Art along the line!

At the start of 2025 Barton Cleethorpes CRP began an exciting new Railway 200 project, “Art along the Line” which incorporates the commissioning of local artists to produce Art Installations at stations, an Art Competition and a Photography Competition.   On World Art Day, 15 April, we unveiled our first hand-painted mural, commissioned with funding from Community Rail Network, in the ticket office at Cleethorpes station.  “Our Railway: 200 Years of the Modern Railway” by local artist, Nikita Spires, is an abundance of colour and reflects how Cleethorpes station has developed over time. 

At the unveiling, the chair of BCCRP, Carl Thomas, welcomed everyone and said “Over the next twelve months Barton Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership will be unveiling other pieces of art as part of our contribution to celebrating 200 years of the railway.  So here’s to the past that built us, the present that connects us, and the future still to come.”

Easter Special!

On Saturday 12 April, the Barton Cleethorpes Community Rail Partnership ran their Easter Special onboard the train from Barton to Cleethorpes and back. The Easter Bunny was onboard with all his helpers, and over 50 Easter eggs were given to children whilst the adults tucked into chocolates.  One dad said, “What a lovely thing to do for the community, thank you to everyone involved.”  As well as the eggs and chocolates passengers received information about Railway 200 activities along the line as well as beautiful postcards of the recently installed mural “Our Railway: 200 years of the modern railway” by Nikita Spires.

Yarborough Academy Art Workshop

Barton Cleethorpes CRP visited Yarborough Academy, Grimsby as part of their Railway 200 project. Children in Year 3 made drawings and models of places to visit by rail ahead of Rail Safety Talks planned for the Spring. Every child received a free rucksack with a reading book, pen, crayons, activity sheet and bookmark.