The Bentham Line

Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted / won their categories #CRA26

#teambentham are on their way to Derby for the @CommunityRail 2026 awards. I just had to get the @TheBenthamLine team to pose for a team photo before they left Derby. Go #teambentham

Global Recycling Day celebrates recycling as the "Seventh Resource" , after the six major natural resources on Earth. The 2020/21 cohort of @northernassist 'Year In Industry' students produced panels & a short film to ‘Get Nature Back on Track’ #GRD

Our Community Rail Partnership Officer, Brian was delighted to see a train "named" after him this morning 😆 featuring Class 158 158844 'The Northumbrian'

Spring had sprung on The Bentham Line

On 12th March, we supported participants from Red Rose Recovery to enjoy a @forestofbowland 'Connecting People & Nature' project trip from Lancaster to Bentham. High winds saw a swift end to the session, not before enjoying a short walk & some creative writing

@TheBenthamLine continues to celebrate 200 years of train travel by acknowledging a selection of weird and wonderful contraptions built during the last two centuries... #GuinessBrewey #HaulageWagon #WeirdWonderfulWednesday

@TheBenthamLine continues to celebrate 200 years of train travel by acknowledging a selection of weird and wonderful contraptions built during the last two centuries... #LNWR #DividedDriveCompounds #WeirdWonderfulWednesday

We were sent this stunning photo earlier today, with permission to share. Both canals and railways have been instrumental in carrying goods and people over the last 265 years. Next stop a halt so that you can hop onboard Richard? Facebook: @Floatography.ART

@TheBenthamLine continues to celebrate 200 years of train travel by acknowledging a selection of weird and wonderful contraptions built during the last two centuries... #RH&DR #ArmouredTrain #WeirdWonderfulWednesday

@TheBenthamLine continues to celebrate 200 years of train travel by acknowledging a selection of weird and wonderful contraptions built during the last two centuries... #RH&DR #ArmouredTrain #WeirdWonderfulWednesday

Captured today in glorious February sunshine, the short 5 minute walk from Lancaster Station to @LancCastle takes us back in time

Splashes of colour provided by some of the first hardy daffodils and Northern Trains 195107 'Rob Burrows CBE' on an otherwise typical January day at Lancaster station this morning

@TheBenthamLine continues to celebrate 200 years of train travel by acknowledging a selection of weird and wonderful contraptions built during the last two centuries... #Armoured GNRN1-0-6-2T

The third Monday of January is often referred to as #BlueMonday, however @samaritans and @TheBenthamLine are promoting ways for people to improve their wellbeing. #BrewMonday #DestinationWellbeing

Catherine recently celebrated 10 years with @TheBenthamLine. She has been involved in a wide range of projects aiming to improve confidence, inclusion and expand horizons for those in the communities along the Bentham Line & beyond buff.ly/4FQxokP

Northern advise customers not to travel in Cumbria from Sunday 14 and Monday 15 December. No Northern services & REPLACEMENT TRANSPORT will run on routes, including: Carlisle - Carnforth Oxenholme - Windermere Carlisle - Skipton Carnforth - Skipton Lancaster - Morecombe

@TheBenthamLine are delighted by five short-listings for the community groups along the line for the Community Rail Awards 2026. Voting for ‘the essence of community rail’ photo competition is now via the link below: communityrail.org.uk/community-rail… Cast your vote by 5pm on 31/1/26

As we continue to take part in the #ScenicRailWinter campaign, we travel back to December 1963... when the River Wenning FROZE... courtesy of our Chairman, Gerald Townson

Over the next 2 weeks @TheBenthamLine are taking part in the #ScenicRailWinter campaign, celebrating winter scenery and attractions along the line