Festival of Sheppey 2026 A month-long festival of the island’s heritage Exciting plans have been announced for the first ever Festival of Sheppey, a brand-new month-long celebration set to shine a spotlight on everything that makes the Island special. Taking place throughout June 2026, the festival will bring together communities, organisations and venues across the…
Faversham Festival of Transport, 16/17 May 2026 We’ll be at this year’s Faversham Festival of Transport, sharing places to visit by rail, money saving tips and community rail news with new audiences. We’re expecting a very busy weekend and will be stocking up with bags, pens, stickers, colouring in pages and puzzle sheets, ready to talk…
New Planters at Maidstone West Our fantastic station adopters, Maidstone CAN made a huge step forward with their plans with their plans to improve the station environment for passengers and the local community. On Sunday 19th April, we joined volunteers from Maidstone CAN to receive delivery of the planters, move them across the tracks to…
Tracks and Trails Adventure, Yalding to Maidstone Rail Ramble, Tuesday 2nd June Join us for a Tracks and Trails adventure celebrating 25 years of the Maidstone River Park. We will meet at Yalding station at 11:15am before setting off for a 7.5 mile riverside ramble; passing through Teston Country Park, joining Maidstone River Park…
Garden of England art and planters launch, Ashford International Station, 27 March 2026 . After completing their inspirational ‘Welcome to Ashford’ pots at the front of the station and 64 Railway 200 decals in the underpass of the station it was time for the primary pupils and college students to turn their attention to the…
“Putting Down Routes” Sustainable Tourism Guided Walk, Charing station to The Signal Box Café at Hollingbourne station, Saturday 21 March 2026 . Working in collaboration with the North Downs Way National Trail ‘Putting Down Routes’ project Kent CRP managed a 10 mile guided walk from Charing railway station to The Signal Box Café at Hollingbourne…
Aylesford Station Adoption Launch Back in November of 2021 we met with Aylesford School and Aylesford Parish Council for a Southeastern station adoption safety briefing, full of enthusiasm to explore how we could work together to introduce artwork, history and planting to the station. A slow start was expected due to Covid restrictions. Tom Shelley…
Dominic Noades – Outstanding Volunteer Contribution Kent Community Rail Partnership is celebrating national recognition after volunteer Dominic Noades won “Outstanding Volunteer Contribution” at the 21st Community Rail Awards. The event, organised by Community Rail Network and supported by headline partner East Midlands Railway, took place in Derby on Thursday 19 March. A record-breaking 610 guests…
Kent Rail Pastors on the Medway Valley Line A chance encounter while travelling on the Medway Valley Line helped us to discover more about the Kent Rail Pastors team. Kent Rail Pastors provide a caring presence on Southeastern’s trains and stations to support both passengers and staff. Rail Pastors come from many different faith…
Travelling with Confidence – Bromley Mencap. Monday 2nd March 2026 On a warm sunny Monday afternoon, we welcomed 14 learners from Bromley Mencap and their tutors to Bromley South station for a trip to Swanley. The Travelling with Confidence trip was designed to build on classroom learning delivered the previous month, to raise the…
Community Rail Network Funding For New Promotional Materials Railway 200 was an absolute whirlwind of a year, which saw Kent Community Rail Partnership promotional stalls at the Southeastern Ashford Depot open day, onboard Inspiration the Railway 200 exhibition train and at a host of station birthdays and local community events. Over 800 tote bags…