Category Archives:North Downs Line

A new series of short films is shining a spotlight on how easy it is to explore Surrey’s countryside using public transport, thanks to funding from Great Western Railway. Filmed over several mon...

As part of our community engagement to develop ideas for a creative mural in the underpass near North Camp Station, we held two free drop-in art workshops in Aldershot at the West End Centre and at No...

During Community Rail Week we celebrated the launch of a new podcast by Whistlestop Arts which includes lovely suggestions for exploring around the North Downs Line without a car. There is a whole epi...

GWR sent us the following information about increasing services from Reading to Gatwick for a trial period.  We’re very pleased to announce that through partnering Gatwick Airport, this summer we w...

We had a lovely day of celebration at Farnborough North Station to launch the new artwork. The installation spans nearly the whole length of  platform 2;  five panels printed with original designs b...

We had a wonderful evening in Derby celebrating the Community Rail Awards 2026. Farnborough Street Residents Association who look after Reg’s Garden and the Station Master’s House on the N...

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...

‘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...

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 ...

The yearly contribution by Community Rail to the societies it serves in the South East has been revealed as more than half a million pounds. The Annual Review from Southeast Communities Rail Partnersh...