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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Create a heart for kindness in West Suss...
November 4, 2026, by Lynda Spain
Get your creative head on and knit, crochet or felt a white heart for a kindness campaign in West Sussex. The hearts will be given to passengers and rail staff at stations across the county on 26 November, as part of the Your Community Cares campaign which encourages kindness, sp...
A new exhibition about the rivers in the Rye area has gone on display at the town’s railway station. The ‘Write by the River’ project features poems and illustrations and was designed to give a voice to the various waterways. It includes verses about the River Rother and Ri...
We are concentrating on improving customer experience through promoting safety on trains, building towards White Ribbon Day. October half term activities at Reading are a Big Draw for all generations. Projects with LB Hounslow move forward increasing revenue for SWR, together wit...
Community volunteers have been sitting for their portraits that will be featured in a mural. Anna is working on a stained glass project; several Big Draw activities have been completed at stations, Ascot has an exciting new exhibition and we are working with Hampshire CRP on an u...
Crawley Community Youth Service (CCYS) has taken a look back at the last six months, since they formally adopted Ifield station. Compiled by Amanda Foster, Youth Worker in Charge (Dormans & Ifield), the short document is a celebration of successes, with highlights and cha...
In the update this week: Lord Hendy “buses “ it to a celebration on the Hounslow to Richmond Line and several new station adopters have been recruited. Awards feature this week with late news that Bishopstone is shortlisted for World Cup of Stations and a National Railways Aw...
It was great to welcome so many people to the 150th Birthday Party at St Margaret’s station on Saturday 3rd October, organised by SCRP with station adopters and residents of Amyand Park Road. Our guests included the Mayor of Richmond, Nancy Baldwin; Munira Wilson MP; Managing D...
Congratulations to Friends of Ashford station, our inspirational station adopters at Ashford on the Windsor to Reading line, who were winners in the Best Project involving Young People category at the SWR Community Rail Awards 2026 in Portsmouth on 7th October! This category alwa...
Huge congratulations to Talking Tree, our amazing station adopters at Staines on the Windsor to Reading line, who won Best Biodiversity Project at the SWR Community Rail Awards 2026 in Portsmouth on 7th October! Well deserved for all the hours of hard work and dedication that has...
This week we are highlighting how we share our good practice through hosting colleagues from other areas and by running workshops at conferences. Also this week 1066 facilitated a group showcasing their talents at a national conference. We are making the most of this lovely autum...
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