{"id":25226,"date":"2024-04-05T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T06:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=25226"},"modified":"2024-04-05T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T06:36:32","slug":"huw-merriman-is-rias-special-guest-at-railway-children-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=25226","title":{"rendered":"Huw Merriman is RIA\u2019s special guest at Railway Children fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riagb.org.uk\/\">Railway Industry Association (RIA)<\/a> will be hosting a carriage on the Railway Children\u2019s Midland Pullman train on Thursday 9 May, with special guest Huw Merriman MP, Rail &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\">HS2<\/a> Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic Midland-Pullman will depart from London Paddington at 18:00 and travel through Bath, Reading, Newbury and Bradford on Avon before returning to Paddington at 22:30.<\/p>\n<p>The ticket includes a seven-course dining experience with a curated selection of fine wines and cheeses, alongside first-class entertainment. RIA members are eligible for a 10% discount.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railwaychildren.org.uk\/\">Railway Children.<\/a> By joining RIA on this journey, you will help change the lives of some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable children. All money raised from this exclusive event will fund the work of the Railway Children as it supports children alone and at risk on streets and at transport hubs across India, Tanzania and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can purchase their tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riagb.org.uk\/iCore\/Staff_Dashboards\/Specific_Event\/Event_Dashboard.aspx?EventKey=MIDPUL0905&amp;WebsiteKey=dc1927f5-fa2e-4539-97fe-f032f006424d\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box\">\n<p><strong>More Like This<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalrailwayreview.com\/news\/168864\/david-pitt-strike\/\">COMMENT: SilverRail VP David Pitt reacts to UK rail strikes<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalrailwayreview.com\/news\/168858\/rail-baltica-freight-2\/\">Rail Baltica facilitates climate-friendly intermodal freight transport<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalrailwayreview.com\/news\/168847\/allrail-db\/\">ALLRAIL: DB refuses to sell a new night train operator<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Railway Industry Association (RIA) will be hosting a carriage on the Railway Children\u2019s Midland Pullman train on Thursday 9 May, with special guest Huw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}