We are delighted to unveil our new Kent Community Rail Partnership Logo. This will be used as our main identity. The final design was based on the inspiration of our joint competition winners Matthew Crowley and Hannah Legg, launched earlier this year. We will continue to use our existing line logos as well as developing...
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in 3 categories in the #CommunityRail Awards,2020. Category 1 Involving Children and Young People – The Sheppey College Project Sheppey College Category 4 Most Enhanced Station- Five Acre Wood Snodland and Grow 19 Project Five Acre Wood School and Friends of Five Acre Wood School Grow 19 Category 10 Photo Competition – Five...
Kent CRP are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a third Community Rail line which connects 12 stations, following an announcement from Southeastern. The new line runs from Ashford International to Kemsing. We are looking forward to working with new community groups on events and projects in the near future. Our new stations...
Over the last few months as we have been unable to work at stations, we have spent some of the time researching the history of some of our stations and sourcing old photographs. This had lead to the creation of a new page on our website all about the history of the Medway Valley Line....
What have we been doing? The July 2020 newsletter is now available. You can either view it online by visiting the newsletter tab on the website or download a pdf copy.
Thank you for all the amazing entries in our Logo Competition. The voting from our 10 judges resulted in a tie. The joint winners were Matthew and Hannah. They each will receive an Amazon Voucher for £100. Their ideas will be combined to form our new logo. Isabella aged 9 was our runner-up and...
The Medway Valley Line runs alongside the beautiful river Medway connecting Tonbridge and Strood via Maidstone, the County Town of Kent. Direct services to London operate from Maidstone West, Snodland and Strood in on weekday mornings and evenings using Javelin High Speed trains.
SwaleRail is the Sittingbourne to Sheerness line which connects the Isle of Sheppey to the rest of Kent. Some direct services to London run on weekday mornings and evenings.
Train services on both SwaleRail and the Medway Valley line are operated by Southeastern Railway Ltd, part of the Govia consortium.
Community Rail Partnerships (CRP) encourage the support of railway lines and stations by the local community comprising railway operators, local and parish councils, schools, businesses, rail user groups (RUGs) and other community organisations. CRPs are managed to fit local circumstances, recognising the need to increase revenue, reduce costs, increase community involvement and support social and economic development.
The Partnership has been hosted by Sustrans since April 2014.
For more information about Community Rail Partnerships in Kent contact Therese Hammond on 07917 131248 or Andy Place on 07920 088441.
Our Activities
Our activities range from school activities, organising community events, station adoption and working with volunteers.
Our Funding
Funding for the Kent Community Rail Partnership is currently provided by
