Two decades ago, an unusual call-to-arms was made for people to “adopt” a railway station.
Since then, Greater Anglia’s station adoption programme has welcomed more than 320 individuals who have taken 125 stations under their wing – including 108 in Norfolk and 43 in Suffolk.
Jonathan Denby, head of corporate affairs, explained how the project’s success was a welcome surprise.
He said: “When we launched the programme, during the Anglia Railways era, we hoped and believed it would make a positive difference, but we didn’t foresee just how successful it would become.
“Travel across our network and you see fabulous planters garden and nature plots, populated with a wide variety of flora and fauna, supporting biodiversity and making stations more attractive to both customer an everyone else who uses or passes through them.”
Now, as part of a celebration of those achievements of both current and past station adopters, Greater Anglia has produced a book to showcase their efforts.
Entitled 20 Years of Station Adoption in East Anglia, enough copies have been produced to be presented to station adopters and a group of key stakeholders.
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