New artwork created by school pupils celebrates walking route from Northern station

Community Rail Lancashire (CRL) worked with Ormskirk-based community artist, Angie Thompson and the pupils of Burscough Bridge Methodist Primary school to create a beautiful, nature-inspired archway to mark the path from platform one at the station to Martin Mere Wetland Trust. 

The artwork was unveiled earlier this month with the whole school visiting the station to view their creation. 

Afterwards, the children showed off their original artwork for the guests and families that joined them for the celebration. 

Craig Harrop, regional director at Northern, said: “The artwork looks absolutely fantastic, and I’d like to thank everyone involved in this project. 

 “Our stations are gateways to other places and this artwork really celebrates this by highlighting the wonderful walk from platform one to Martin Mere.” 

Stephen Benge, Chair of the West of Lancashire Community Rail Partnership said: “We’re so pleased to see these fantastic pictures which I hope will draw people’s attention to the footpath from Burscough Bridge station to Martin Mere Wetland Trust.  

“With Martin Mere Wetland Trust being an important nature conservation site, it is good to encourage people to travel there by environmentally-friendly forms of transport – including getting the train and walking. Well done to everyone involved in producing this great piece of artwork and thank you to our funders with Community Rail Lancashire, Community Rail Development Fund.” 

On Sunday 10 December, rail timetables across the North of England changed in line with the rest of the National Rail network. Customers are encouraged to use the ‘Check My Timetable’ feature on the Northern website for more information about their local station. 

Northern is the second largest train operator in the UK, with nearly 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.