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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.
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.
21-11-Major New Development Study announced
The Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (LMCRP) is looking in detail into the future of The Bentham Line.
21-10-‘Go Green by Train’ to help tackle climate emergency
The Bentham Line joins national campaign encouraging people to ‘Go Green by Train’ to help tackle climate emergency.
21-07-WELCOME BACK TO THE BENTHAM LINE
Alongside national campaigns by Rail Operators, the Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership (LMCRP) has launched their own promotional video for the Bentham Line, as the route is known, and encourage people to return to rail travel.
23-07-We Want to Tell you a Story – ‘A Grand Day Out to the Seaside’
As part of their community project on the Bentham Line with Northern and the Leeds-Morecambe Community Rail Partnership, the 2019/20 Year in Industry students created a colourful and imaginative story for young children about a journey along our scenic line.
19-02-Double Unveiling – named train at Leeds and new artwork at Bentham
A train was named “The Bentham Line – A Dementia-Friendly Railway” by Peter Wilkinson, Managing Director of Passenger Services, Rail Group, DfT.
Dementia Friendly Railway
The Leeds, Lancaster & Morecambe Community Rail Partnership Launches Dementia-Friendly Initiative for the Bentham Line, at Leeds and Bentham.


















