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Dementia Friendly Railway
The Leeds, Lancaster & Morecambe Community Rail Partnership Launches Dementia-Friendly Initiative for the Bentham Line, at Leeds and Bentham.
20-01-2024 – National Community Rail Awards
Local community groups, the Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (LMCRP) and the Friends of Bentham Station (FOBS) have recently received the good news that all of their five entries had been short listed in four categories for the National Community Rail Awards 2024.
06-12-New Bentham Line Timetable from 10th December 2023
New Winter Timetable from Sunday 10th of December 2023.
23-09-12 The Bentham Line Welcomes Rail Minister
Huw Merriman MP, Minister of State for Rail, visited the Bentham Line to meet the people and organisations from the Community Rail side of the rail industry.
22-09-14 Seaside visit for refugees
On 24th August 2022 Northern Trains and the Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (CRP) supported the Refugee Action Group based in Bradford by offering a trip for families along the scenic Bentham Line to the seaside at Morecambe.
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.
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.
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.
21-05-Railway students want to get ‘Nature Back on Track’
Students have prepared nine station information panels under their chosen theme, ‘Get Nature Back on Track’, which also reflected their keen interest in important ‘green energy’ and sustainability ideas.
21-04-National Recognition for Local Community Rail Partnership
Government White Paper, the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, released which proposes a wide range of developments to reinvigorate the rail industry.
21-05-Flying Scotsman Brings Out the Crowds
Local communities along the Bentham Line turned out in strength to view a test run of the famous steam locomotive Flying Scotsman.
21-05-New Bentham Line Timetable from 16th May 2021
As Covid-19 restrictions are being gradually relaxed the number of services on the Bentham Line will increase from 16th May 2021.
21-02-Community Partnership set to help local railway to recover
The Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership LMCRP (The Bentham Line) is a member of the Community Rail Network - communityrail.org.uk
21-01-Two years of taking the message around the North
The Bentham Line and the Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (LMCRP) are celebrating a special two-year anniversary.