Railway Mission
The Railway Mission is a British mission devoted to the rail industry. It was founded in 1881 based in mission halls, and now operates a chaplaincy service.
The Railway Mission is a care provider to the rail industry and British Transport Police through the provision of The National Rail Chaplaincy Service (NRCS). Operating in partnership with London City Mission, the Railway Mission is the principal partner in the NRCS which provides around 30 mainly fulltime chaplains to the Railways enabling pastoral care across the whole of the mainland UK rail network. The chaplaincy is designed to enhance and support the chain of care provided by the rail businesses.
The Railway Mission created a number of mission halls at rail stations throughout the country, including one at Bury St. Edmunds, completed in 1900,[1] and a 1906 building at Salisbury.[2] An exhalent example of a Railway Mission Hall is to be found at Norwich (Prince of Wales Road Evangelical Church) [1]
References
- ^ BBC's Inside Out series, http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series9/week_six.shtml.
- ^ Wiltshire County Council, http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=517.