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

Improving the station environment. SCRP weekly highlights...

Improving the station environment. SCRP weekly highlights...

August 21, 2025, by Fiona Morton
This week the focus is on  improvements to station environments with our station partners who play such a significant role in making them places of welcome. Outreach health checks using station premi...
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Railway heroes , our blue plaques take their places at st...

Railway heroes , our blue plaques take their places at st...

August 15, 2025, by Fiona Morton
Railway 200 projects continue and although it is the holiday season education team have been busy and community work continues. Read more here...
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SCRP Special Rail Fair 200 Highlights

SCRP Special Rail Fair 200 Highlights

August 13, 2025, by Trevor Field
SCRP’s Special Rail Fair 200 gallery from Lewes Town Hall on 1st August 2025 at https://www.southeastcrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SCRP-Special-Rail-Fair-200-Highlights-8th-Aug-2025.pdf Tha...
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Railway exhibition at Rye heritage centre

Railway exhibition at Rye heritage centre

, by Paul Bromley
A new exhibition telling the story of railways in Rye has opened at the town’s heritage centre. The displays outline the history of the coming of the railways in the 1850s and the development of...
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Railway Anniversary Cemetery Tour is a great success

Railway Anniversary Cemetery Tour is a great success

August 11, 2025, by Rowena Tyler
On Saturday 2nd August, tour guide Pauline Reed led a group of more than 25 visitors, on a tour of Broadwater Cemetery.  This was a new tour for 2025, designed to commemorate people with a connection...
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Crawley Museum Rail200 exhibition, thanks to station partner

Crawley Museum Rail200 exhibition, thanks to station partner

, by Rowena Tyler
There’s a new exhibition at Crawley museum, all collated and installed by Arun Valley line partner, Brenda Burgess.  It will be on display for one month from 8th August, to commemorate Rail200....
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Write on Track poetry competition

Write on Track poetry competition

August 7, 2025, by Paul Bromley
Calling all budding poets. Here’s your chance to be part of a railway milestone and have your work seen by passengers. Rye Harbour Writers and Southeast Communities Rail Partnership are running a po...
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Profile of Danny Coope , consultant on SCRP 200 Blue Plaques

Profile of Danny Coope , consultant on SCRP 200 Blue Plaques

August 4, 2025, by Fiona Morton
We were lucky at SCRP to be put in touch with Danny Coope, who helped us put together the information for 200 Blue plaques. He also designed and produced many of the materials. Danny played a huge rol...
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Rail Fair 200: hundreds attend community gathering

Rail Fair 200: hundreds attend community gathering

August 1, 2025, by Paul Bromley
Hundreds of people have attended the celebration of communities and their railways. Rail enthusiasts, community groups and families flocked to Lewes town hall for the Rail Fair 200 on Friday 1 August....
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