The Lakes Line Community Rail Partnership has welcomed the opportunity to support Cumbria County Council in spearheading a funding bid to develop the business case for expanding capacity on the Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere. The county council has today (Friday 5 March 2021) submitted an application to the Department for Transport for a …
Community Rail Cumbria celebrated four top awards in the 16th National Community Rail Awards held on Wednesday 9th December 2020. The annual awards ceremony, organised by the Community Rail Network, celebrates the best projects and activities that have taken place in community rail over the last twelve months. Cllr Keith Little, Cumbria County Council Cabinet …
Calling all budding young artists…… Northern is holding a Christmas Colouring Competition open now until 18th December. The grand prize this year is a custom arched vintage –style train plaque. Get your paints and pencils at the ready and join in the fun! http://northernrailway.co.uk/colouring
From 20th November, Avanti West Coast have removed Peak restrictions on travel into and out of London Euston on Fridays. This means that Off-Peak tickets are now valid for travel all day on Friday, rather than being restricted to departures from Euston after 09:30 and arrivals after 10:00 / 11:30. Please note that this only …
If you’re travelling home to Scotland or further South in England either to, or via, Birmingham / London by train before Christmas we want you to travel safely and travel with confidence. As the end-of-term travel window is likely to be shorter this year due to local Covid-19 restrictions, it’s really important that we work …
Community Rail Cumbria is delighted to welcome Eddie Pollock as the new Chairman for the Cumbrian Coast Line Community Rail Partnership. As a long-standing member of the Partnership, Eddie has represented Direct Rail Services who have been an influential and supportive partner for many years. Eddie’s personal interest and passion for Community Rail has helped …
Backtrack Competition Winners Announced In the early summer, with the UK in lockdown, many were concerned by a steep rise in railway trespass, particularly amongst 11- 18 year olds. Community Rail Officers from across the country who attended Community Rail Lancashire’s Virtual Education Network heard the frightening statistic from Network Rail of a 25% increase …
Following the re-opening of Millom Station Community Ticket Office back in June, the team has been delighted to welcome customers back and report a steady increase in footfall over recent weeks. As a result, with effect from Monday 14 September, the opening hours are now returning to pre-Covid times of: Monday – Friday 7am to …
After a frustrating and extended period of refurbishment, we are delighted to announce that Northern opened splendid new toilet facilities this morning for rail users at Grange over Sands station! The toilets are for rail users with valid tickets and station adoption volunteers only. A key for entry must be requested at and returned to …
Regretfully, through ticketing with the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (R & ER) has been withdrawn until further notice. This is due to the R & ER operating a limited number of services per day with Social Distancing measures in place and greatly reduced capacity. The R & ER have introduced a booking system where customer must …