This year Britain is celebrating 200 years of train travel – and it all started in the North!
To mark this important anniversary, Kents Bank Station Library has launched Northern Rail Heritage: an introduction to the social history of railways in the North of England.
It’s a readable introduction to the exciting history of railways - from the early days of the Stockton and Darlington through to the railways of today – with a glimpse to the future.
The short book is written by Professor Paul Salveson and includes a foreword by Railways Minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill. The book design is by Peter Skellon and sponsored by CrossCountry.
Georgia Ehrmann, Regional Director for CrossCountry's West Midlands & North West region, said at a special event at Manchester’s Piccadilly station: "It's a pleasure to support the book as part of our Customer and Communities Investment Fund, helping to raise awareness and appreciation of the history of our railways - during the same year as the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway.” She added “We're proud to support the communities served by our network and beyond - not just through our train services but also by lending support to valuable projects like the Kents Bank Station Library.”
Paul Salveson said “This is our contribution to the wonderful celebrations of Railway 200 this year. We’re incredibly grateful to CrossCountry for the generous support they have given us; without them we would not have been able to publish the book at what is a very affordable price.”
This is the first publication of Kents Bank Library, a not-for-profit community interest company (CIC) which runs the unique railway library and bookshop on Kents Bank Station. The book is available to buy from the library for £5.
