Rail User Groups
Listed in this section are Rail User Groups (commonly referred to as ‘RUGs’).
Our detailed entries (click into one of the regions immediately below) relate to RUGs that are affiliated with Railfuture
and which also have a website or social media presense (note campaign groups are not included).
For Railfuture itself, see ‘National Railway Societies’ in this ‘Club Directory’)
For current meetings/events of the listed RUGS, see ‘Rail User Express’ magazine of Railfuture (you may use this link: www.railfuture.org.uk/Rail+User+Express. Note Railfutue has not been involved in the compilation of these pages and accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
The following are Rail User Groups that are not affiliated to Railfuture, and which have a website or social media presense.
Alexandra Palace - Friends of Ally Pally Station
www.friendsofallypallystation.co.uk
Arlesey Rail Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/groups/2086829241533039/?locale=en_GB
Ashchurch and Tewkesbury District Rail Promotion Group
Atlantic Coast Line, Friends of the:
www.dcrp.org.uk/lines/atlantic-coast-line
Baldock Rail User Group
www.facebook.com/groups/908618392601400/?locale=en_GB
Barking-Gospel Oak Rail User Group
Bearsted Commuter Group
www.facebook.com/groups/960923493923218
Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users’ Association
Bexhill Rail Action Group
www.bexhillrailactiongroup.com
Biggleswade Rail Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/groups/325991431263185
Borders Rail, Campaign for
www.campaignforbordersrail.org
Brentwood Bus & Rail Users’ Association
Brigg Line Rail Group
www.briggmarkettown.co.uk/community/organisations/friends-of-the-brigg-and-lincoln-line
Brighton Line Commuters
www.escis.org.uk/transport/brighton-line-commuters
Bristol Alliance, Transport for Greater
Bromsgrove And Redditch Rail User Partnership
Capital Rail Action Group
Carnforth Railway Action Group
Carnforth Station, Friends of:
Catford Loop – The Cinderella Line Campaign
Charlton, Transport for:
www.transportforcharlton.wordpress.com
Chippenham Rail User Group
(Can be contacted via Transwilts) www.transwilts.org
Church Stretton and District Rail Users’ Association
Clydesdale Rail Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081943415680&locale=hi_IN
Crewe & Shrewsbury Passengers’ Association
Crewkerne Station, Friends of
www.facebook.com/FriendsofCrewkerneStation
Cumbernauld Commuters’ Association
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054302599551
Dartford Rail Travellers’ Association
www.facebook.com/groups/DartfordRailTA
Dartmoor Railway Association
www.dartmoor-railway-association.org
Dore and Totley Station, Friends of:
Dronfield Station, Friends of:
www.friendsofdronfieldstation.org.uk
Enfield Transport Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082071776941
Folkestone & Dover Commuter Group
www.facebook.com/folkestonedovercommutergroup
Greenfield Station Rail Action Group
www.facebook.com/groups/greenfieldstationusers/?locale=en_GB
Greenwich Line Users’ Group
Handforth Station, Friends of:
Hanwell Station Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/groups/hanwellstation
Harborough Rail Users
Harpenden Thameslink Commuters
www.facebook.com/groups/harpendencommuters
Hassocks Amenity Association Rail Group
www.hassockscommunity.org.uk/rail-group
Independent Brigg Line Rail Group
Ivybridge Rail Users’ Group
Knebworth Rail Users’ Forum
www.facebook.com/groups/knebworthruf/?locale=en_GB
Kyle Line, Friends of the:
Lewes Rail Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/groups/LewesRailUsers
Letchworth Rail Users Group
www.facebook.com/groups/letchworthrailusers/?locale=en_GB
Luton Station Action Group
www.facebook.com/groups/623672241454747
Malvern’s Railway, Friends of:
www.malverncivicsociety.org.uk/friends-of-malverns-railway
Market Rasen Station Adoption Group
www.facebook.com/groups/391687484346103
Melksham Rail User Group:
North Devon Passenger Transport Users
North Pembrokeshire Transport Forum
NBH (Nuneaton, Bedworth & Hinckley) Community Rail group
www.twitter.com/nbhcommrail?lang=en-GB
North East Coastliners (Sunderland-Hartlepool-Stockton-Middlesborough)
Peterborough-Ely-Norwich Rail Users’ Group
Pilning Station Group:
Pitlochry Station Liaison Group:
(Now part of Highland Mainline Community Rail Partnership) www.highlandmainlinecrp.co.uk
Pontefract and Knottingley, Campaign for Improved Rail Services in:
www.facebook.com/RailservicesinPontefractandknottingley/?locale=en_GB
Preston Park Train Campaign
www.facebook.com/groups/237188850374551
Royston & Villages Rail Users Group
www.facebook.com/groups/roystonrailusers/?locale=en_GB
St Albans Commuter & Passenger Action Group
www.facebook.com/groups/469243693525776
St Germans and Rame Area Public Transport Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/sgrug/?locale=en_GB
St Leonards & Hastings Rail Improvement Programme
www.twitter.com/1066shrimprail?lang=en
Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth Rail Passengers’ Association
Slaithwaite & Marsden Action on Rail Transport
Solihull and Leamington Rail Users’ Association
South Hampshire Rail Users’ Group
Southwark Rail Users’ Group
Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum
www.spaldingtransportforum.co.uk
Stevenage Rail Users’ Group
www.facebook.com/groups/stevenagerailusersgroup
Styal Station, Friends of:
Sudbury Town Residents’ Association
www.stra.org.uk/stra-projects/transport
Three Oaks and Winchelsea Action for Rail Transport
www.guestling.org.uk/?page_id=1686
Totnes Rail Users’ Group
www.twitter.com/totnesrail?lang=en
Trimley Station Community Trust
www.facebook.com/TrimleyStation/?locale=en_GB
Tunbridge Wells & District Rail Travellers’ Association
www.tunbridge-wells-commuters.org.uk
Tyne & Wear Public Transport Users’ Group
Welham Green Rail Users’ Group
Wellingborough Rail Users
www.facebook.com/groups/WellingboroughRailUsers/?locale=en_GB
West Highland Lines, Friends of:
West Wiltshire Rail Users’ Group
Whimple Rail Users Group
www.facebook.com/groups/1504156329900967
Windsor Lines Passengers’ Association