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Rail Riders, originally called Great Rail Club was a membership-based kids club run by British Rail in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1991. Membership entitled children aged 5-15 to discounted rail travel, receipt of a regular quarterly magazine called ''Rail Riders Express'' and free entry to the Rail Riders World model railway exhibit at York railway station. The organisation used the slogans ''the happiest club in the land'' and ''travel, action, fun!'' It was promoted by Keith Chegwin. Logistics for the club were contracted to Trainlines for Britain based in Wetherby, West Yorkshire. During 1981/82 the British Rail Passenger Marketing Services department considered the future promotion of the club. The logo was based on a side-profile of the British Rail Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (APT), and a knitting pattern for a pullover with the logo was made by Robin wools. The club ran an annual mileage competition. In 1989, this competition was won by Jonathan Carter, who set a world record of travelled by train in one year. The club closed in 1991. ==Rail Riders World== The Rail Riders World model railway was opened by British Rail in April 1984 inside the old tea rooms at York railway station. It was advertised by British Rail as "Britain's best model railway". Following the privatisation of British Rail the layout was sold off. It was subsequently renamed York Model Railway. In 2011 the model railway exhibit was moved by its owner William Heron to a new location in Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rail Riders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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