the Partnership’s work, please contact Richard Burningham, the Manager – details on this page.
Richard Burningham was awarded the MBE for "Services to the railway industry in the South West" in the 2010 New Year Honours.
Partners
We are grateful to the following for their funding, past and present, and other support to the Partnership’s work
| Cornwall Council | Devon County Council | Plymouth City Council |
| University of Plymouth | First Great Western |
|
| Looe
Valley Line: South East Cornwall Tourism Association Liskeard Town Council Looe Town Council |
The
Maritime Line: Falmouth Town Council Penryn Town Council Truro City Council |
The
Atlantic Coast Line Newquay Town Council |
| Tamar
Valley Line: West Devon Borough Council Dartmoor National Park Bere Ferrers Parish Council Calstock Parish Council |
Tarka
Line: Barnstaple Town Council Tarka Trail Cycle Hire |
St Ives Bay Line |
Contacts
Richard Burningham MBE, Manager
Rebecca Catterall, Development Officer
Sandra Horn, Clerical Assistant
School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
Tel/fax – 01752 233094
E-mail - railpart@plymouth.ac.uk
Other websites
http://www.trailsfromthetrack.com
This
is the website of the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, School of Geography,
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA e-mail
We
are a Community Rail Partnership, one of the longest established and largest
in the country. Find out more about us here
