Pendle Connect, the innovative bus/rail ticket that allows users to buy a ticket on a bus in the Pendle 7 area and continue their journey by rail from Colne, Brierfield or Nelson is to be relaunched. Posters will be appearing at stations in the area shortly and a new flyer has been designed (click on the image below to download a copy) and this will be available on buses in the area and also at Nelson Interchange. For more information on this ticket and the East Lancashire Day Ranger please contact info@communityraillancashire.co.uk.

Pendle Connect

The next meeting of the Lancaster, Morecambe and District Rail User Group will be held on Tuesday 23rd March at 19.30 in the Storey Institute on Meeting House Lane, Lancaster. More detail of this group can be found using the ‘contact us’ email address info@communityraillancashire.co.uk.

The Great Wall of Daisyfield Project is now complete. The project, vinyl banners depicting the journey between Blackburn and Clitheroe was officially unveiled on Wednesday 3rd March 2010.

Before the ceremony the children of Class 6, who worked with local artist Alastair Nicholson to create the banners, did a PowerPoint presentation about the project in front of the whole school and invited guests in the school hall. 

The ‘unveiling’ was carried out by the Mayor of Blackburn Cllr James Hirst in a ceremony in the infants playground at Daisyfield School. Class 6, lined the banner and the invited guests from the Clitheroe Line Community Rail Partnership including James Syson, (Chair), Marjorie Birch (Vice Chair), Richard Watts (Secretary), Kathryn O’Brien and Jane Lennaine (Northern Rail), Alison Chew (GMPTE) and Karen Hornby (Network Rail) listened to a motivational speech by the mayor which highlighted the importance of partnership working and the benefits of rail travel. Also in attendance were Alastair (the artist), Brian Haworth and Simon Clarke (Community Rail Development Officers).

After the ceremony the children and guests returned the hall to see the Mayor cut a cake decorated with Brian the Bull, the famous cartoon character from the Explore the Ribble Valley Line DVD, the project which kick started the whole Great Wall of Daisyfield project.

Planned engineering works continue to affect Lancashire’s community rail lines over the next few weeks.

Colne to Preston & Blackpool South

• Monday 15th to Friday 19th Mar

 Blackpool North to Leeds/York

• Sundays 21st & 28th Mar – buses running earlier than shown

Leeds to Morecambe & Heysham Port

• Saturdays 20th & 27th Mar - LATE NOTICE CHANGE – TRAINS TO RUN TO/FROM CARNFORTH

Barrow-in-Furness to Morecambe

• Saturdays 20th & 27th Mar & Sundays 14th & 21st Mar (one train)

Please remember to check your travel plans before travelling as some bus replacement services are advertised in the various local timetables and are not always advertised on station poster boards.