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White Ribbon Campaign. Making transport safer everyone

October 30, 2025, by Fiona Morton
White Ribbon Day is on Nov 25th. Many transport organisations are signing up to support the campaign to end violence against women and girls. So what can we do to make travel safer for everyone? First...
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Wellbeing walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

October 20, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A campaign is under way to spotlight walking, wheeling and cycling routes from stations. The ‘Tracks & Trails’ initiative highlights scenic rail routes that connect with walking trails. The ai...
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Community award for former Marshlink vice-chair

October 14, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A special community award has been given to former Marshlink vice-chair Mick Burgess. Mick was a stalwart member of the Marshlink community rail partnership and had been a member of the group since 20...
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Display of railway connections opens at Rye

September 29, 2025, by Paul Bromley
An exhibition promoting past and present connections to the railways has opened in the waiting room at Rye railway station. The display of posters with blue plaques coincided with national celebration...
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Rye Harbour Writers station poems book giveaway

September 2, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A total of 200 books of station poems have been given away in one day to mark Railway 200. Poets from the Rye Harbour Writers travelled along the Marshlink line to hand out the books to passengers. Th...
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Railway exhibition at Rye heritage centre

August 13, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A new exhibition telling the story of railways in Rye has opened at the town’s heritage centre. The displays outline the history of the coming of the railways in the 1850s and the development of...
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Write on Track poetry competition

August 7, 2025, by Paul Bromley
Calling all budding poets. Here’s your chance to be part of a railway milestone and have your work seen by passengers. Rye Harbour Writers and Southeast Communities Rail Partnership are running a po...
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‘Blue plaques’ mark Marshlink railway connections

July 1, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A series of ‘blue plaques’ has been displayed to recognise the wide range of people who have contributed to the development of the Marshlink rail route. Each of the 10 plaques summarises the h...
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UK’s favourite railway artwork revealed

June 9, 2025, by Paul Bromley
‘Train Landscape’ by artist Eric Ravilious has been named as the best-loved railway artwork in the UK. The watercolour was painted in 1940 and shows the chalk white horse of Westbury, Wiltshire, v...
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Railway 200: careers websites

June 4, 2025, by Paul Bromley
Our Railway 200 project to create 200 ‘blue plaques’ of people and places with connections to the railways includes promoting the jobs of the future. Each of the train operators with whom ...
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