Enter our fun summer 2024 competition! Budding photographers or keen rail travellers are all welcome. Below is our T&C’s and we’d just like to wish you all good luck!
The competition will run from Monday 22nd July and close at midnight on 20th September.
All photographic entries must be taken through the train window – either from a platform or train.
Please stand at least 1.5 meters from the platform edge when taking photographs.
The platform and train must be part of the Mid Cheshire Railway Line. This includes stations running from Manchester to Chester via Altrincham.
Entries taken from a tram window cannot be entered.
The competition is judged in three age groups –
- 5-11
- 12-18
- 18 plus
Judging criteria is as follows:
- A maximum of 5 photos per entrant
- Each photo must be a minimum of 800×600 pixels and a maximum of 1600 x 1200 pixels
- Each photo is judged on the following – Impact 50%, Composition 25%, Quality (focus, sharpness etc.) 25%.
Entries can be posted on your preferred social media platforms.
- TikTok
The following hashtag #midcheshirerailwayline must be used.
The photographs should also be emailed to
sandra.curties@midcheshirerail.org.uk with the following details
Name, Email, Age and mobile number
Competition entries will be judged by amateur John Horsley and members from the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership.
Winners will be announced no later than Friday 29th September. The judges’ decision is final
The competition is open to all except employees and their families of the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership.
The prizes are
- 2 return West Coast Main Line Tickets (anywhere on the West Coast Mainline) – 18 plus
- 2 return Northern Rail tickets (anywhere on the Northern Network line) – 12-18 years
- 4 Go Ape Vouchers – 5-11 years plus
- 2 Planet Ice tickets – 12-18 years
- By participating each participant consents to the photograph being used in future social media, on Mid Cheshire stations, on the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership website, publications, and Press Releases.
Last Year’s Winners
Ava Boylan – 5-12 years category – 4 Go Ape tickets at Delamere Forest
Jamee Jones – 12-18 category – family ticket for Northern Rail and 4 vouchers for Planet Ice in Altrincham
David Sutton -18 plus – 2 free adult tickets for West Coast Main Line
