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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...

‘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...

The Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP) Education Service achieved national recognition for its educational visits and has been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badg...

Read about Railway 200 celebrations & more community rail projects in this week’s news from SCRP link 6th June 2025  ...

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 ...

TONBRIDGE-REIGATE – RAILWAY 200 BLUE PLAQUES by Danny Coope * * * * * * 1 JOHN TOWES 1872-1970 ENGINE TIMEKEEPER John Charles Towes, was the son of Martha and William Towes, a railway fireman an...

Derelict land at Ore station on the Marshlink line has been transformed into a community garden. The official opening of the space was held on Friday 23 May during Community Rail Week. HM Lord-Lieuten...

Students and staff from the Oaks Specialist College (Tonbridge) were part of the Community Rail Week celebration at Tonbridge Station.  They displayed items made by the students who participate in th...