Choochoos Day Nursery in Kent is on a tight timetable to convert a train station's former parcel delivery office into a creche for babies. The £270,000 grant to carry out the work - which includes £225,000 from the county council and £45,000 from Railway Heritage - must all be spent by 1 April. Choochoos itself is investing £30,000 in the work.
Choochoos opened in 2005 and was taken over by current owner Karla Tabony in 2006. The nursery operates from the old ticket office and waiting room at Whitstable and Tankerton railway station. Currently it provides care for 87 children.
Ms Tabony reports strong local demand for baby places and says that the new extension will allow her to take 15 children from birth to two years.
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