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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Every week is Community Rail Week for SCRP

Every week is Community Rail Week for SC...

May 23, 2025, by Fiona Morton

The sun has shone on many of our community rail week activities. A full report next week. The events during community rail week do a lot to answer the question “What is community rail?” People can see what we do and feel the immediate benefit and results.  We make so...

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A Town explores a book year two

A Town explores a book year two...

May 21, 2025, by Andy Pope

Late last week we saw the installation of the 2025 “a Town explores a book” platform panels at St Leonards Warrior square. This was the next phase in the Social history project exploring the heritage of the railway construction works and the Navvy workforce who toiled...

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Friary Gardeners visit Robertsbridge

Friary Gardeners visit Robertsbridge...

May 20, 2025, by Andy Pope

As part of the Community Rail Week and to celebrate Railway 200, Hastings Friary Gardeners enjoyed a try a train trip and planting work experience at Robertsbridge. The day started at Hastings, with an introduction to the barrier staff and a safety talk on the importance of the y...

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Beautiful new poster launched on the North Downs Line to promote the Surrey Connect Bus service: a collaboration with Surrey Hills National Landscape to promote car-free access to National Trust Leith Hill Place.

Beautiful new poster launched on the Nor...

May 19, 2025, by Sara Grisewood

A community rail partnership event with Surrey Hills National Landscape, including a commissioned new poster for the North Downs Line Stations by the printmaker Diana Croft. The vibrant lino-cut artwork provides an eye-catching design showing visitors arriving by the Surrey Conne...

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70 years anniversary of last passenger train

70 years anniversary of last passenger t...

, by Rowena Tyler

On 20th May, 1955, the last passenger train ran to Petworth station, ending a much loved service. To commemorate this anniversary, as well as the better known date of 200 years of passenger rail in Britain, on 18th May, 2025, volunteers at Coultershaw Mill, Petworth, hosted a day...

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Winnersh Triangle station celebrates its Railway 200 birthday

Winnersh Triangle station celebrates its...

May 16, 2025, by Sandy Mahon

On 12th May 2025, we celebrated the birthday of Winnersh Triangle Station which was opened on 12th May 1986. In 1848 the Southeastern Railway opened the stretch of railway between Reading and Wokingham that eventually joined with other railway lines to form a continuous link from...

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Preparations underway for community rail week

Preparations underway for community rail...

May 15, 2025, by Fiona Morton

The range of work continues to connect people to their railway. A  Town Explores a Book added to to the the project at St Leonard’s Warrior Square, and funding was discussed to improve the approach to Brighton Railway Station. It takes a lot of work to bring together dispa...

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Social value of Community Rail volunteers revealed

Social value of Community Rail volunteer...

May 13, 2025, by Paul Bromley

The yearly contribution by Community Rail to the societies it serves in the South East has been revealed as more than half a million pounds. The Annual Review from Southeast Communities Rail Partnership estimates volunteers at railway stations have contributed more than 29,000 ho...

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Nature poems exhibition at Rye station

Nature poems exhibition at Rye station...

, by Paul Bromley

A new exhibition of poems has gone on display at Rye station. The poems from the Wild Writers group are all on the theme of nature and the wild. The group has about 10 members and been going for two years. It grew out of the Lost Words project organised by Rye Harbour Nature Rese...

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SCRP delivering on all four pillars of DfT community rail strategy

SCRP delivering on all four pillars of D...

May 8, 2025, by Fiona Morton

This week includes news of: A line safari Delivery of some carved benches Launch of cycling and walking routes Blue Plaque and station birthday events Raising money for good causes and Great feedback for work at a station All four pillars in the DfT Community Rail Strategy well a...

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Your Community Rail Line

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Case Studies

Updated Winchelsea travel map launched

May 19, 2025,
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Friary Gardeners annual visit to Robertsbridge

May 18, 2025,
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Beautiful new poster launched on the North Downs Line to ...

May 17, 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