Celebrate Community Rail Month with the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership!
Community Rail Lines across the county are set to be
a hive of activity during Community Rail Month from 15th May �
12th June and the Marston Vale line is no exception! Our
activities include:
Saturday 16th
May � Community Rail Fun Day - Millbrook Station House Gardens
- 10:30 a.m. � 3:00 p.m
With kind permission of David & Jenny Thomas. Free
admission. Come along and find our more about the
work of the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership and
the Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users� Association whilst having
fun at the same time! Lots to see and do for all the family
including model railways, face painting, children's craft
activities, musical entertainment, guided tours of the
restored signal box, rail heritage, display stands, raffle
and much more! Refreshments available.
Bank Holiday Monday
25th May � Special train service to the 40s Family Festival at
Bletchley Park - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. � Our first ever Bank Holiday
special train!
Attractions at the Festival include a flypast by the
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, featuring a Lancaster,
Hurricane and a Spitfire; a flypast by the Red Arrows; a 1940s
Lindyhopper dance troupe; wartime cinema reels ; re-enactment of a
wartime plotting table and a bombed-out London display; talks
on a range of fascinating subjects by a GCHQ historian; a former
Bletchley Park codebreaker and former Bletchley Park Wren and much
more!
We will be running a special bank holiday train service
to this event. Download
the timetable (PDF, 23kb).
Normal entry fees apply. Marston Vale passengers receive 20%
discount on production of a valid ticket. Admission charges at
Bletchley Park are season tickets giving you free entry to Bletchley
Park for one year from the date of your first visit. This special
offer runs until Easter 2010.
For further information contact Bletchley Park on 01908 640404
or visit www.beltchleypark.org.uk.
Thursday 28th May �
Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users� Association �Great Day Out by Train�
to Birmingham and the Severn Valley Railway
Departing Bedford Midland at 08:31 calling at all stations to Bletchley to
join the 09:43 for Birmingham New Street and onward coach to the Severn
Valley Railway.
For further information, log onto www.bbrua.org.uk. Cost to Birmingham
�12 adult, �8 child. Cost including Severn Valley Railway - �19 adult,
�16 Senior Citizen, �10 child.
Wednesday 3rd June �
Music Train � 7:00 p.m. � 9:45 p.m
Calling at all stations � enjoy a pleasant evening on the Marston Vale
Line accompanied by the Shannon Express �Marc Time� Barber Shop Quartet.
Marc Time has an extensive repertoire, including a number of
railway-associated songs! There is no need to book - just turn up!
Normal train fares apply. It is hoped to have refreshments available.
Notes for Editors
The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is led by Bedfordshire
Rural Communities Charity in association with Bedfordshire County
Council, London Midland, Milton Keynes Council, Bedford Borough
Council, Mid Bedfordshire District Council, Bedford to Bletchley
Rail Users’ Association, the Forest of Marston Vale and the
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Associations of Town and Parish
Councils.
The Partnership has been set up to act as a bridge between the
rail industry and the community to encourage more people to use the
train for travel to work and leisure, and to share their views and
ideas for improving their railway.
The Partnership will be overseeing a range of projects throughout
2009.
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