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We always welcome feedback from the many organisations we work with and support. This week we had great comment from Railway 200, a former MP and a station adopter. See more here...

As part of our community engagement to develop ideas for a creative mural in the underpass near North Camp Station, we held two free drop-in art workshops in Aldershot at the West End Centre and at No...

During Community Rail Week we celebrated the launch of a new podcast by Whistlestop Arts which includes lovely suggestions for exploring around the North Downs Line without a car. There is a whole epi...

Art features in this weeks update. new installations and some great feedback from the mural at Trafalgar Street in Brighton. This is part of a wider project to support businesses in the North Laines a...

Working with our rail industry, local government and community partners we put on a show of community rail last week. A dozen diverse events over 5 days meant that we really made the week about #journ...

Community Rail week got off to a windy and wet start, but we were not deterred. See a few of our activities this week.  Look out for a roundup next time. As well as celebrating volunteers week, we ha...

A big thank you to volunteers who continued to give their time for free in this heat. Look out for more next week as we celebrate volunteers week and Community Rail Week. Read more here...

Proud to attend the East Sussex Women of the Year event on behalf of the SCRP. Many of the groups we work with were represented, including Friends of Bishopstone Station , the Parchment Trust, Eastbou...

Linking people from trains to attractions and essential services by bus is a key part of our work. See also some real tweets on one of our lines. Read more here...

After schools complete their SATS exams we see our busiest period for involvement with schools to educate young people about how to travel safely on train and grow a generation of committed public tra...

Increasing the use of public transport is our aim. We attend community meetings  to harness people’s interest in climate change, support diverse groups to try the train and put funding into the...

All the station gardens have sprung to life with several being featured in local news and in industry press. Passengers love them and are full of praise for the work of volunteers and station staff. W...

Lots of progress on a project at Hounslow, boosted by the support from SWR. Seed swaps and TV appearances and lots of people downloading the Arun Valley Podcast and activity pack. Read more here...

This week we have been celebrating our CRN Awards with our many volunteers and supporters. Artwork at St Leonard’s Hastings has gone up and we celebrated with sixth form students at Farnborough Nort...

We did very well at the community rail national awards. The feedback from Optalis sums up our successful partnership model and many of our winning and placed projects demonstrate exactly that. Our nex...

The Railway 200 Inspiration Train visit to Bognor Regis & Lewes stations feature this week. Also exploring the Blackwater Valley & planning for events at St Margarets & Mortlake stations &...

Weekly highlights from SCRP featuring the completed mural opposite the Brighton Toy & Model Museum at the top of Trafalgar Street, plus the Piano performance at, & on route Hastings Station pl...

The environment features this week. Spring is definitely in the air with lots of Bee Friendly projects taking place. Our financial help has contributed to a great improvement to the environment around...

Read weekly highlights from Southeast Communities Rail Officers for week ending 13th February 2026 Click here...

An All Party Parliamentary Group on the South East launched on 5th Feb. They will concentrate on growth and transport.  Staff are busy preparing for more celebrations in the coming weeks with Visits ...

We were honoured that Lord Hendy, Rail Minister, beamed in to the meeting to present our 201st Blue Plaques to Mike Lamport in recognition of his contribution to making Railway 200 such a success. Spe...

We have gained so much from being part of Railway 200. It has allowed us to extend our reach into communities and have connected more communities to their railway. Read more here...

New dates for Inspiration Train will be announced on 26th Jan and we are planning how we can provide additional activities aimed at visiting school children and families. Did our team building day go ...

Other highlights include Lottery Funding success for a Network Rail and Sussex Coast community garden project and additional station enhancements across all our lines. Discover the connection between ...

Staff have been decorating stations across our community rail lines, and SupaJam raised money for Mind with a busking session at Hove. Unused station buildings are being brought into community use on ...

For more news about Community Rail Awards 2026 plus great work from SCRP’s education team check out the SCRP Weekly Highlights 12th Dec 2025  ...

We are proud to announce the projects in our area that have been shortlisted for this year’s national Community Rail awards The SCRP projects are:   Empowering Diverse Groups – Travel Ambassa...

Check SCRP Weekly Highlights 5th Dec 2025 for the latest community rail news, events & projects from SCRP Line Officers....

Students and pupils love their activities with the education team, with one young man declaring it his “best day  at school ever”.  Our white hearts giveaways at many stations across the...

For this week’s SCRP highlights from across the lines See here...