We are pleased to receive images of work carried out on Altrincham Interchange by volunteers Anne and Bev …
What a tremendous difference this will make to those travelling on the Mid Cheshire Line and the Metrolink into Manchester.
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Cheshire Best Kept Stations goes YouTube ….
Cheshire Best Kept Stations now has a YouTube channel ….
We have decided to communicate what we are doing via YouTube videos as well as emails, written material and social media so that we can keep you better informed about our work, to share what you are doing at your stations, and to tell you about the 2020 Cheshire Best Kept Stations.
Click here to take a look at our first Youtube video and look out for our clips of stations towards the end of the video.
Don’t forget to Subscribe to our channel when you are on YouTube so that you can keep better informed.
We also welcome your own videos to our new channel.
Nantwich is Blooming
We are grateful for the images sent in by Nantwich in Bloom who care for Nantwich Railway Station ….
Nantwich in Bloom have been planting the beds and containers maintaining them for the benefit of key workers and other passengers.
They have worked in small socially distanced working parties adhering to recommended protocol.
And, here are some of their 2020 images:
Bake me a train Competition ….
The Friends of Romiley Station invite you to bake a train ….
For the last two years the Friends of Romiley Station, with help from Northern, have sponsored a ‘Bake me a train’ competition as part of the Romiley Young Farmers Show.
Unfortunately, this year the Show has been cancelled.
But you can still join the Competition by sending an image of your fabulous bake to the Friends Group by Saturday 26th September 2020.
Click here for further details
Friends of Goostrey Station has been shortlisted for two awards ….
The Friends of Goostrey Station recently heard that their group of volunteers had been shortlisted for two Community Rail Awards ….
Earlier in the year, entries were submitted to a national competition.
Each of these consisted of a 200 word summary, 600 words of detailed explanation and 6 photos.
The full shortlist for each category will be featured in a special edition of Community Rail News and publicised through the press and social media. Winners will be announced during an online event on Wednesday 9th December.
In Category 4, for Most Enhanced Buildings and Surroundings, the FOGS entry concentrated on the successful restoration of the Victorian wooden station building.
This challenge was completed in 2019 but required seven years of patient negotiation, in person and via email.
During that time, FOGS members worked with our local community to improve the area around the station through gardening, artwork and railway memorabilia. They also liaised with various authorities to restore the water supply, to improve safety on the road bridge and to level the car park surface.
The second shortlisting is for Category 12 : It’s Your Station. Entries were placed into one of four groups and FOGS has been put in the Gold Band. The judging covered 3 areas – Gardening Achievement, Community Participation and Environmental Responsibility.
Our submission included descriptions of how recent improvements had made the station more welcoming, informative and biodiverse.
It was good to have photos of cubs helping to construct bug hotels and passenger comments about the art displays by pupils from Goostrey Community Primary School.
For example, ’Well done to all the children for helping to keep our station bright and cheerful’.
MP Fiona Bruce’s statement that FOGS is a ‘model of constructive joint working on the part of local residents of which this community is rightly proud’ was also quoted.
While we wait for the Award Ceremony, work continues to maintain the environment of Goostrey Station and to install a cycle rack, CCTV and toilets.