Community Rail Awards 2024
Members of the TrainEd team headed to Swansea on Monday 18th March to celebrate the national Community Rail Awards 2024. Some of the team headed to South Wales earlier in the weekend to explore the local area and spend some time catching up. The ceremony was held at Swansea Arena and over 800 people from […]
Feel Good Field Trips reaches 2500
On the 6th March, the 2500th student enjoyed a Feel Good Field Trip. The project funded by Avanti West Coast aims to take out up to 5000 students on a fun and educational day out at venues across the West Coast Main Line. The trip that marked this occasion was a visit to Liverpool with […]
International Women’s Day 2024
On International Women’s Day (8th March) the ‘100 more women,100 more jouneys’ book was launched at an event at Preston station. Karen had been working on this book after the success of the 100 women, 100 journeys book which was created during lockdown in 2020. On Friday, staff from a wide variety of roles in […]
Half Term Travels
Hi Everyone My name is Karen and I am the Education Team Leader at TrainEd. I thought you would be interested in reading what I got up to in half term with my son Laurie, who is 10! When you work on the railway, you get very invested in trains and railway journeys. We have […]
British Sign Language Group
Throughout 2023 a group of British Sign Language (BSL) users met at Burnley Manchester Road station community room for a monthly meeting and we are back for 2024! As well as the all important chance to meet and catch-up the group have become more confident in buying train tickets (online and at ticket machines) and […]
Soulful Days Out
This week the first two trips took place for the Soulful days Out project in partnership with Community Rail Cumbria. A group from Lancaster travelled to Barrow-in-Furness and visited the Dock Museum. They enjoyed the walk from the station, especially seeing some buildings that held memories from their past along with the history of Barrow. […]
World Hijab Day 2024 at Preston Station
Community Rail Lancashire celebrated World Hijab Day on Thursday 1st February 2024 at Preston Station. World Hijab Day is an annual event founded by Nazma Khan in 2013, taking place on 1st February each year in over 150 countries worldwide. Its stated purpose is to encourage women of all religions and backgrounds to wear and […]
World of Work day
This week Catherine went to Coop Academy Beckfield in Bradford for a World of Work day. In the morning KS2 learnt about careers in Rail, Construction, Architecture and being a Neighbourhood Warden. In the afternoon, Reception and KS1 also learnt about rail and The Police. It was a fantastic day with all of the children asking […]
Unveiling of the Preston Station History Poster
Preston Railway Station, illustration taken from ‘A History of Preston’ by Anthony Hewitson – photo courtesy Lancashire Archive & Local History
Little Sweetpeas head to York
On Friday 5th January, Dave took a childminding group from Oswaldtwistle to the National Railway Museum in York. The group had the chance to explore Wonderlab which a STEM gallery with interactive activities aimed at 7-14 year olds (however many adults enjoy the exhibits as much as the children).
