A special needs school in Maidstone has opened a café in a train carriage to offer on-the-job training.

The Mark 2 First Class Fawrient Express coach has been transformed into a Costa Coffee, where the chain's professional staff are teaching hospitality skills before it opens to the public.

Students at the Five Acre Wood School will have access to the carriage either to prepare them for a career in the hospitality sector or to socialise.

Head teacher Tim Williams said: "The vision was an authentic trading café that would give our young people hospitality training skills to get them into the world of work."

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