Barton Cleethorpes CRP hosted its annual “Santa Special” event on Saturday 6 December and along with the fun and festivities of meeting Santa children also embraced the holiday spirit by taking part in a fun and imaginative “Design Your Best Christmas Jumper” competition, adding plenty of colour and creativity to the day. We received 67 entries and judging the competition was really difficult as everyone did amazing work. But we did eventually find a winner! Seven-year-old Lilly from Healing....

Barton Cleethorpes CRP proudly hosted its annual “Santa Special” event on Saturday 6 December 2025, bringing festive cheer to families across the region.  A total of 82 excited children enjoyed a magical onboard visit from Santa during the journey along the EMR route between Barton and Cleethorpes. Each child had the opportunity to meet Santa, share their Christmas wishes, and receive a festive selection box to take home. The seasonal celebrations didn’t stop there, 125 chocolate bars and 90...

This year has been one to remember for our dedicated station adopters!  At the 2025 Community Rail Network (CRN) Awards, the team at Habrough Station Adopters proudly took home the Bronze Award in the “It’s Your Station”  category; a fantastic recognition of their hard work, creativity, and commitment to improving their local station and community, especially as they had been adopters of the station for less than a year! Since achieving this wonderful accolade, the group’s journey has...