A TYNE Valley community rail organisation has received a coveted national award for its work breaking down barriers to rail travel and bringing people together through song. Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership (TVCRP) fought off strong competition to take home the Involving Diverse Groups award, sponsored by rail operator LNER, at the 16th national Community Rail Awards, earlier this month. The partnership, which works along the Tyne Valley Line from Newcastle to Carlisle, was celebrated for its ‘Lyric to Line’ project. The initiative used music to identify and understand how more people, particularly groups with additional needs, could be enabled to take advantage of rail travel, by overcoming perceived and practical barriers.
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4:17 PM December 21, 2020
Engineers from Balfour Beatty collect the new Coke Ovens Junction sign. Picture: Community Rail Norfolk
- Credit: Community Rail Norfolk
A piece of railway history has returned to Lowestoft with a new sign installed at Coke Ovens Junction, half a mile to the west of the town’s railway station.
The name of the junction disappeared in 1970 when the Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth line closed.
Although Coke Ovens Junction pre-dated the opening of the direct Yarmouth route in 1903, having initially served as the point where the railway had numerous coke ovens, the name had survived for more than 100 years.
Published:
4:17 PM December 21, 2020
Engineers from Balfour Beatty collect the new Coke Ovens Junction sign. Picture: Community Rail Norfolk
- Credit: Community Rail Norfolk
A piece of railway history has returned to Lowestoft with a new sign installed at Coke Ovens Junction, half a mile to the west of the town’s railway station.
The name of the junction disappeared in 1970 when the Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth line closed.
Although Coke Ovens Junction pre-dated the opening of the direct Yarmouth route in 1903, having initially served as the point where the railway had numerous coke ovens, the name had survived for more than 100 years.
It s full steam ahead for a Cumbrian partnership’s achievements which has engaged with families to make positive change A pioneering education project and an “inspirational” community rail scheme have won coveted national awards for their efforts in engaging people with the Cumbrian Coast Line. Community Rail Cumbria, working with Millom Discovery Centre and Flimby Primary School, fought off strong competition to win the influencing positive change and sustainable development award at the 16th national Community Rail Awards, on December 9. The partnership was recognised for its Better Side of the Tracks project, through which community rail aimed to support positive social change for children and families living in deprived communities by increasing access to educational opportunities, such as visits to Millom’s Discovery Centre and its museum.
Cumbrian partnership’s achievements engaging families in positive change celebrated at national Community Rail Awards A pioneering education project and an “inspirational” ‘community rail’ volunteer have won coveted national awards for their efforts in engaging people with the Cumbrian Coast Line. Celebrating for Cumbria on the night, was Kath Warbrick of the Friends of Aspatria Station she took home the Outstanding Volunteer Contribution Award, sponsored by Merseyrail. Reacting to her win, Kath said: “It was unbelievable, I never win anything! It was a big shock, but I’m very happy. The station is a lot different now to what it was, but the emphasis shouldn’t just be on me, it should be the people who work with me, Sandra, Stephen, and Tony, and my late husband Keith, who was there at the start.”