Listed below are some useful and interesting links, you will find others embedded elsewhere on this site.

National timetables and ticket bookings:

• National Rail Enquiries

Train Operating Companies & Transport:

• Northern Rail Ltd
• Virgin Trains
• Transpennine Express
• Merseytravel
• Merseyrail
• Transport for Gretaer Manchester
• Lancashire Bus - Transdev
• Stagecoach
• Traveline
• British Transport Police

Community Rail

• Community Rail Blog
• Association of Community Rail Partnerships
• Department for Transport – Community Rail
• Network Rail – Community Rail

Rail User Groups & Friends Organisations

• Ribble Valley Rail – Clitheroe to Bolton
• Settle – Carlisle Partnership – the site to promote England’s most scenic railway
• Ormskirk, Preston & Southport Travellers Association - Preston to Ormskirk & Wigan to Southport
• Lancaster and Skipton Rail User Group – Lancaster to Skipton
• Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association – Blackpool South line & Poulton to Blackpool North
• Aire Valley Rail User Group – Skipton to Leeds
• Lancaster, Morecambe & District Rail User Group – a blog site for this group

Destinations

• Scenic Britain by Train – link to the SBBT site and download the latest brochure
• Cycle Adventure – cycle hire in the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland
• Settle, North Yorkshire – Welcome to Settle, starting place of the England’s most scenic railway
• Bentham, North Yorkshire – Welcome to Bentham, gateway to the Dales, Lake District and Forest of Bowland
• Forest of Bowland – website for this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
• Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – the popular heritage railway in Bronte Country
• Lytham St. Annes – tourist information for the Lytham and St. Annes area
• Blackpool – tourist information for the Blackpool area
• Blackburn & Darwen – the official website guide to the Blackburn and Darwen areas
• Blackburn – a map of the town centre
• Clitheroe - the jewel in the Ribble Valley’s crown
• Liverpool – see below for some ideas for days out
  • Art on the Network – spend a day on the Merseytravel network spotting public art installations
  • Mersey Ferries – Ferry ‘cross the Mersey and much more
  • Spaceport – Liverpool’s ’out of this world’ visitor attraction
  • The Beatles Story – come and see where it all started in Liverpool
  • U-boat Story – life on U-534, a WW II German submarine
• Burscough Wharf – an arts, leisure, retail & creative media complex in recently renovated canal side buildings. 

Others

• The Railway Cutting – a Blog by ‘North West Media Man’
• Rail Ramblers – home of the Lancashire Rail Ramblers
• Colne Rhythm & Blues Festival – annual festival held over the August bank holiday
• Source Creative Design – Blackburn based design company
• Apple Video – Bolton based video production company
• Orbit Internet – web design and hosting
• First Rail Support – Teaching Zone – safety information for rail replacement buses
• Platform Gallery, The Ribble Valley’s arts and craft centre in Clitheroe
• My Local Weather – a useful weather site for intrepid DalesRailers and others who might want to walk in the Dales!
• Tide Times – detail of high tide times for various ports & resorts
• The Dales & Bowland Community Interest Company – operators of the Ingleborough Pony bus service
• Friends of DalesRail – a group formed to support the DalesRail service
• South Ribble Pensioners Association – the group using the refurbished station building at Bamber Bridge
• Dales Railcard – a railcard scheme for those living close to the S & C and Bentham lines
• Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues – a site dedicated to music in and around the Ribble Valley – click HERE to see their latest Press Release
• St. Annes Town Council – the brand new website for St. Annes Town Council
• Blue Door Bicycles – David Hibbs’ cycle shop in London
• Car Free Walks – an organisation that promotes walking, but leaving the car at home
• Fylde Ramblers, Fylde Coast Ramblers and Fylde Rotary Ramblers – all arrange walks in and around the Fylde area and further afield. 

The Lancashire Community Rail Partnerships are not responsible for the content of any external websites that maybe linked here.