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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Latest News

Christmas cheer at Windsor & Eton Riverside

Christmas cheer at Windsor & Eton R...

December 5, 2025, by Sandy Mahon

The Windsor to Reading Community Rail Partnership celebrated in style on 1st December 2025 at Windsor & Eton Riverside Station. Children from Our Lady of the Rosary School enjoyed a short train ride and celebrated Christmas at Windsor & Eton Riverside Station on 1st Dec 2...

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SCRP Weekly News week ending 5th December 2025

SCRP Weekly News week ending 5th Decembe...

, by Trevor Field

Check SCRP Weekly Highlights 5th Dec 2025 for the latest community rail news, events & projects from SCRP Line Officers....

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Marshlink stations passenger numbers rise for second consecutive year

Marshlink stations passenger numbers ris...

December 4, 2025, by Paul Bromley

The number of passengers using trains on the Marshlink line increased at every station for the second year running. Latest data on estimated station usage shows a rise at all nine stations from Hastings to Ashford International. There was an overall 7.8% rise in estimated station...

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Best day at school ever

Best day at school ever...

November 28, 2025, by Fiona Morton

Students and pupils love their activities with the education team, with one young man declaring it his “best day  at school ever”.  Our white hearts giveaways at many stations across the network was greeted with enthusiasm by the travelling public . Thanks to all th...

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White Hearts Shared Across Stations to Highlight Support Services on White Ribbon Day

White Hearts Shared Across Stations to H...

November 25, 2025, by Samantha Lear

The Southeast Community Rail Partnership (SCRP) will today distribute white hearts across its network to raise awareness of support services and signpost sources of help in recognition of White Ribbon Day, the global campaign to end violence against women and girls.   More t...

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Highest Award in the country for voluntary service given to Friends of Bishopstone Station

Highest Award in the country for volunta...

November 17, 2025, by Michael Olden

News that the Friends of Bishopstone Station has now been awarded the Kings Award for Voluntary Service for life has left everyone… chuffed. Friends of Bishopstone, headed by the inimitable Barbara Milne, have turned an underused, unloved railway station into a thriving communi...

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New Marshlink vice-chair promotes tourism links

New Marshlink vice-chair promotes touris...

, by Paul Bromley

Sarah Broadbent, chair of 1066 Country Marketing and vice-chair of Rye chamber of commerce, has been elected vice-chair of the Marshlink community rail partnership. Her appointment was confirmed by the Marshlink steering group at its meeting at Rye town hall last Friday (14 Novem...

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SCRP Weekly Highlights week ending 14th November 2025

SCRP Weekly Highlights week ending 14th ...

November 14, 2025, by Trevor Field

For this week’s SCRP highlights from across the lines See here...

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War Memorials unveiled at Horsham and Crawley stations by HM Lord Lieutenant for West Sussex

War Memorials unveiled at Horsham and Cr...

November 10, 2025, by Rowena Tyler

  On Friday 7th November, veterans from the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFVBC) attended two unveiling ceremonies, officiated by Lady Emma Barnard, Their Majesties’ Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex. Rowena Tyler, SCRP Community Development Officer for the Aru...

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SCRP Director joins CRN Board and other highlights

SCRP Director joins CRN Board and other ...

November 7, 2025, by Fiona Morton

This week we are promoting  a train mania event at the Toy Museum in Brighton. Ore community garden wins another award and we celebrate our youth engagement work with the Billingshurst Beavers. Our congratulations to Paul Goddard, volunteer director (pictured with guide dog Stev...

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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

Big Draw Festival at Reading Station

October 29, 2025,
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Big Draw Festival 2025 Guildford Station

October 31, 2025,
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Station poems book giveaway

August 25, 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