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Santa visits the SwaleRail Line

December 16, 2019

We were delighted to have a very special guest join us on the Saturday 14th December. Santa boarded the train at Sheerness on Sea Station at 13:48 and gave out presents to local children before returning to Lapland two hours later. He was also joined by Batman, Spiderman and Captain America. The children were entertained...

December Newsletter

December 9, 2019

The December 2019 newsletter is now available. You can either view it online by visiting the newsletter tab on the website or download a pdf copy.

Promotional Video

November 29, 2019

Take a look at this wonderful video created by Sheppey College IT Students to help promote visiting places along the SwaleRail Line. They have been working with us on a number of projects over the last year.

Queenborough Station Benches

November 25, 2019

Back in June, Students from Sheppey College carried out passenger surveys at all stations along the SwaleRail Line. The students fedback on their findings which included more seating required at Queenborough Station. The Level 2 and 3 carpenters responded to this request and designed and made two fantastic new benches with planters. On Friday November...

Volunteer of the Year

November 25, 2019

Congratulations to Five Acre Wood Snodland, who were awarded the prestigious Volunteer of the Year Award at our recent Annual Stakeholders Meeting. They were recognised for their work in transforming the front of Snodland Station. Well done to everybody involved. They also were presented with their Station Adoption certificate by George from Southeastern.

Annual Stakeholders Meeting

November 25, 2019

On Thursday 21st November we hosted our Annual Stakeholders Meeting at Maidstone Town Hall. Thank you to all those who attended to share the highlights of the work and activities we have been doing over the past year. We would like to thank all our presenters who were involved. Students from Five Acre Wood and...

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- December 17, 2019, 9:24 am

Date for next year's diary! Kent CRP's Festival Music train - early evening Sat 14 March. Leaving Maidstone West… https://t.co/tcZ2BCoaxf

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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.