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 …
The residents at Turning Point (Stanfield House) have been looking at ways of showing what recovery means to them and how this could inspire others. A series of boards were designed by the group and are now displayed on the southbound platform of their adopted station at Green Road. All of the photographs were taken …
Wednesday 12th August will see the welcome return of the station shop at Workington Railway Station. The shop will be open Wednesday –Saturday every week (9am-2pm). Pay a visit to the shop when travelling and speak to the friendly volunteers who will be selling a range of hot and cold drinks as well as confectionary …
A BRAND new outdoor event will be held on Copeland’s coastline next year, as part of the Connecting Cumbria’s Hidden Coast programme. Run the Edge will take place between Millom and Whitehaven on March 20 and 21, and is expected to welcome more than 800 competitors, boosting the area’s post-covid economic recovery. Organised by Copeland …
Regretfully, through ticketing with the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (R & ER) has been withdrawn until further notice.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 …
Ravenglass & Eskdale Steam Railway The La’al Ratty will be re-opening on Thursday 30th July, this can be accessed via the Ravenglass railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line. Tickets will be available to purchase online week commencing 27th July, visit the website https://ravenglass-railway.co.uk/ to find out when they are live. A visit to their …
Following a steady flow of passengers through the ticket office doors last week as more shops, businesses and lesiure activities opened up, please note the change in hours with effect from Monday 13 July 2020: Monday, Tuesday 7am – 10am Wednesday, Thursday 9am – 12pm Friday – Closed Saturday 9am – 12noon The new hours …
We are delighted to announce that Millom station ticket office is re-opening on Monday 6 July. The new hours for the time being are 7am – 10am weekdays but these will be subject to change depending on the demand. A one way system has been set up to minimise customers coming into contact with each …
Since the end of March 2020 and in common with many other UK Train Operating Companies Northern has requested that rail use be solely for Key Workers and Essential Travel only. With the change from 2m social distancing to 1m+ Northern would like customers to be aware of recently published revised guidance provided by National …