THE annual meeting of the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, which represents passengers on the rail route between Oxford, Worcester, the Malverns and Hereford, takes place on Saturday, May 14.

The guest speakers will be Ben Rule, the operations director of train operator Great Western Railway, and Brenda Lawrence, the head of route for Worcestershire services operated by London Midland Trains.

The meeting, at the Women's Institute Hall in New Road, Moreton, just outside the Gloucestershire town's railway station, starts at 10.30am, shortly after the arrival of trains from both the Oxford and Worcester directions.