Devon and Cornwall recognised at prestigious Community Rail Awards
Train operator First Great Western has praised its community support after the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership recently won a prestigious national award.
Train operator First Great Western has praised its community support after the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership recently won a prestigious national award.
At Thursday’s [4 October] Community Rail Awards, the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership (DCRP) won the outstanding teamwork award alongside First Great Western, Network Rail and Dawlish Town Council for The Rebuilding of Dawlish Station.
Further awards were won for the Best Marketing Campaign, for the DCRP’s Love Looe campaign. The campaign contributed to the line receiving its highest patronage for June and July than ever before.
Innovation in Community Rail was won by the EU Citizens Rail Project, led by the DCRP, for www.therivieraline.com website. The website is community rail’s first ever responsive website and is available to use on all devices.
Torquay Station won third place for the Best Station Garden and Large Floral Display by Robert Owen Community Aspects and First Great Western. Ian Mundy, Station Manager for Torquay went up with colleagues from Robert Owen Communities to collect the certificate.
First Great Western Managing Director Mark Hopwood said:
“I would like to offer my thanks and congratulations to all our partners involved in these awards.
“Our local Community Rail services are not only among the fastest growing, but also among the most reliable in the country and we look forward to continuing the work with our partners to deliver further improvements.
“Throughout the First Great Western network community rail groups play a leading role, adding value to projects designed to improve services and make stations safer, friendlier and greener.”
DCRP Manager Richard Burningham said:
“I am delighted that we were so successful at the National Community Rail Awards and that a number of the partners who had been key to the winning projects, from Looe, Dawlish and Torquay, were able to be with us and First Great Western at the Awards evening too.
“The winning projects are the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people. First Great Western’s help and strong support for the projects and what we do has been and is vital and we very much appreciate it.
“I was particularly pleased that two projects that are part of our EU Interreg Citizens’ Rail Project were successful.”
Tony Day, Chair of the Avocet Line Rail Users Group was also singled out for individual praise picking up third place in the Outstanding Volunteer Contribution category. Former First Great Western Regional Manager, West of England, Julian Crow received a very special lifetime achievement award for services to Community Rail.
At Thursday’s [4 October] Community Rail Awards, the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership (DCRP) won the outstanding teamwork award alongside First Great Western, Network Rail and Dawlish Town Council for The Rebuilding of Dawlish Station.
Further awards were won for the Best Marketing Campaign, for the DCRP’s Love Looe campaign. The campaign contributed to the line receiving its highest patronage for June and July than ever before.
Innovation in Community Rail was won by the EU Citizens Rail Project, led by the DCRP, for www.therivieraline.com website. The website is community rail’s first ever responsive website and is available to use on all devices.
Torquay Station won third place for the Best Station Garden and Large Floral Display by Robert Owen Community Aspects and First Great Western. Ian Mundy, Station Manager for Torquay went up with colleagues from Robert Owen Communities to collect the certificate.
First Great Western Managing Director Mark Hopwood said:
“I would like to offer my thanks and congratulations to all our partners involved in these awards.
“Our local Community Rail services are not only among the fastest growing, but also among the most reliable in the country and we look forward to continuing the work with our partners to deliver further improvements.
“Throughout the First Great Western network community rail groups play a leading role, adding value to projects designed to improve services and make stations safer, friendlier and greener.”
DCRP Manager Richard Burningham said:
“I am delighted that we were so successful at the National Community Rail Awards and that a number of the partners who had been key to the winning projects, from Looe, Dawlish and Torquay, were able to be with us and First Great Western at the Awards evening too.
“The winning projects are the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people. First Great Western’s help and strong support for the projects and what we do has been and is vital and we very much appreciate it.
“I was particularly pleased that two projects that are part of our EU Interreg Citizens’ Rail Project were successful.”
Tony Day, Chair of the Avocet Line Rail Users Group was also singled out for individual praise picking up third place in the Outstanding Volunteer Contribution category. Former First Great Western Regional Manager, West of England, Julian Crow received a very special lifetime achievement award for services to Community Rail.