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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 c...

We have been to Parliament this week to help launch the GTR Social Impact report . It was great to see so many volunteers taking part and being rewarded for their contributions. News of another award ...

At SWR Awards the Hounslow to Richmond Line Barnes Mural won Best Youth Engagement Project. Try s Train and a Bus goes from strength to strength with Brighton & Hove Buses now on board and Marshli...

More awards for our work, this time to honour Mick Burgess, former vice chair of the Marshlink Line. Lots to celebrate this week and into next. Read more here...

We were honoured to receive awards from Voluntary Action. This award reflects our engagement with a range of community organisations, schools & colleges to connect people to their railway. Crowbor...

Latest news this week includes the reaccreditation of Southeast Communities Rail Partnership from Community Rail Network on behalf of the Department for Transport. Read updates from SCRP line officers...

So many of our community rail lines feature in films and television. Downton Abbey features one of the venues that we use for our steering group meetings for the Hounslow to Richmond Line. Pictured is...

We welcome our new Line Officer for Hounslow to Richmond, Anna Stearman to the SCRP Team. Anna has a background in education and the arts. SWR features a lot this week as we are nominating lots of pro...

Check SCRP highlights for this week & news of planning for forthcoming events at https://www.southeastcrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SCRP-Weekly-Highlights-29th-Aug-2025.pdf  ...

This week the focus is on  improvements to station environments with our station partners who play such a significant role in making them places of welcome. Outreach health checks using station premi...

Railway 200 projects continue and although it is the holiday season education team have been busy and community work continues. Read more here...

SCRP’s Special Rail Fair 200 gallery from Lewes Town Hall on 1st August 2025 at https://www.southeastcrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SCRP-Special-Rail-Fair-200-Highlights-8th-Aug-2025.pdf Tha...

This week has mainly been about putting the final touches to our main Railway 200 event with our family friendly event at Lewes Town Hall on Fri 1st Aug 2025.  Our education team are having a well-ea...

We are at Bluebell Railway today as the exhibition train is in our region. We are building towards our 1st Aug event in Lewes Town Hall and are very grateful to Network Rail and Brighton and Hove Buse...

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All systems go for our Rail Fair 200 event at Lewes Town Hall on 1st Aug. We have had a great response from Network Rail, all five of our train operating companies and no fewer that 34 stall holders. ...

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 st...

At a time when unusually hot weather tests the railway infrastructure and we all get hot and bothered, it is nice to be able to share some good news stories that demonstrate that there is a lot of sup...

We are thinking about all of those railway staff who have to keep the trains running in this heat spike and of passengers who hopefully have got their water with them to keep cool. Even more reason to...

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Read about Railway 200 celebrations & more community rail projects in this week’s news from SCRP link 6th June 2025  ...

Catch up with our continuing adventures here 30th May 2025...

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?” Pe...

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 appr...

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 ...

We work with so many different partners to encourage people to use public transport. See how the education team are giving groups the chance to try out lots of different active transport options. We a...

Lots to celebrate this week with the education team gaining a much sought after quality mark and more grant success. Railway 200 plaques are beginning to make their appearance at several events. Read ...

An award for Feltham Station Adopters, our Blue Plaques are ready for an event at Novium Museum in Chichester, and a welcome to our newest member of the team, Kanna Ingleson, who takes over as Line Of...

We have very talented people at SCRP. See how you can turn a box file into your own model railway. Check out the new posters on the North Downs Line and some other films put together by the team. Read...