The Clitheroe Line and East Lancashire Line Joint Community Rail Partnerships held their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 17 April 2025.
Chair of the partnerships, Mike Cliffe welcomed the large number of attendees to the meeting. Introductions were made for those who had not attended a meeting before and then the floor was given to Craig Harrop, Regional Director, Central & West for Northern Railway.
Craig gave a presentation updating the group on activities within Northern and covered such issues as:
+ The Pathway to High Performance
+ Training Delivery & Resources
+ Industrial Relations issues and Sunday working
+ New Train Procurement
+ Working with CRL
+ Yorkshire Dales Explorer
Northern’s first Smart training simulator prototype has arrived in the business
The full presentation can be seen on this link: Northern East Lancashire CRP AGM.
Mike Cliffe, Chair of the Joint CRPs than gave his annual report via a presentation and covered these points:
+ Strong recovery in passenger numbers especially at Accrington and Burnley Manchester Road
+ Reaccreditation
+ Success of the Yorkshire Dales Explorer
+ Integrated Sustainable Travel Fund
+ Community Rail Week
+ Community Rail Awards
+ From Church and Oswaldtwistle to Accrington and Beyond: By Train, Foot and Bicycle
Mike’s presentation can be seen on this link: Chair’s Report AGM 17.05.25
Next came the election of officers for the next 12 months and both Mike Cliffe (Chair) and Richard Watts (Partnership Secretary) were re-elected nem con. The post of Vice Chair remains vacant.
Richard Watts then gave a brief update on the current Activity Plan followed by Dave Savage who updated the group on the work of the Education Team. The joint presentation can be seen on this link: Activity Plan & Education Update 17 04 2025.
The next meeting of the Joint CRPs will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 10:30