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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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Happy Birthday Shoreham by Sea Station – Let’s Party!

May 7, 2025, by Lynda Spain
All Aboard for the Big Birthday Celebrations! The Shoreham Society is heading up a big day of celebration for many of the things that feature heavily in Shoreham life and history which are reaching si...
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A musical extravaganza at Hove station

April 30, 2025, by Lynda Spain
Hove station will host students from SupaJam specialist music college on Wednesday 30th April 2025 for a charity musical feast celebrating Autism Appreciation Month. Station staff along with the stude...
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Sussex Coast Line Blue Plaques – Background Stories

April 23, 2025, by Lynda Spain
The Sussex Coast Blue Plaque project commemorates people past and present that have worked along the line.  The blue plaques are installed at some of the stations between Hove and Littlehampton.  In...
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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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