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New Line

July 22, 2020

History of the Medway Valey Line

July 10, 2020

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....

July Newsletter

June 29, 2020

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.

Logo Competition Winners

June 22, 2020

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...

Kent CRP Online Quiz -The Return

June 19, 2020

It’s back by popular demand. Kent CRP will be hosting a second online Zoom Quiz. 3rd July 2020 at 7 to 8:30 pm. Starring Matt Fraser as question master. To book a place email kentcrp@sustrans.org. Team size maximum of 4. Bring your own drinks.

Book Club

May 28, 2020

Dear Kent Community Rail Members, We enjoyed our first Zoom book club meeting last Thursday after spending 6 weeks reading ‘The Mystery of the Blue Train’ by Agatha Christie. During the 6 weeks of reading we shared in weekly catch up emails and everyone enjoyed the book, especially the throwbacks to days gone by of...

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- August 12, 2020, 10:38 am

@danielhwright Thank you Daniel. You are always welcome to come and explore our new line and join in with our future plans.

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Kent Community Rail Partnership

3 weeks ago

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 are:

Ashford International, Charing, Lenham, Harrietsham, Hollingbourne, Bearsted, Maidstone East, Barming, East Malling, West Malling (Kings Hill), Borough Green and Wrotham and Kemsing.

Please get in contact with us if you wish to find out more.
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Your Name (required) Your Email (required) Subject Your Message Alternatively please email or phone one of our officers to answer your questions: Therese Hammond Kent CRP – Project Officer 07917 131248 therese.hammond@sustrans.org.uk Andy Place Kent CRP – Engagement Officer 07920 088441 an...

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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.