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Railway 200 exhibition at Hastings museum

March 24, 2025, by Paul Bromley
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is joining in the national Railway 200 celebrations by installing an exhibition of local railway exhibits, dating back to the arrival of the railways in Hastings in t...
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Still celebrating! See our weekly Highlights

March 20, 2025, by Fiona Morton
We are still celebrating the incredible wins at CRN Awards. The launch of the Arun Valley podcast took place, and we learned of the e ticket launch of the PlusBus Ticket. Officers are busy with Action...
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Awards success for station groups and Community Rail proj...

March 14, 2025, by Paul Bromley
A series of schemes to connect communities to their railways have won prestigious national rail awards. The projects from station groups and Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP) were recognis...
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Hoping for a lion’s share of awards

March 13, 2025, by Fiona Morton
SCRP projects and volunteers were shortlisted in a record-breaking number of categories. Here’s hoping we come away with some winning certificates. In other highlights a lion features on one of ...
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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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Highlights this week

February 28, 2025, by Fiona Morton
Lots of community art in production this week. Our Try a Train Trips and Rail Education grow in popularity and demand. Go Learn Education project adds £8 million  per year in added social value alon...
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grand...

February 20, 2025, by Fiona Morton
Lot’s of publicity this week for creating goodwill and good news stories with our Railway 200 chocolate giveaways . You may have seen the celebrations at Rye on ITVs Meridian news. New groups are wa...
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Celebrating Valentines Day on the Railway

February 13, 2025, by Fiona Morton
Sharing the love for our railways this week through chocolate, Railway 200 birthday celebrations and art installations.  A big week for Hounslow to Richmond line with two major projects completed. In...
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Celebrations for Marshlink rail line anniversary

, by Paul Bromley
Celebrations have been held to mark the anniversary of the opening of the railway line between Hastings and Ashford International. Marshlink Community Rail line officer Paul Bromley organised the spec...
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We love connecting communities to rail

February 6, 2025, by Fiona Morton
In addition to Railway 200 events our team continues to support steering groups, commission and install new art work, spruce up planting and recruit station adopters. Last week we shared some of our o...
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