Sep 6, 2022 | Adventure, Carmarthenshire, Culture and Heritage, Featured, Love, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Quality of Life, Swansea
We’re delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories in the Community Rail Awards 2022: we’ve made the finals for Most Enhanced Railway Spaces, and for Best Community Engagement Project. The Community Rail Awards, now in their 18th year, really mean a lot to us...
Aug 9, 2022 | Nature, Quality of Life, Swansea, Swansea Station
If you’ve visited Swansea Station lately, you’ll almost certainly have noticed the improved station forecourt, which has been enhanced with new benches and planters in a project led by renowned Swansea artist Owen Griffiths. Now visitors to the station can take time...
Jun 29, 2022 | Carmarthenshire, Changemakers, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Quality of Life, Swansea
We recently announced the recipients of our 2022 Changemakers Fund grants – and what an inspiring selection of groups they are. They include a wellbeing allotment project, a heritage railway, a theatre company, a local park group and many more. In total, £15,004.23...
Jan 20, 2022 | Education and Skills, Quality of Life, Swansea Station
Jason Holloway’s job carries a lot of responsibility. As a duty manager at Swansea Station, he has to ensure the safe arrival and dispatch of trains, provide customers with important information and ensure the trains depart on time. His job takes him from the train...
Dec 8, 2021 | Featured, Love, Quality of Life
No two days are alike for train conductor Michael Gannon. Working varied shifts, his job takes him rich across the South West Wales rail network, from Cardiff to Milford Haven, Pembroke and Fishguard. Michael, 40, lives in Neath and is based out of Carmarthen station...
Mar 31, 2021 | Carmarthenshire, Featured, Lamphey, Llanelli, Love, Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Quality of Life, Station Adopters, Swansea
Figures from Community Rail Network’s Community Rail in Wales report, sponsored by Rail Delivery Group and released today (31 March), highlight that more than 1,100 volunteers give 50,000 hours annually, valued at £4.3 million, to support social inclusion and...