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News from SCRP and communities around the railway lines in Sussex, Surrey and Kent.

Happy New Year from SCRP

Happy New Year from SCRP

January 13, 2025, by Trevor Field
Looking forward to Railway 200 celebrations in the 2025. In the meantime preparations continue with SCRP Weekly Highlights 10th Jan 2025  ...
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Railway 200 Wave Off

Railway 200 Wave Off

January 1, 2025, by Paul Bromley
The official celebrations have begun for the start of a year-long programme of events commemorating 200 years of the modern railway. We joined our Community Rail colleagues for a ‘Wave Off’...
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Happy 137th birthday to Ore station

Happy 137th birthday to Ore station

, by Paul Bromley
Happy New Year – and Happy Birthday to Ore station on the Marshlink line. The station opened on 1 January 1888 making it 137 years old today. What a great way to start 2025 as we – and the...
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Merry Christmas from SCRP

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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Christmas Highlights

Christmas Highlights

December 20, 2024, by Fiona Morton
Mince pies great giveaways feature across the lines this week as we prepare for the holiday season. Great to see SupaJam at Hove raising money for MIND. News of encouraging progress towards carbon red...
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SWR features SCRP In Touch Magazine

SWR features SCRP In Touch Magazine

December 19, 2024, by Fiona Morton
SWR has a very supportive team who see the value of community rail. The breadth and depth of the work  CRPS and volunteers across the network is featured in their quarterly newsletter. We are very pl...
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New initiative to give disabled people confidence in usin...

New initiative to give disabled people confidence in usin...

, 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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Projects shortlisted for Community Rail awards

Projects shortlisted for Community Rail awards

December 17, 2024, by Paul Bromley
A series of schemes to connect communities to their railways have been shortlisted for prestigious national awards. The projects range from train trips for adults with learning difficulties and artwor...
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SCRP Projects nominated for Awards – weekly highlights

SCRP Projects nominated for Awards – weekly highlights

December 13, 2024, by Fiona Morton
This week we have been supporting diverse groups to Try a Train, enjoying lots of Christmas Festivities with many more planned for next week.  We  are working hard to meet several funding deadlines ...
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