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Friday 7 Apr 2006

NETWORK RAIL WISHES HAYES MEADOW PUPILS A BLOOMING GOOD EASTER

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Pupils at Hayes Meadow Primary School in Armitage with Handsacre enjoyed an afternoon of activities this week before they broke up for the Easter holidays. Network Rail and the British Transport Police visited the school Thursday 6 April to talk to up to 140 school children. During the afternoon the British Transport Police spoke to the children about safety near the railway and Network Rail took the children through a computer model of the West Coast Mainline from a train driver’s view. The aim of the afternoon was to tell the children more about the improvement work to the railway as part of the Trent Valley Four Tracking (TV4) Project, whilst making sure they understand safety issues related to living in an area with a railway, particularly one with major construction works being carried out. The school has also benefited from daffodils relocated by contractors Galliford Try North, from the village green prior to construction works. Senior Programme Manager for TV4, Keith Riley, said: “It’s a real pleasure to be able to spend some time with the local school children where our improvement work is being carried out. The West Coast Mainline goes straight through the centre of the village and we’ve really enjoyed having the opportunity to explain more about what we’re doing and help the children understand the dangers of playing on or near the railway. The 3D computer model depicting the finished works really captured their imagination. “