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Railway 200: past, present and future

September 25, 2024, by Paul Bromley
Southeast Communities Rail Partnership will be producing 200 ‘blue plaques’ to mark 200 people with connections to the railways on its lines as part of the national celebrations for 200 years of t...
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Activities this week and next

August 30, 2024, by Fiona Morton
Some tourism projects in development at East Grinstead, wellbeing initiatives receiving good publicity, and a mural project completed at Brentford. It’s been a busy week with lots to look forward to...
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Station host outreach support services.

August 27, 2024, by Andrew Pope
Throughout August, Community Rail representatives and Dr Sarah Jacques from the Sussex Outreach support worked together to bring combined services to the rural railway stations on the 1066 line from H...
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Celebrating 20 years of Community Rail in the South East

August 1, 2024, by Paul Bromley
Staff, directors, chairs and vice-chairs of our line groups have met to mark 20 years of Community Rail in the South East. We began as Sussex Community Rail Partnership in 2004 operating on one stretc...
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A walk in the woods with Battle Ramblers

May 22, 2024, by Andrew Pope
On Wednesday 22nd May, Andy Pope undertook a walk with the Battle Ramblers through some beautiful Kent and Sussex fields and woodland. The Rail to Ramble event started at Battle Station were we boarde...
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Aspens group enjoy a trip of discovery

April 23, 2024, by Andrew Pope
On Tuesday 23rd April, a group from Aspens, an organisation who provide care and support to people on the autism spectrum and with learning disabilities, took part in a try a train trip from Hastings ...
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Framed Crowhurst Map leads the way

April 8, 2024, by Andrew Pope
Following the help of Network rail the Map was at last, installed into it’s rustic chestnut frame at Crowhurst Station. Ben the local craftsman was delighted with the sighting of the map in the ...
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Poetry in motion competition

March 25, 2024, by Paul Bromley
Southern Railway is calling on children aged between 5 and 13 to enter a poem into a free children’s poetry competition for a chance to have it displayed on trains and at stations. This spring, to e...
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Railway Confidence building for the local Chinese adults

March 22, 2024, by Andrew Pope
On Friday 22nd March we held a morning of confidence building for Diversity Resource International.  The trip from St Leonards Warrior Square to Battle was an all Chinese ladies group wanting to lear...
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Success at Community Rail Awards

March 19, 2024, by Paul Bromley
A series of schemes to connect communities to their railways have won prestigious national awards. The projects promoted by Southeast Communities Rail Partnership were recognised by Community Rail Net...
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