Category: News

June 10, 2026

Paddock Wood Rail Safety Pop-up, Tuesday 16th June We will be holding a rail safety promotion at Paddock Wood station from 10:30am to 12:30pm on Tuesday 16th June, feel free to drop by, say hello and find out more about British Transport Police 61016 non-emergency service, Southeastern eye-witness reporting and the Enough Government campaign tackling…

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June 10, 2026

Strood Station Adoption Meeting, June 2026 On Wednesday 3rd June, in Community Rail Week, we met with Strood station manager, Bev Rickwood and Charlotte Morris from City of Rochester School to discuss our latest station adoption. City of Rochester school are keen to involve their students in caring for the planters, creating new artwork for…

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June 10, 2026

Medway Valley Walk – Yalding to Maidstone, June 2026 Whilst originally conceived as a group event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Maidstone River Park, a forecast of thundery showers throughout the day proved too off putting for our booked guests.   Ever adaptable, our volunteer walk assistant Michael and I set off to…

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June 10, 2026

Festival of Sheppey and the Sheppey Shuttle, June 2026 Throughout the Railway 200 year, we deepened our connection with Jenny Hurkett and Sheppey’s Criterion Blue Town heritage centre, who helped us to celebrate Sheppey’s transport heritage, arranged film screenings and supported and inspired many more of our events and activities.   Jenny proposed the “Festival…

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June 9, 2026

Diversity House: Train Travel Training, May 2026 On Friday 22nd May we were joined by an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) learning group from Diversity House for a “Try A Train” experience. Our journey began with introductions and a look at the accessibile travel information outside the station. Before moving through to the…

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May 27, 2026

Low Carbon Birding Towards the end of last year, Kevin Thornton got in touch with us to discuss an idea he had for introducing the birding community and newcomers to birding to low carbon birding. Kevin is very much a rail travel advocate, combining walking, cycling, trains and buses for many of his own journeys….

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May 21, 2026

Faversham Festival of Transport 16th and 17th May Kent CRP had a fantastic time with a pop-up stand at the Faversham Festival of Transport. It was a busy weekend, spanning Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May, with the Faversham streets filled with inspiring vintage vehicles. A change of venue saw us join model railway exhibitions…

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