Check out the latest headlines from the East Lancashire Railway Boardroom – 1 May, 2024.
Here are the headlines:
- Higher Wood Hill Viaduct – Community Ownership Fund final bid of £1.3m has been submitted. Crowd Funding set up to help match funding requirements.
- Baron Street Roof – £2m Community Ownership Fund – Crowd Funding set up with match funding requirements.
- Sponsored Crab Walk planned for May.
- New investment in pub till systems to improve financial management and reducing the time to serve customers.
- Buffer Stops have improved facilities.
- Class 01 diesel shunter renovated by the T&RS team after 10 years laying idle, renovation completed to a very high standard.
- Passengers visits marginally up on 2023, Children’s event days are proving very popular.
- Board agreed revised policy guidelines for Lost Child/Adult at Risk.
- Board agreed to a refreshed and updated Volunteer Guide.
- Almost 100 new volunteers recruited up to the end of March.
