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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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New artwork for Earley Station

October 27, 2025, by Sandy Mahon
Myself and colleague Sara Grisewood had a lovely day at All Saints Church of England Primary school, Wokingham, running two creative workshops with children in years 5 and 6. The children worked with ...
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All aboard at the Water and Steam Museum

October 15, 2025, by Sandy Mahon
The Windsor to Reading Line and Hounslow to Richmond line enjoyed a wonderful day with two SEND groups, staff and carers from Oaklands Community College and Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community Coll...
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Wokingham Station birthday celebration

July 7, 2025, by Sandy Mahon
On 4th July 2025 as part of our Railway 200 celebrations, Wokingham Station welcomed invited guests and passengers to join its 176th birthday. Wokingham station opened in 1849 and remains a busy hub f...
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Birthday celebrations at Ascot Station

June 10, 2025, by Sandy Mahon
On the 4th June, we celebrated the 169th birthday of Ascot Railway Station as part of Railway 200. Ascot was opened on 4th June 1856 and is now a very busy station serving the local community, commute...
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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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Fun for all the family at Reading Station

June 1, 2025, by Sandy Mahon
Another ever-popular Family Fun Day took place at Reading station on Thursday 29th May. The free event was held in the Brunel Arcade and featured a wide range of activities including games, a swap sho...
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Winnersh Triangle station celebrates its Railway 200 birt...

May 16, 2025, by Sandy Mahon
On 12th May 2025, we celebrated the birthday of Winnersh Triangle Station which was opened on 12th May 1986. In 1848 the Southeastern Railway opened the stretch of railway between Reading and Wokingha...
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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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