The 3 Counties Connected Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has appointed Joe Bickerton as its new Chair, succeeding Nicola Said.
Joe, currently destination manager for Wrexham County Borough, was elected at the Partnership’s annual general meeting.
By Jonathan White
Families are invited to climb aboard for a day of miniature railway rides, refreshments and fundraising when the Peacock Railway in Nantwich hosts a charity open day.
The miniature railway, behind The Peacock Inn on Crewe Road, will host the event on Sunday 31st May from 11am until 4pm.
A miniature railway in Nantwich is set to expand after receiving financial help from a local care provider.
Members of the Nantwich Miniature Railway Group (NMRG) have been looking to raise money through Crowd Funding to expand the steam train track at Nantwich Methodist Church.
By Jonathan White
The Peacock Railway in Nantwich has unveiled the weekends it will be open to the public this spring and summer.
The popular attraction, run by members of South Cheshire Model Engineering Society, operates at the rear of the Peacock Inn on Crewe Road, Willaston.
By Jonathan White
Volunteers who run free steam train rides for children in Nantwich are appealing for help to expand their track.
The rides take place at Nantwich Methodist Church Railway on Hospital Street every Saturday morning.
By Jonathan White
The annual ‘Steam & Vintage Rally’ will take place at The Peacock Railway in Willaston on Sunday July 23rd.
The rally is organised by the members of the South Cheshire Model Engineering Society.
By Jonathan White
Hundreds enjoyed a “Rail Riders Railway Show” at Crewe Heritage Centre.
Rail Riders is a railway club for everyone and promotes travel on heritage and mainline trains.
Volunteers from Nantwich Methodist Church Railway have coupled-up with students from Crewe Engineering & Design UTC to build new tracks for their railway ride.
The railway ride at Nantwich Methodist Church has operated on Saturday mornings for more than 10 years.
Ministers have agreed to delay the second of HS2 between Crewe and Birmingham amid soaring costs for the controversial high speed railway.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said they will now prioritise the opening section, which means the completion and opening of Phase 2a to Crewe could be delayed by up to two years.
A wheelchair coach for a miniature railway in Nantwich is among a number of community projects to secure grant funding from Cheshire East Council.
The project has been awarded funds as part of a project to extend the service of the miniature railway to anyone in a wheelchair.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Methodist Church is full steam ahead with its fundraising thanks to weekly miniature railway events.
And it’s now clocked up more than £15,000 for charity in a decade of staging the live steam train journeys at its Hospital Street base.
Conservative MPs across the North West have backed Crewe’s bid to become the home of Great British Railways.
Eighteen MPs have signed a joint letter to the new Secretary of State for Transport Anne-Marie Trevelyan including the Crewe & Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan who organised the approach.
A blaze on a railway embankment in Willaston which caused disruption to rail and road traffic was caused deliberately, say fire chiefs.
The blaze broke out on parkland next to the railway embankment near Wybunbury Road in Willaston at around 5pm last night.
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