Oh yay O yay Take West Midlands Railway Stratford Line to @henleyinbloom heritagehenley.org.uk and the William James transport Heritage Trail linked to GoldenLionBrum 💯Historic England Bham City Council #CannonHillPark since 1911 Transport for West Midlands 🚲🛥️🚂🚉🚆🛤️

Happy Birthday William Shakespeare the patron of our #ShakespeareLine !! 😊- visit our lovely route from #Birmingham to #StratforduponAvon by West Midlands Railway or from #London #LeamingtonSpa & #Warwick via Chiltern Railways

One of the benefits of employee volunteering and station volunteers coming together as #community A relationship between school, volunteers and the railway all initiated by Fay Easton to whom we send a big thanks

Had the privilege of visiting Woodrush High School recently, met staff and students - and it’s such an inspirational place. So many good things going on - an example to schools everywhere, surely.

We have enjoyed working with Woodrush High School since the first day we met & they adopted #Wythall station - since then it’s gone from strength to strength with support from West Midlands Railway & Birmingham New Street

Take a trip to see the truly magnificent restoration & repurposing of the ex GWR station building at #HenleyinArden (available for hire on Mon, Tues & Weds) thestationhenley.co.uk

Come along and enjoy scenes of yesteryear painted by the talented John Austin FGRA at his exhibition at Stratford upon Avon station over this years late May Bank Holiday (25-27 May) - details here… friendsl.org.uk

We are so pleased with the refurbishment of the ground stairs cafe at Solihull Railway Station. If you live near by please do pay us a visit as you do not have to purchase a train ticket to buy the delicious treats from Centenary Coffee & Co.
#chilternrailways #cafe #solihull

Great to see three pages of coverage about the #Community working with the railway, education & local SME’s in the #WestMidlands along the Shakespeare Line RUG + coverage of the reopening of #HenleyinArden ‘s original GWR station building - Get your copy now online or at your newsagents 👍

Take a trip to #HenleyinArden this Easter and visit the renovated original GWR station building that's been reopened.

What a truly inspirational story from a community along the railway line between #StratforduponAvon & #Birmingham - Watch the Renovation, Repurposing and reopening of #HenleyinArden 's original GWR station building now open for Easter! friendsl.org.uk/henley-in-arden

How the railway makes a difference to the #community - great to see so many people at “Defibrillator” training ran by First Responders last evening at #TheStationHenleyinArden - a new community facility being used!!

Great to see our new signs now in place at #SpringRoad - all part of the volunteer station adopters work and partnership with West Midlands Railway through their Customer & Communities Investment Fund

Thank you, friendsofwyldegreents, for the time we spent together yesterday, showing us the work that their volunteers have been involved with since 2020. A wonderful example of a community in action.
Looking forward to revisiting the Station in Spring when everything is in full bloom!

🚉 Hear what Tim Hedley-Jones, director of RailwayHeritageTrust said at the opening of #Henley -in-Arden station last week

💗 We agree that it really is a vibrant community space which we hope passengers will enjoy!

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...and take a moment to appreciate how beautiful Henley-in-Arden station building looks after it's recent glow up 😍

☺️ It's been transformed by Friends of the Shakespeare Line into a stylish community space featuring a micro-brewery, bar & lounge complete with log burner!

Wow - what a massive transformation! fraser pithie 🇺🇦 tells us most of this is done with support and sponsorship from local firms, artists and individuals. A really impressive local facility brought into being by the local community. Friends of the Shakespeare Line Friends of Henley Railway Station

Before & After
Well done to all the amazing volunteers Friends of the Shakespeare Line

A bit of period road transport turned up at Henley in Arden station during the Friends of the Shakespeare Line event this morning.

Great to welcome the volunteers from all along the Shakespeare Line RUG this morning to share with them the success of #HenleyinArden & how what they are doing all along our line brings the railway and those it serves closer together & delivers a better customer experience