Association of Community Rail Partnerships
See also: List of ACoRP membersThe Association of Community Rail Partnerships is funded by the Department for Transport as an umbrella group to support CRPs and Station Friends groups. The Association shares ideas and best practice among its members through various channels including conferences and seminars and a quarterly magazine Train Times, also a monthly electronic newsletter. An annual Community Rail Awards event is held each autumn on a different community railway around the country each year.
There are more than fifty CRPs in the United Kingdom, most supporting just one line but some, such as the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership encompass several nearby routes.
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