{"id":22002,"date":"2024-03-23T06:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=22002"},"modified":"2024-03-23T06:36:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:36:42","slug":"good-news-friday-your-weekly-roundup-of-positive-rail-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=22002","title":{"rendered":"Good News Friday: Your weekly roundup of positive rail news!"},"content":{"rendered":"

for the green team: rail industry partnership recognised for first sustainable travel toolkit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Train operator CrossCountry<\/a> and the Community Rail Education Network (CREN)<\/a> have been recognised for work on the UK\u2019s first educational toolkit on sustainable travel.<\/p>\n

The Sustainable Travel Education Toolkit won first place for \u201cInfluencing Positive Change & Sustainability\u201d at the Community Rail Awards in Swansea earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The new toolkit \u2013 aimed at Key Stage Two students \u2013 has been developed to teach young people about the green credentials of the rail network and encourage them to make more sustainable travel choices.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first time that CrossCountry<\/a> has won an award as a train operator at the hotly-contested Community Rail Awards, which mainly recognises work by Community Rail Partnerships<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n

The development of the toolkit was funded by a \u00a312,000 investment from CrossCountry\u2019s<\/a> Community Engagement Fund and supported by the Community Rail Education Network<\/a> and Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership.<\/p>\n

CrossCountry\u2019s<\/a> Stakeholder Liaison Manager for the North East & Scotland, Alex Bray, said:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to be recognised for this fantastic set of resources promoting sustainable travel choices to young people across the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince we launched the toolkit at the National Railway Museum we\u2019ve had great responses from children and teachers alike \u2013 I\u2019d encourage any Key Stage Two educators to download it for free and incorporate it into green teaching!\u201d.<\/p>\n

Karen Bennet, Chair of the Community Rail Education Network,<\/a> said:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m delighted that \u2018Travel with the Green Team\u2019 has been recognised at the Community Rail Awards in such a competitive category.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been fantastic to work together across the industry to create such engaging resources for primary school children to learn how to make, and to talk about, more sustainable choices in travel.\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other Community Rail Partnerships supported by CrossCountry<\/a> were recognised for another 16 awards in a hotly-contested evening, with a bumper crop of 18 months of community work available to be nominated.<\/p>\n

Jools Townsend, chief executive at the Community Rail Network<\/a>, said:\u00a0\u201cOur Community Rail Awards give deserved recognition to community rail partnerships, groups and volunteers across Britain and now beyond. This year\u2019s ceremony in Swansea saw 430 guests from across the community rail movement and transport sector celebrating community rail\u2019s role building stronger, fairer, greener communities, served and connected by their railways and wider sustainable transport network.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>It was fantastic to have our first winners from outside Britain this year. Our congratulations go to all our winners, and thanks to everyone who supports and champions community rail across the rail and transport field, helping the movement to go from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

To download the Sustainable Travel Education Toolkit, visit:\u00a0www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk\/xc-community-hub\/sustainable-travel-educational-toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n

To find out more about CrossCountry\u2019s<\/a> work with Community Rail Partnerships, visit:\u00a0www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk\/xc-community-hub\/community-rail-partnerships<\/a><\/p>\n

Northern stations win big at Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Northern<\/a>-managed stations have picked up top gongs at the Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alderley Edge won the top award, being named \u2018Cheshire Best Kept Station\u2019 in 2023.<\/p>\n

It follows praise for the station\u00a0by the Royal Horticultural Society<\/a> in October 2023\u00a0when its floral offering was recognised as \u2018Outstanding\u2019 by the UK\u2019s leading garden charity.<\/p>\n

The station has also recently seen\u00a0investment in CCTV provision\u00a0as part of a roll-out of 612 new cameras across the Northern<\/a> network.<\/p>\n

The awards, which are celebrating their 21st\u00a0anniversary this year, were presented by Professor Paul Salveson MBE in Northwich last week (Tues 12 March).<\/p>\n

Also picking up an award was Brinnington station, which was named \u2018Best Staffed Station\u2019.\u00a0The station was in the national media spotlight in 2023 following the\u00a0success of a \u2018Swap Shop\u2019 created at the station for the local community by Northern<\/a> colleagues Stewart Hall and Darin Astbury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other Northern<\/a>-managed stations that picked up awards were:\u00a0Greenbank\u00a0(Best Unstaffed Station),\u00a0Rose Hill\u00a0(In Bloom Award),\u00a0Disley\u00a0(Sustainability Award),\u00a0Goostrey\u00a0(Art Project Award) and\u00a0Romiley\u00a0(King\u2019s Coronation Award).<\/p>\n

