Graffiti – You can help!

We have had another  totally mindless attack of graffiti spraying.

It is pathetic that these vandals not only attack the property of a multi-billion pound company – but they have defaced and damaged the work of the local community and in particular the artwork by our local children.

It is heartening to find local people deciding these vandals should be identified and providing the British Transport Police with some names and addresses for further investigation.

We are proud to work in partnership with Northern Rail and their contractors, the British Transport Police and our local officers from West Yorkshire to clear this criminal damage.

Parents of railway trespassers are visited by the Police about the dangers their children face while loitering near the tracks.

British Transport Police and their colleagues from West Yorkshire

DO respond to problems on the station –

IF they informed about them.

You can Help!

 If you encounter any problems at our station (or on the rail network) -

phone 0800 40 50 40 - BTP Control Room

Please remember, it is all about how we can help them – to help us.

For emergencies – please continue to ring 999

Please do not hesitate to phone if you see or experience any problems at Mytholmroyd station or on the Caldervale line. 

If we do not help in this way, the authorities will not be aware of any problems that are upsetting the lcoal community.

We have had a super response from the Police forces and the railway management. It is up to us to continue to help them to keep the station and the railway as safe as possible.

Useful and Interesting Contacts

You might find the following websites useful.

Local Journey planners

http://www.metrojourneyplanner.info/welcome.do

 If you REALLY get fed up with the rubbish on the television- how about trying the following :-

http://www.atoc.org/rsp/Routeing_Guide/

Actually, it could be very useful if you are planning some rail journeys and wondering whether your ticket will be valid along a certain route.

A summary of the history of the Calder Valley line.

and-in-the-beginning

A more detailed account is planned, together with a description of the train journey between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge. Watch this space!

When did Eastwood station close and when the staff withdrawn from Mythomroyd station?

From the man who about these things – Eastwood closed to passengers on 3 December 1951 and to freight on 18 May 1964.

Luddendenfoot closed to passengers on 10 September 1962 and to freight on 3 May 1965 the same day as Mytholmroyd. Any more?

Just two of the very many questions to be researched – any other helpers out there?

  For those with the new English Bus Pass – the following site is useful. Happy trips!

http://timetables.showbus.co.uk/busindex.htm 

 Our friends up at Todmorden have the following interesting site;

 http://www.todmordenstation.btik.com/p_home.ikml

Then next door neighbour Hebden Bridge have just produced a nice Website

 http://www.hbstationfriends.org.uk/

We are under the umbrella of the South Pennine Rail Parnership – useful news and competitions….

http://www.southpenninesrail.co.uk 

Real-time departures from Mytholmroyd Station

http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/northern/summary.aspx?T=MYT 

Some other Station Groups ‘across t’other side’ who are doing interesting things.

http://www.walkdenstation.org.uk/index.htm 

http://www.freccles.org.uk/

http://www.ribblevalleyrail.co.uk/today.html 

No excuse for not going out for a walk – we have super countryside, high moorland and miles of Public Rights of Way for you to enjoy. See the Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge Walkers for ideas….

http://www.mytholmroydwalkers.org/news.html

 Your rights and responsibilities when on the railway

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/legislation/regs/railwaysbyelaws 

General information about Mytholmroyd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mytholmroyd_railway_station

 

Northern Rail and the Community

 

http://www.northernrail.org/community/working

 Opportunity here for the historians to put some interesting information about the station.

Let us know if there are other links for the station.

Be seen by Thousands!

Over a million passengers are on the trains that stop at our station each year.

Over 130,000 passengers arrive and depart from Mytholmroyd each year.

There were over 4,000 visits to this Weblog last year.

Do you want to share in the improvements being made to the village railway station?

You never know where it might get you!

For just £75  you too can have a plaque on the station for 2009 and 2010 – and a mention here.

Further details from Geoff on (01422) 885154.

We are very grateful to the following businesses,community groups and residents who have contributed to make our village railway station a nicer place for visitors and everyone

during 2009.

Thank you.

Fantastic! Thanks for a Great Effort.

A big thank you to everyone involved with the Spring-clean on Saturday 28 March.

Hebden Royd Town Council have the great idea for community groups like ourselves to organise themselves to clean up the local area.

We were directed by the Environment Warden, Jason Boom and our local Northern Rail Station Manager, Matt Gibson supplied a skip as well as muscle-power. Our resident poet, Andy Glover was there as a valuable pair of hands.

The rest of us (26 in total, excluding 6 month-old Tom who slept through it all) cleared over a dozen bags of litter from the station area.

Well done everyone.

How does YOUR garden grow?

Thanks to our merry band of ‘Royd station gardeners who not only tackled the shrubs on the Manchester approach, but received tips from the Organic Potato Growers who had their show at Fr Gott’s church.

Never know what we shall be growing next on the station!

timetable

Disclaimer: Information about new train times is obtained from the National Rail Journey Planner or the timetable supplied by Metro. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the data but the Station Partnership cannot be held responsible for any errors.

Please check your train times with National Rail or locally before travelling. 

 

Santas Station Saunter – again in 2008!

 

2008 Carol Pics will be posted soon – it was a great event -

super choirs from Burnley and Scout Road schools.

What a Great Team!!!!

Despite the Pennine monsoon rain and winds one Saturday morning, nearly 20 volunteers worked to put some colour into the railway station.

 

 

Thanks to everyone from the youngest to the more mature of those amongst our group.

The Yorkshire in Bloom judge was impress not only with the displays on the station, village green, Church of the Good Shepherd, Shoulder of Mutton and local residents – but the friendly people who came to meet him on Friday 25th July

See the entry below for the Awards

A good community effort, encouraged by Matt and Northern Rail.

 

Muck, Steam and Brass

Station adoption work can be fun – but it can be hard work!

First of all, there is the opportunity to meet new friends from the village – people you probably have seen for years and never realised what interesting people they are.

Then there are the trips arranged by Northern Rail to show appreciation for our improvement work.

Last summer our next generation of volunteers went to Morecambe on a Stakeholders’ Special.

 

Last month, some of the ‘cultured’ ones went to a concert in the train depot in Manchester.

Pictures are here:-

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We have further trips in mind for our volunteers after the Yorkshire in Bloom judging.

So, it can be hard work – but it can also be fun – why not come and join us?

You never know where you might end up!

Further information on our work meetings and events can be found by scrolling down.

If you are not into physical gardening/construction-type work – but more into background admin work then you might phone me on 885154 – there is lots to do – particularly fund-raising for the community projects the Mytholmroyd Station Partnership has become known for nationally.

It has to be pointed out the the Station Partnership is NOT an ‘Action’ or campaign group – we simply work with Northern and Network Rail to improve our village railway station. We have an excellent relationship with managements of the public transport undertakings, and discuss any problems affecting our volunteers and Mytholmroyd.

Most of our meetings do not even mention trains – we have so many other projects to plan and implement.

Geoff Mitchell

Your Station News and our Competition winners.

Our latest newsletter can be downloaded below

roydxpress-05.pdf

The lucky winners of our Free Rail Tickets are;

1st Prize One Month Northern rail ticket – George Brookes

2nd Prize One Week Northern Rail ticket – Carole Greenwood

3rd Prize One Day Northern Rail ticket – Andy Latham

Well done and thank you all for taking an interest in our local railway station.