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More awards and celebrations. Highlights 10th Oct 2025

More awards and celebrations. Highlights 10th Oct 2025

October 10, 2025, by Fiona Morton
More awards for our work, this time to honour Mick Burgess, former vice chair of the Marshlink Line. Lots to celebrate this week and into next. Read more here...
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St Margarets is 149

St Margarets is 149

October 8, 2025, by Anna Stearman
The station staff, Friends of St Margarets Station and SCRP hosted a Railway 200 birthday party in the ticket hall last week. It was to celebrate the opening of the station on 2nd October, 1876. Passe...
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SCRP Campaigns to reduce anti social behaviour

SCRP Campaigns to reduce anti social behaviour

October 3, 2025, by Fiona Morton
We have signed up to several campaigns to tackle anti-social behaviour. See what we are planning in our weekly highlights....
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Display of railway connections opens at Rye

Display of railway connections opens at Rye

September 29, 2025, by Paul Bromley
An exhibition promoting past and present connections to the railways has opened in the waiting room at Rye railway station. The display of posters with blue plaques coincided with national celebration...
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Highlight of the week Awards for SCRP

Highlight of the week Awards for SCRP

September 26, 2025, by Fiona Morton
We were honoured to receive awards from Voluntary Action. This award reflects our engagement with a range of community organisations, schools & colleges to connect people to their railway. Crowbor...
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SCRP Weekly Highlights Week Ending 19th September 2025

SCRP Weekly Highlights Week Ending 19th September 2025

September 19, 2025, by Trevor Field
Latest news this week includes the reaccreditation of Southeast Communities Rail Partnership from Community Rail Network on behalf of the Department for Transport. Read updates from SCRP line officers...
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Lights, camera action. Check out our film and TV connecti...

Lights, camera action. Check out our film and TV connecti...

September 11, 2025, by Fiona Morton
So many of our community rail lines feature in films and television. Downton Abbey features one of the venues that we use for our steering group meetings for the Hounslow to Richmond Line. Pictured is...
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‘Rolling back the years’ in Pulborough for Na...

‘Rolling back the years’ in Pulborough for Na...

September 8, 2025, by Rowena Tyler
As part of this year’s  National Open Heritage initiative, on Sunday 14th September,  visitors can enjoy The Pulborough Heritage Trails – revealing Pulborough’s past and some of it...
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SCRP Welcomes Anna to Hounslow to Richmond

SCRP Welcomes Anna to Hounslow to Richmond

September 5, 2025, by Fiona Morton
We welcome our new Line Officer for Hounslow to Richmond, Anna Stearman to the SCRP Team. Anna has a background in education and the arts. SWR features a lot this week as we are nominating lots of pro...
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