23-05-15 Award for Community Rail Chairman

At the final meeting of the Craven District Council 30 individuals and organisations from the Craven District were honoured with Legacy Awards, amongst them was the long-serving chairman of the Bentham Line, Gerald Townson.  This marked the end of an era, as the District Council was subsumed within a new North Yorkshire Council.

2023-05-15T09:49:02+00:00May 15th, 2023|Featured, News|0 Comments

22-09-12 A Grand Day Out at the Seaside

The original children’s story has proved extremely popular over the past year. Hundreds of copies have been given out for free on the line's services by booking office staff at stations on the route and at numerous Community Rail events, including visits to local primary schools.

2022-09-12T14:16:27+00:00September 12th, 2022|Award, Featured, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments

22-08-12 A Trio of National Short-Listings for The Bentham Line

The Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (the Bentham Line) were delighted to receive the splendid news, from the Community Rail Network, this week, that they have been shortlisted for all three of the entries they made earlier in the year to the National Community Rail Awards 2022.

2022-08-12T13:44:38+00:00August 12th, 2022|Award, Featured, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments

22-07-14 Chairman Reports on a Further Successful Year for the LMCRP

Gerald Townson, Chairman presented the annual report to the meeting covering the diverse and extensive activities of the Partnership from its recently published and well received ‘Bentham Line Strategy to 2022’ to the continuing educational work with primary schools along the route.

2022-07-14T15:50:09+00:00July 14th, 2022|Featured, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments

22-07-14 ‘Access for All’

Students participants in Northern Train’s ‘Year in Industry’ scheme for 2021/22 have been placed in a variety of departments and in different locations. The ‘Access for All’ project has given students participating in Northern Train’s ‘Year in Industry’ scheme for 2021/22 the chance to come together and work as a team. This is the fourth successive year that the Bentham Line has supported the students.

2022-07-14T12:52:54+00:00July 14th, 2022|Education, Featured, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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