Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway

Connecting communities and the railway

Southeast Communities Rail Partnership works to connect communities and the railway across Sussex, Berkshire, Hounslow , Richmond, Kent and Surrey. Community Rail is a nationwide movement, and you can be involved. Help shape the future of the railway, have your say, and bring your local station into the heart of the community.
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Railway 200 Blue Plaques: Edith Sheppard Station Master at Dorking in WW1

Railway 200 Blue Plaques: Edith Sheppard...

July 11, 2025, by Sara Grisewood

EDITH SHEPPARD b 1891-1963 Stationmaster at Dorking during the first World War Edith Sheppard’s life and opportunities changed completely because of the war. She was able to take up a job that had only been open to men before. Edith was born in Eastbourne, 1891 and had a brothe...

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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Marsh Suffragette Campaign Organiser

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Charlotte ̵...

, by Sara Grisewood

CHARLOTTE MARSH 1887-1961 Suffragette campaign organiser – ‘Charlie’ Marsh relied on inexpensive train travel to attend protests in London with fellow Dorking resident and suffragette Helen Gordon Liddle.  Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1887, to Ellen and Arthu...

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SCRP Weekly Highlights 11th July

SCRP Weekly Highlights 11th July...

, by Fiona Morton

In this weeks highlights we have been talking  with young people about safety issues when they travel and seen some progress at Crowborough. We had a visit to the Houses of Parliament to a reception hosted by local MP Helena Dollimore and addressed by the Rail Minister. Read mor...

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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Agatha Christie

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Agatha Christie...

July 7, 2025, by Sandy Mahon

The best-selling novelist of all time – the writer of 66 detective novels – Agatha Christie loved train travel and was fond of using trains in her novels, as crime scenes for example. Sometimes they’re such a big character in the book they feature in the title. In The ABC M...

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Wokingham Station birthday celebration

Wokingham Station birthday celebration...

, by Sandy Mahon

On 4th July 2025 as part of our Railway 200 celebrations, Wokingham Station welcomed invited guests and passengers to join its 176th birthday. Wokingham station opened in 1849 and remains a busy hub for the community. To mark this occasion, an artwork was commissioned for permane...

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The heat has not slowed us down. Read our weekly highlights below

The heat has not slowed us down. Read ou...

July 3, 2025, by Fiona Morton

All steam head ahead for our Rail Fair 200 on 1st Aug in Lewes.  Glimpses of our 200 plaques are appearing at stations featuring some current station masters as well as those from the past. We are still completing projects covering all four pillars of the DfT strategy for commun...

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Rail Fair 200: a celebration of communities and their railways

Rail Fair 200: a celebration of communit...

July 1, 2025, by Paul Bromley

Join us for a FREE family-friendly day to celebrate railways past, present and future. Southeast Communities Rail Partnership is hosting this special Railway 200 event to unveil 200 ‘blue plaques’ (100 with historic connections to Community Rail lines in the South East and 10...

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‘Blue plaques’ mark Marshlink railway connections

‘Blue plaques’ mark Marshlink railwa...

, by Paul Bromley

A series of ‘blue plaques’ has been displayed to recognise the wide range of people who have contributed to the development of the Marshlink rail route. Each of the 10 plaques summarises the historic links to the line between Hastings and Ashford International. The list o...

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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Verena Holmes

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Verena Holmes...

June 30, 2025, by Paul Bromley

PIONEERING RAILWAY ENGINEER Born in Ashford in 1889 to Florence and Edmond Holmes who was an Inspector of Schools. In 1891 the family were living at Highworth House in Ashford with five servants. During the First World War, Verena helped build aircraft propellers, took technical ...

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Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Suzy Eddie Izzard

Railway 200 Blue Plaque: Suzy Eddie Izza...

, by Paul Bromley

IZZARD FAMILY MODEL RAILWAY In the late 1950s and ‘60s John Izzard, an accountant for BP, was working abroad in Aden (now Yemen) with his nurse wife Dorothy. Dorothy was expecting their first child so John began a model railway. Second child Edward was born in 1962 and the fami...

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Your Community Rail Line

Explore your local area by train and find day trips, attractions, walks, architecture & heritage sites to visit.

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Case Studies

Blue Plaque Town Trails: Honouring 200 Years of Railway W...

June 24, 2025,
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Community Rail week plus Rail 200 event

May 21, 2025,
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Updated Winchelsea travel map launched

May 19, 2025,
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Education

Providing young people with skills to travel safely, confidently & independently by train

What we do

The Southeast Communities Rail Partnership is a voluntary not for profit partnership which aims to encourage people to travel by train and to engage people in their local railway