Enjoy our 12 page booklet "Celebrating 175 Years of Railways across Cheshire" .... In 2015 Cheshire celebrated two key rail anniversaries: Chester to Birkenhead railway line which opened on 23rd September 1840 Crewe to Chester railway line which opened on 1st October 1840 To celebrate these 175th anniversaries interested local residents and organisations came together and arranged various events including a procession which made its way up City Road from the station, to Grosvenor Park before …
MCRUA AGM 2015
Both members and non-members are invited to the forthcoming MCRUA AGM on Tuesday 14th July 2015. The meeting starts at 7.30pm in the Conservatory at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley, just 5 minutes walk from Plumley Station. Once the formal procedings are over, we always have a speaker. This year it was to have been Peter Brunskill, Warrington Council’s Rail Officer. However, Peter is now unable to join us, and Gerard Rhodes, Rail Officer with Chester West & …
KNUTSFORD PROMENADES
Just the ticket ... you can travel by train .... Texts from the Front at 3.00pm and 6.30pm Texts from the Front brings to life memories and stories about Knutsford’s association with conflict and reconciliation across time through dance, drama, music, puppetry and visual arts. This is a free-to-all street festival. The schedule is designed so some performances overlap, some promenade along thestreet and there will be additional street performers along the way. Use the schedule overleaf as …
Community Rail in the City
Wednesday 20th May will see Community Rail Partnerships (CRPs) from across the network once again descending on the great cities of England to take part in the now annual ‘Community Rail in The City’ event. Co-ordinated by The Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP), these multiple events are being staged at a number of mainline stations and are designed to raise awareness of the great work going on within Community Rail and to promote usage of local and rural …