Last Friday’s and Saturday’s concerts in Delamere Forest proved very popular. Both were sold out with Simply Red on the Friday and James Morrison on the Saturday. The Sunday concert with The View was cancelled due to “extended recording commitments”.
The Forestry Commission advertised the train service and Northern strengthened our trains and provided [...]
Many thanks from us to almost 20 of you who’ve written to us or emailed in your ideas for our 2011 railtour following our request in the latest issue of our Rail Report.
Ideas have included:
- Tenby in South Wales, incorporating other stops along the way
- Weymouth, again with stops along the way
- Pwllheli, now the [...]
Congratulations to Christopher Wright as proprietor and the team at The Golden Pheasant, Plumley!
J W Lees Pub of the Year for 2010.
Persons pictured are Chris Almond, Bar Manager and Jose De Sousa, Restaurant Manager.
The Golden Pheasant is dramatically improved since Christopher took it over a few years ago.
Very well deserved in our view.
And it’s only [...]
Mobberley station has benefitted from gardening care since 2003, when a deal was struck. The then train company, First North Western, would hire a skip and bring in labour for ½ a day to dig over what had been flower beds 30 years earlier, and remove all sorts of débris including ballast, a railway [...]
Yesterday the “Parliamentary” Summer Saturday’s only train from Chester to Runcorn via the Halton Curve was extended courtesy of Northern Rail and with special support from Merseytravel to call at Helsby and Frodsham and then continuing from Runcorn to Liverpool South Parkway.
Our member, David Miller from Cuddington, made an early start and sends us these [...]
A range of local produce will be on show at Northwich’s first fresh Food Fair tomorrow designed to promote the town’s home-grown harvests.
Visitors will be able to enjoy tasty treats and delicious delicacies from around a dozen stalls including eggs, sweets, fish, summer fruits and bakery.
The event, organised by Cheshire West and Chester Council, Weaver [...]
Manchester Airport’s Runway Two Trail launched last year takes in some of the scenic Cheshire countryside, including the Bollin Valley and offers some fantastic viewing points for watching aircraft landing and taking off on Runway Two.
The Trail itself consists of two routes, identified by Runway Two Trail markers. The Trail can be started at [...]
We hear that Northern’s additional strengthening and revenue plans put in place for the Race Day on 22 May went very well and were very well received by customers and staff alike.
So they’ve decided to do it again! Here’s some information about the up-coming Chester Races event on Saturday 26 June.
Please see the table [...]
We work closely with British Transport Police (BTP) to assist with security on our lines.
Below is an adaptation of a press release from BTP. If you feel you can assist in the ways outlined, please let BTP know.
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BTP, the national police force for the railways, is looking for enthusiastic volunteers in North West England [...]
A visit to scenic Llangollen, including the towns’ steam train railway is now much closer than you think, with public transport links from the Mid-Cheshire Line making the journey quick and easy.
Using the Mid-Cheshire Line to Chester, then the hourly trains to Ruabon with a direct bus connection from outside the station to Llangollen with [...]
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