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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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Social value of Community Rail volunteers revealed

May 13, 2025, by Paul Bromley
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...
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Explore Nature by Rail: new poster for the North Downs Line

April 10, 2025, by Sara Grisewood
The launch for the new poster took place on a sunny day at North Camp Station attended by people from the community and  those who worked together to create this eye-catching new poster. It is design...
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Railway 200’s touring exhibition train

March 3, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A special touring train to mark 200 years of the modern railways is coming to our area. The touring train, named Inspiration, is expected to visit 60 locations across Britain over the 12 months up to ...
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Great British Railways Consultation begins

February 18, 2025, by Fiona Morton
As you will have seen in the news, the Government is seeking views on new policies to be included in the forthcoming Railways Bill, which will enable the establishment of Great British Railways (GBR)....
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Merry Christmas from SCRP

December 25, 2024, by Paul Bromley
All the staff and directors at Southeast Communities Rail Partnership wish everyone a peaceful and Merry Christmas. Thank you to all our volunteers, station groups and partners for your contributions ...
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New initiative to give disabled people confidence in usin...

December 19, 2024, by Paul Bromley
A special project will begin next year to build the confidence of people with special educational needs and disabilities in using public transport. Education officers from Southeast Communities Rail P...
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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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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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