Maidstone’s Big Day Out Rail Ramble, Saturday 14th June 2025 Working in collaboration with Maidstone’s Big Day Out, Kent CRP guided this walk along the river Medway from Wateringbury into the town centre, one of many events taking place that day to celebrate Maidstone’s Big Day Out. At the station another group of around…
Department for Transport confirms our Accredited Community Rail Partnership status. We are delighted to announce that the Department for Transport has renewed their accreditation of the Kent Community Rail Partnership. Accreditation is formal recognition by the DfT that Kent Community Rail Partnership operates to a high standard and that its objectives and activities are supported…
Award for Paws on the Platform An amazing afternoon spent with the wonderful Guide Dog volunteers at their annual award ceremony in Kent on Friday 30th May. Our collaborative Paws on the Platform event highlighting the difficulties partially sighted passengers encounter when travelling by rail achieved second place – well done all!
National Safeguarding Conference 2025 Safeguarding our Railway Kent Community Rail Partnership were honoured to be invited to the National Safeguarding Conference 2025 on Thursday, 29th May where leading figures from policing, transport and youth services will gathered to address some of the most urgent challenges facing passengers and staff across Britain’s rail network. Hosted…
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th 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 17th and Sunday 18th May, with the Faversham streets filled with inspiring vintage vehicles. We were lucky enough to be located in the Mayor’s Parlour in…
Celebrating Tonbridge Station’s 183rd Birthday On Thursday 22nd May, we joined Southeastern, Southeast Communities CRP and The Oaks Specialist College to celebrate Tonbridge station’s 183rd birthday and Community Rail Week. Our stall had promotional materials for our projects and activites, tote bags, pens and other freebies to help us engage with passengers as they passed…
Rail Safety sessions with Leigh Academy at Paddock Wood station, Thursday 15th May We were delighted to join Daniel Rushbrook, station manager, to welcome three groups of Year 3 young learners from Leigh Academy to Paddock Wood station. Year 3 are learning about the key features of their community and how it has changed…
Celebrating Strood Station’s 169th Birthday On Wednesday 18th June we’re joining Southeastern to celebrate Strood station’s 169th birthday, 2:00-4:00pm. We’ll have tote bags, pens and colouring in sheets to give away, some great ideas for family Days Out By Rail for you to enjoy, and advice to share on railcards, kids for a quid and other…
New Station Adopters For Maidstone West We are delighted to announce that Maidstone CAN (Climate Action Network) have signed up to adopt Maidstone West station under Southeastern’s station adoption scheme and will be joining Community Rail Network as a station adoption group. This will build upon the legacy of Ian Paterson and his family,…
19th July 2025 Queenborough Station & Castle Connections We look forward to celebrating Queenborough Station’s 165th Birthday, and the 200th Anniversary of passenger rail travel, on the 19th July 2025, at Queenborough. We are planning a day filled with fantastic events, workshops and a community procession. More information will be updated on this page,…
28th September 2025 The Heritage Centre, Bluetown, Sheerness We’re excited to be organising this event to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of rail passenger travel. There will a selection of talks in the morning of Sunday 28th September 2025, at The Criterion Heritage Centre in Blue Town, Sheerness, with a bus tour visiting all the…
Faversham Festival of Transport 18/19 May – Community Rail Week 2025 Community Rail Week for 2025 has a theme of “Railway 200”, celebrating the 200th anniversary of passenger rail travel. We’re grateful to Faversham Town Council for their invitation to return to the Faversham Festival of Transport, to bring Kent Community Rail Partnership to a…