Delamere\u00a0won the Cheshire West and Chester Award,\u00a0Glazebrook\u00a0won the Halton & Warrington Award and\u00a0Heaton Chapel\u00a0won the special\u00a0TfGM Award.<\/p>\n

Stations that were Highly Commended in their categories included\u00a0Marple\u00a0(Community Rail Network Award\u00a0for Community Engagement),\u00a0Handforth\u00a0(Best Staffed Station),\u00a0Hale\u00a0(King\u2019s Coronation Award)\u00a0and\u00a0Sandbach\u00a0(Cheshire East Award).<\/p>\n

For more information about the awards, visit:\u00a0www.bestkeptstations.org.uk\/2023-winners<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Craig Harrop, regional director for Northern<\/a>, said: \u201cI\u2019d like to congratulate all my colleagues and the volunteer groups at stations across Cheshire that were recognised at the awards last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir commitment to excellence in terms of the presentation, operation and overall customer experience of their stations is remarkable and the awards are a great opportunity to highlight their hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at the awards ceremony last week, Mark Barker, chair of Cheshire Best Kept Stations, said: \u201cWhat volunteers do is amazing; the passion, commitment, ingenuity, resourcefulness and sheer hard work has improved your stations for passengers, the community, the railway and for yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a rallying call to volunteer groups across the county, he added: \u201cPlease keep on doing what you are doing!\u201d<\/p>\n

Steaming ahead: Lumo strengthens pioneering partnership with Beamish Museum<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Popular open access train operator Lumo<\/a> has renewed its partnership with Beamish Museum<\/a> which is the North East of England\u2019s most visited tourist attraction according to a new report by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA).<\/span><\/p>\n

Lumo<\/a> will carry thousands of people to the region this week as English Tourism Week gets in full swing, celebrating the quality and value of English tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beamish Museum welcomed Lumo as the very first \u2018Business Champion\u2019 member as part of a pioneering partnership established in 2023. To coincide with English Tourism Week, Lumo<\/a> has reaffirmed its commitment to Beamish and helping further support the region\u2019s visitor economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Martijn Gilbert, Managing Director at Lumo<\/a>, said: \u201cLumo\u2019s<\/a> unique partnership helps support, protect and celebrate the rich railway heritage showcased at Beamish Museum. We\u2019re proud of how we\u2019re partnering with Beamish Museum<\/a> to bring the past to life for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs well as attracting thousands of people to find out about how our region helped shape Britain\u2019s railways, we\u2019re excited to be helping more people visit the region and support the vibrant tourist economy during English Tourism Week and throughout the year.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lumo<\/a>, based in Newcastle, operates an entirely electric train service of high-speed Hitachi trains built in County Durham; a demonstration of the progress over the years since the first passengers were carried by train almost 200 years ago in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liz Peart, Partnerships Officer at Beamish Museum,<\/a> said: \u201cWe\u2019d like to thank Lumo<\/a> for choosing to renew their Business Champions membership for the coming year, we are delighted to have their continued support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur Business Friends scheme is a valuable additional income stream for the museum which is a registered charity.\u00a0 Our staff and volunteers really do appreciate all the partnerships we develop with local North East businesses as they enable us to continue to deliver our range of activities for everyone from school children to older people and to ensure we can keep telling the stories of everyday life in North East England.\u00a0 We\u2019d love to hear from any other businesses who would like to find out more about joining Business Friends of Beamish and, like Lumo<\/a>, help to support the museum\u2019s work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beamish Museum<\/a> plans to open a range of new exhibits this year, including the recreation of The Grand cinema<\/span><\/a>, from Ryhope in Sunderland, which will give visitors a chance to experience a trip to the pictures in the 1950s. The cinema will be recreated, incorporating as many elements and features of the original building as possible, and brought to life including screening films, period newsreels and adverts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The positive economic contribution of Lumo<\/a> was assessed by an independent report launched last month. The combined monetised benefits of Lumo<\/a> are set to deliver between \u00a3470 and \u00a3740 million in economic benefits through its faster journeys, industry employment and fare savings for customers as well as continuing to attract more people from other modes such as road and air.<\/span><\/p>\n

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