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In advance of the Annual General Meeting of the Partnership, the following documents are now available:
- Annual Report 2023-24 featuring work undertaken during the year
- Annual Accounts 2023-24
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We are so pleased that the various projects at Haltwhistle Railway Station are nearing completion
Waiting Rooms and former redundant buildings
This project has taken far longer than we envisaged but visitors to the station will see how the buildings have been transformed. Whilst retaining the exterior charm and colour palette of the former London North Eastern Railway Company, the interiors have a much more modern aesthetic. It is anticpated that will welcome tenants into the new offices and studios in the near future.
The Water Tower
Our new cafe is now open, serving a range of snacks, including soup, sandwiches, jacket potatoes and a delivious range of traybakes and cakes.
A selection of railway themed gifts are also available to purchase.
Dogs are welcome
Opening times:
10am to 4pm Wednesday to Friday
Exhibitions
There is a new exhibition in waiting room on Platform 2. It features Hadrian's Wall Country attractions, information about onward tra.vel from the station - AD122 bus, electric bikes, walking as well as other local information and a very useful map showing places to visit and travel times between the stations along the Tyne Valley Railway
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Visit the Old Booking Hall, the Water Tower and the former signal box at Haltwhistle Railway Station. There is lots for you to do and see. Our team will be on hand to chat to you and help you explore some of the interesting features of the station, its history and exhibitions material now on display in the waiting rooms and in the Old Booking Hall.
Open 10.30am to 4pm on Friday 13 September and Saturday, 14 September
No admittance fee
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Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership welcomed campaigner Julian Vaughan to their September meeting to discuss issues relating to accessibility for passengers at Hexham Railway Station.
Julian, who attended school in Hexham, is passionate that there must be step free access at railway stations ensuring that rail travel is available to everyone.
Reviews previously undertaken by the CRP had highlighted the limited provision of easily accessible platforms and the need for improvements at many stations along the Tyne Valley Railway. Hexham has one of the highest footfalls of passengers along the route; passengers unable to use the footbridge must negotiate a long walk with narrow pavements alongside some of the busiest roads in the town.
During the review, the CRP identified a possible location for lifts and the need for their design to be complementary to the existing historic station buildings. Such a scheme would require capital investment and support from the Treasury, the Department for Transport, Network Rail and train operator, Northern.
The Chair of the Partnership, Malcolm Chainey, said “Julian was able to provide us with useful information to enable us to consider how we formulate a plan to pursue a step-free solution at railway stations along the Tyne Valley Railway. We are keen to work with the User Group, other organisations and individuals to collate evidence and campaign for find a solution to the issues faced by passengers to Hexham Railway Station”.
Patrick Rice, Chair of the Tyne Valley Line Rail Users Group, commented “improved access to platforms at Hexham is a priority. We realise there is no quick fix, but all organisations must work together to campaign to find a solution at Hexham and other stations along the route”.
Going forward, the Partnership and User Group, will work together to pursue improvements to improve access for all passengers to trains along the Tyne Valley Railway corridor.
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Volunteers contribute thousands of hours supporting the Tyne Valley Railway each year. They get involved in so many ways.
Members of the station adoption groups go the extra mile to make stations a welcoming place, tending the gardens and tubs, picking up litter, and so much more. Volunteers at Riding Mill, and other stations, have been busy this week prpearing the tubs for the summer bedding displays.
Many of you will have seen the artwork which has been installed at stations along the route, the inspiration of the adoption teams working with local schools and youth groups. New artwork created by the children of Henshaw CoE Primary School is to be installed at Bardon Mill Station in the next dew weeks. Another volunteer, Anne, is currently designing the Welcome to Bardon Mill boards using the artwork.
The twice-yearly timetable change is another busy time for volunteers Here Robert, is putting the new departure time poster into the board at Prudhoe. As you know Northern no longer provide printed timetables and during recent years, we have produced a timetable booklet. This is only possible because of the efforts of another volunteer.
All the Directors of the Partnership are volunteers bringing a wealth of experience and range of skills to the organisation. Julie has been overseeing the work in the Water Tower as the plasterer, painter, electrician, plumber and joiner have been undertaking the work to transform the building into a cafe and crat centre. So happy to see that the lime mortar was curing on the chimney breast, she surprised the workers with some cake.
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