Capital Rail Action Group

Links

CRAG is a member of Transform Scotland, the national campaigning group for sustainable transport. They host this website for us.

CRAG is also part of the South East Scotland Transport Activists Roundtable (SESTAR), an informal network of transport campaign groups.


 

Trams / Light Rail

   
 Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA)  Information and campaigning about trams, tramways, streetcars and light rail transit systems  http://www.lrta.org/
     
 trams4edinburgh.co.uk    
 New Edinburgh Tramways (NETCo)    
     
 Croydon Tramlink    
 Docklands Light Railway  automated railway system serving London's Docklands  
 Manchester Metrolink    
 Midland Metro    
 Nottingham Express Transit    
 Sheffield Supertram    
 Tyne & Wear Metro    
     
 Tramway Orleans    
 Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund    
     
 Light Rail Atlas    
 'Tram Information' site    
 'Trams on railtracks' site    
 Alstom  tram manufacturers  
 Bombardier  tram manufacturers  
     
 

2. Railways

   
 

Rail industry:

   
 English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS)    
 Eurostar    
 First Engineering    
 Great North Eastern Railway (GNER)    
 National Rail  GB railway infrastructure company (this website has an excellent timetable facility)  
 ScotRail  Scotland's principal train operating company  
 Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT)    
 Virgin Trains    
 The Railway Forum    
 Railway Industry Association    
 Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)    
 Community of European Railways (CER)    
 

UK government bodies:

   
 Strategic Rail Authority (SRA)    
 Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR)    
 

UK-wide rail campaigns:

   
 Railfuture  (formerly known as the Railway Development Society) lobbies for protection and promotion of rail services across the country; the site gives links to other rail users' groups across the UK and overseas.  
 OnTheTrains.com  set up by the Rail Passengers Committee, this provides "the world's first online community for rail passengers, offering the opportunity to communicate with other users of the rail network and providing both a social space and a forum for your collective experiences, suggestions and ideas."  
 Rail Freight Group (RFG)    
 

Scottish local rail campaigns:

   
 Borders Transport Futures  company investigating reopening of the Waverley route  
 Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR)    
 CREATE (Campaign for Rail Enhancement Aberdeen to Edinburgh)    
 Rail Action Group, East of Scotland (RAGES)    
 Waverley Railway Project    
 

Scottish heritage & preserved railways:

   
 Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS)    
 Aberdeen's Railways    
 Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway  preserved steam railway and transport centre  
 Deeside Railway    
 Edinburgh Suburban Line    
 Great North of Scotland Railway Association (GNSRA)    
 Keith and Dufftown Railway    
 Strathspey Railway    
 

Trade unions:

   
 Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)    
 National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)    
 Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)    
 

Miscellaneous:

   
 Rail Europe    
 RailFind  UK railway website directory  
 The Train Line    
     
 

Other transport information

   
 Caledonian MacBrayne  Timetables, routes etc. for ferries to Scotland's islands  
 Lothian Buses    http://www.lothianbuses.com
 Scottish Citylink Coaches    http://www.citylink.co.uk/
 Spokes
 the Lothian cycling campaign  http://www.spokes.org.uk/
 Sustrans  civil engineering charity, promoting cycleways  http://www.sustrans.co.uk/
     
 

Other Edinburgh-based organisations

   
 The Cockburn Association
 Edinburgh's original conservation organisation with positive views on transport issues  http://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/
 The City of Edinburgh Council
   http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
 Edinburgh tourist board
   http://www.edinburgh.org/
 Napier University Transport Research Institute    http://www.tri-napier.org/
 Friends of the Earth Scotland  http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/
     
 

Media

   
 The Herald  Scottish daily newspaper with lively transport debate on the letters page  http://www.theherald.co.uk/
 The Scotsman  Daily newspaper, published in Edinburgh  http://www.scotsman.com/
 Sunday Herald    http://www.sundayherald.com/
     
 

Government

   
 Scottish Government  
http://www.scotland.gov.uk
 Scottish Parliament   http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/