Annual Stakeholder Event, Monday 27th April 2026 Kent Community Rail Partnership invites you to join us at our Annual Stakeholder Event on Monday 27th April at Maidstone Town Hall, 12:30-4:00pm*. Our Stakeholder Event is a great opportunity to hear more about the impact of our events and activities over the last year, and to discover…
Kent CRP Shortlisted For Community Rail Awards 2026 Kent Community Rail Partnership and volunteer, Dominic Noades have been shortlisted for the 2026 Community Rail Awards, a national accolade that celebrates the inspiring work of community rail partnerships and station volunteer groups across Britain. The partnership is a finalist in the Tourism & Leisure, Railway 200…
Train Travel Training for Five Acre Wood Snodland Students – Visit to Snodland Station On a damp Wednesday morning, we welcomed 12 students from Five Acre Wood to Snodland station to build on their earlier classroom session to build students’ confidence to travel independently by rail. Working with Southeastern station manager Shane Monaghan and Hannah…
Linda Brinklow – Celebrating Railway 200 on the Isle of Sheppey Click the link to hear our very own Linda Brinklow’s Great Rail Tale, celebrating Railway200 on the Isle of Sheppey.
Southeastern Railway 200 Celebration Highlights For 2025 To mark the close of the landmark Railway 200 year, Southeastern are celebrating everything that made Railway 200 unforgettable. From station anniversaries and depot open days to charity walks, baking competitions, a unique train tour and train unveilings, every moment reflected the passion and dedication of the railway…
A round up of 2025 in pictures, we recommend viewing in fullscreen,use the playback bar at the foot of the video.
Colonel Stephens and the Hop Pickers Line, new information board unveiled at Paddock Wood https://kentcrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Video_DN.mov Back in January 2023, David Sargison of Paddock Wood Town Council proposed that we work with the Hop Pickers Line Heritage Group, to celebrate the former branch line that wound through the Kent countryside from Paddock Wood to Cranbrook. This…
Valley Park School Choir, Music and Mince Pies, Maidstone East Station, Monday 8th December On the evening of Monday 8th December Maidstone East station adopters, Valley Park School students entertained passengers with Christmas songs and mince pies at Maidstone East station. The station has a large bright white foyer however the 22 students with their…
Heath Farm School’s Nature Garden Launch, Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Charing Station On Wednesday 3rd December, Charing station celebrated the launch of its nature garden, the first garden on the Kent Downs Line. The garden started with a seed of an idea 4 years ago and the launch saw a culmination of a hugely successful…
Celebrating Ashford International’s 183rd Birthday, Monday 1st December 2025 Music and Mince Pies Party On Monday 1st December, Ashford International station celebrated it’s 183 year old birthday having opened in 1842. To mark this auspicious occasion station adopters Ashford College students entertained passengers with music and mince pies. With it being the beginning of December,…
Valley Park Schol Choir at Maidstone East Station, Monday 8th December from 5:30pm Come and join the festive fun at Maidstone East station, Monday 8th December from 5:30pm. Live music and singing, mince pies and hot-chocolate. We’ll be there, come and say hello.
Train Travel Training and Sustainable Tourism Guided Walk, 29 October 2025 Working in collaboration with Sarah Moon and the Kent Downs National Landscape ‘Putting Down Routes’ project, Kent CRP undertook train travel training and a guided walk on the North Downs Way for Ashford College adult learners for whom English is spoken as another language…
Sheerness Christmas Event, Sat 6th December Have a family Scenic Rail Winter day out at the Sheerness Christmas Event, Sat 6th December. Live music, craft market, food and drink, entertainment, face painting, reindeer and more. We’ll be there, come and say hello.
“Putting Down Routes” Tracks and Trails Ramble from Cuxton Station, Saturday 25th October. The Kent Downs National Landscape Putting Down Routes team partnered with Kent Community Rail Partnership and North Downs Way Ambassadors to deliver the Cuxton and Ranscombe Farm Circular Tracks and Trails Ramble. Together we bring under-represented groups into the Kent Downs, encourage sustainable…
Hollingbourne Station Railway 200 Heritage Day, Sunday 19 October 2025 The Community Interest Company at Hollingbourne Station hosted a highly successful Railway 200 Heritage Day open to the public and attended by visitors from as far away as Paris! Our regular volunteer Chris Anthony and Therese set up the Kent CRP stand at 10.30am…
Grow 19 College SEN students Train Travel Training From Maidstone East station to Hollingbourne station 17 October 2025 Nine SEN students and their 4 tutors undertook a train travel training journey to Hollingbourne station’s Signal Box Café. All students were between the ages of 18 and 25. At the café, some of the students practiced life…
Railway 200 art panels launched at Ashford International Station 26 Sept 2025 It felt time to replace the May 2022 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee community artwork in the station underpass and what better choice than to design artwork to celebrate Railway 200. Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC) enthusiastically engaged to design panels of carefully…
Rehoming More Abandoned Bikes with Maidstone CAN and Making a Difference to Maidstone Following our recent success of moving on some abandoned bikes at Maidstone West for refurbishement and re-use, Sharon Gray of Southeast Communities Rail Partnership alerted us to another pile of abandoned bikes, this time at Tonbridge station. In years gone by, these…
Celebrating Railway 200 with the Signal Box Cafe at Hollingbourne Station, Sunday 19th October.
Medway’s Life In Miniature On Wednesday 17th September we joined a number of other organisations at Medway Archives Centre to celebrate Railway 200 and Heritage Open Days at the “Medway’s life in miniature” exhibition. Among the other local groups and organisations attending were: Chatham and District Model Railway Club Medway Aircraft Preservation Society The Guildhall…